Hair

People always attached huge significance to outward of the hair. And it is not surprising! Well-groomed beautiful hair are the evidence of good physical health and a quiet psychoemotional state. And vice versa – a dim brittle hair speaks about many problems in human life.

Structure of hair

Hair are one of appendages of skin and are formed of an enveloping layer of skin (epidermis). There are several types of hair:

• Vellus – their length does not exceed 1,5 mm. They can be observed on any body part of the person, except for a surface of feet and palms.
• Setaceous or short. The hair growing at edge of nostrils, forming eyebrows and eyelashes concern to this group.
• Long hair – belong to them the hair growing on the head, generative organs, shoulders of a breast and a beard.

Each hair consists of the following parts:

• The core – is located over the surface of skin;
• Root;
• Hair bulb.

For 97% hair consist of the firm proteic matter enriched with vitamins and microelements – a keratin and for 3% from water.

During the day hair grow approximately on half-millimeter and are the most fast-growing body. The term of life of each hair averages from two to six years. Every day at the adult about 80 hair drop out, and on their place new begin to grow.

On the head of the person there are from 60 to 500 thousand hair. Least of all hair at red-haired people. The thickest hair are observed at brunettes, and blondes have them usually rather thin.

Healthy hair have high durability, comparable with an aluminum durability. On average one hair can sustain a load about 20,0 grams.

Hair loss

As we already spoke above, in days each person loses about 80 hair. It is normal physiological process. But the hair loss can sometimes become considerable. As a result of it hair become rare, and in hard cases even baldness (alopecia) can develop.

The reasons of a hair loss can be the most various:

• Genetic predisposition;
• Aging process;
• Hormonal disturbances;
• Injuries of hair (chemical wave, drying, coloring, etc.);
• Traumatic damages of a pilar part of head skin;
• Autoimmune diseases;
• Fungal and bacterial infections;
• Some medicines (chemotherapeutic means, anticoagulants, etc.);
• Radiation;
• Stress;
• Diseases of a thyroid gland;
• Wrong hairstyles (too hard tails, braids);
• Irrational food.

The hair loss can be full (drop out evenly on all head) or to local (partial).

Treatment of hair at an alopecia in many respects is defined by the reason which caused development of this state. If the disease is connected with genetic predisposition or an age factor, then it is almost impossible to stop its further progressing. However, carrying out the correct care of hair, it is possible to reduce a hair loss significantly. For this purpose use special hair preparations (shampoos, balms, conditioners). For combing it is the best of all to choose a hairbrush with rare teeths. Try not to paint hair, not to do a chemical wave and as seldom as possible to use the hair dryer.

At a hair loss you can be helped also by OTC medicine Minoksidil. At its regular reception about a third of patients manages to recover the hair. However after the termination of a course of treatment hair quite often begin to drop out again.

Pay attention and to the diet. The people eating defectively can have no healthy, strong and beautiful hair. The diet has to be balanced on the content of proteins, carbohydrates and fats. It is necessary to eat fresh vegetables and fruit daily.

If the hair loss is connected with other reasons, then consultation of the doctor is necessary. Only the doctor will be able to establish an exact cause of illness and to appoint the full treatment of hair directed to elimination of the reason of their loss. In the absence of effect of the carried-out therapy transplantation of hair can be executed.

Hair preparations

Advertizing of various hair preparations promises us "a silky, thick and beautiful hair". But actually quite often happens so that having chosen shampoo, improper to specific type of hair, we face absolutely converse effect.

The main function of any shampoo is washing off from hair of fat and dirt. In addition it has to add to our hair gloss, elasticity, elasticity, silkiness. Good and qualitative shampoo promotes deduction of moisture in cores of hair, and also nourishes head skin.

An oily hair shampoo contains in the structure microspheres and microsponges. The first feed tips of hair, and the second perfectly delete a grease layer from a root zone.

At dry type of hair it is necessary to choose the recovering and feeding shampoos containing vitamins, plant extracts and oils, collagen and proteins. Such shampoos well moisten head skin, recover structure of locks. Thanks to their regular use you receive magnificent and beautiful hair.

For owners of normal hair it is the best of all to stop the choice on soft shampoo with the small maintenance of the nutritious and drying components.

All other hair preparations (balms, conditioners, skins for laying, etc.) should be chosen, being also guided by the natural type a hair.