Thinning Hair Shampoo

Hair Be There™ Shampoo for Thinning Hair Details:

Some possible causes of hair loss: Mineral imbalances; stress; drugs; malnutrition including that brought on my eating disorders; harsh surfactants in common shampoos; genes/heredity but only a tendency to balding not the occurrence of it necessarily; toxic exposure (pesticides, heavy metals, etc.) including exposure to radiation; anemia; hormonal imbalances; liver and/or kidney weakness; fungal infections, particularly ringworm.

Also, repeatedly tying the hair back too tightly as with rubber bands, hair clips and so on can cause bald spots. I noticed several years ago that my hairline was receding from this...yikes!

A test you can do to see if your hair roots are healthy or not: The root, also known as the papilla,grows underneath the skin and is the only actually living part of the hair. It receives nourishment from blood, so good circulation to your scalp is crucial. Here is a test you can do to see if your hair root is healthy or not. If you pull out a hair and inspect the root closely, you can detect a weak or dead root by the shape. A healthy or normal root has a bulb at the bottom resembling a tiny Q-Tip swab tip and that bulb will be larger than the shaft, about twice the size A weak or dead root is smaller than the shaft, certainly not larger than it, and may also be pointed (as different than bulbous). The shaft may not grow straight from it but be wavy and of varying thickness. The shape of the bulb helps hold the hair in the skin/scalp. If you find a weak, possibly dead root, take another from another area on your head. A few of these could indicate a need to revitalize your scalp and repair your roots.

The condition of your hair tells you much about your health: A healthy person's hair is likely to shiny and the scalp to be moist and pliant. A less healthy person is likely to have duller hair and the scalp to be waxy and more rigid. Major life changes and even lesser ones can make such a difference in the appearance of our hair...have you noticed? This also applies to the skin and nails and, although unseen, to inner functioning of organs and such. Stress causes us to do dumb things like rush more, skip good meals and eat junk, eat sweets (which feed parasites, viruses and bacteria and get us on a rollercoaster of energy peaks and plunges, get less sleep and so on down the slide. Under stress, the body can overproduce certain hormones and glands and other systems just tire out. As you will see below, good nutrition (and its path to the hair root, the blood) is crucial to having a healthy head of hair.

That's is what's behind sluggish or halted hair growth. But what causes most hair loss is excess oil. This oil, which we also call sebum, can plug up scalp pores and thereby counters new follicle growth. I suppose the root needs freedom of motion and air because it becomes asphyxiated and dies. With Under sebum clogged pores even stronger hairs cannot push their way through to the surface. In this scenario, one loses hair but it does not get replaced.



Temporary hair loss: Hair loss can be temporary, such as during illness or with dietary changes or after having had a baby, and in this case, the hair loss often follows two or three months after whatever brought it on and does cease eventually as the body returns to balance.

How hair grows and how it falls out; what is normal hair loss: Hair grows readily from healthy roots. The usual rate of growth is about a half-inch per month over a period of 2 to 6 years and then the hair takes a break...it rests for about 90 days at which point it is pushed out by a new hair making its way to the surface. Usually, about 90% of a head of hair is growing and about 10% is on a siesta before being pushed out and replaced.

Luckily we have plenty of hairs: the average scalp boasts about 1,000 hairs per square inch. The approximate number of hairs on a redhead's head is 90,000. A black head of hair is about 108,000, brown about 110,000 and a blond has the most, about 140,000. A normal head of hair loses about 80 to 100 hairs a day. If your loss is in that range (hard to say exactly ut anyway) you most likely have no hair loss problem. Massive hair loss is not normal, though. And, interestingly, no hair loss, no shedding or very little, is an indicator of a problem. This means that you are not producing new hair growth (remember that new hair growth pushes out existing hairs).

The growth of new hair depends upon the amount of nourishment reaching the developing root. Your blood must circulate well to your scalp, which, like your feet and hands, is an extremity of your body and one that is at the top, not as likely to get circulation unless you hang upside down or stimulate your scalp with massage and stimulating essential oils.

I hope that this info is useful to you and yours.

Give my Hair Be There products consistent use and good time. And let me know how you do with them!

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Hair Be There™ Shampoo for Thinning Hair Ingredients:

Cautions for certain people: Hair Be There Oil and Shampoo are not safe for pregnant or nursing women, nor for epileptics, nor for people with hypertension, blood pressure or heart problems/disease. The reason for this is they contain some essential oils contraindicated for these people, albeit in amounts considered by medical aromatherapists as safe for people other than the above. And I would not use these products on the elderly or on children under even 15 years of age as both old people and kids are far, far more sensitive to essential oils than younger and not very old adults. If you need such a product as Hair be There for a child, ask me to prepare a safe product and I can work on it. I would prefer to see an elderly person don a wig.

The essential oils I speak of include rosemary, thyme linalool and thyme red, carrot seed, basil and others. My formulae are vastly less concentrated in essential oils than some others. For the proper user, these formulations are quite safe, the essential oils used judiciously very much so as to give you safe products. I am aware of hair loss formulations that I consider unsafe and I very much wanted to create ones that are generally fine and dandy to use daily as per instructions.

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Hair Be There™ Shampoo for Thinning Hair Testimonials:

I used the Hair Be There oil at night (and more than the 5-10 drops because I only wash my hair once a week). I washed my hair the following morning with a combo of the dry hair/fuller hair shampoo and for once I did not have itchy head!!! Good stuff. Thanks a bunch ya'll. I appreciate all the hardwork. L.F.

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Hair Be There™ Shampoo for Thinning Hair Usage Tips:

How to shampoo with The Hair Be There Shampoo (and with any shampoo): In the morning, wash the oil off as you shampoo with Hair Be There Shampoo in tepid (lukewarm) water. (Do not use hot water for shampooing or rinsing.) Work with a small amount of shampoo from the front hairline above the eyebrows to the crown. Massage gently in small circles and take your time. Add some more shampoo and work from the sides toward the center back of the head and lastly through the nape, in small circular motions and using the pads of your fingers (be gentle, do not rub vigorously). When you move your hands around, lift your fingers rather than drag them through scalp and hair. Now and then, move your fingers down through your hair to get the shampoo there and work it in gently. Concentrate on your scalp.

How to rinse: It's important to rinse very well. Rinse and rinse and rinse again. This removes residues. You may for a while be washing away residues of synthetic products used before. As you rinse, massage the hair gently, treating it as you might treat fine silk. When both shampooing and rinsing, move from the scalp toward the ends; the cuticle scales on the hair shaft go in that direction. Lift the hair gently away from the scalp to allow water to reach all of it. For the final rinse, you'll use a concoction you can easily make for yourself. This is, by the way, wonderful for any hair.

Recipe (easy!) for the final rinse (good for all hair types): If you're getting Hair Be There — or even if you just want to use this rinse to bring shine to the hair and and better health to the scalp — here's the simplicity of it: mix a quarter cup of good apple cider vinegar (I especially like Bragg's organic one) into a quart of pure water. Pour some or all of this over your hair as your final rinse.

Please don't let the smell of vinegar stop you. Although vinegar smells for a while, the scent does go away. Still, the smell may be too much. If this is too vinegary-smelling for you, rinse one more time with some plain, pure water. The vinegar is important in this regimen to replace the acid mantle and remove the oils that are often at the "root" of suffocated and weakened hair roots and consequent hair loss.

How to dry: When you are done shampooing, squeeze your hair gently with a towel or blot it dry. Don't twist, wring or rub your hair hard ..this causes friction which can break down the cuticle. Remove as much moisture as you can with the towel so you needn't blow dry for long, if you do.

How to comb through wet hair: When you comb out your hair, use a wide-toothed comb. I use a very wide one with great big teeth. For medium and long hair, start at the bottom, get out tangles gently, move a bit higher, and continue on in this way making your way to the top. Be patient. Take out tangles gently with fingers when you can. Do not brush hair until it is thoroughly dry.

Before you begin Hair Be There, brush! And here is how: Brushing your hair before doing any scalp treatment is a must. Only a thorough brushing will dislodge dead cells, dust, dirt and pollution from the scalp and hair. Plus, there is little like brushing to bring up the circulation.

I think that brushing hair, like most other good personal grooming habits, is of late becoming a lost art. Let's revive that for the sake of our beautiful hair. Check out your brush and buy a new one if it is not up to the task. Unless you already have one, purchase a good, natural bristle brush. Mixtures of plastic and natural are okay, too. Natural bristles bend — find a brush with firm bristles that also are pliable enough to give flexibly as they are moved through the hair. Natural bristles are kinder to your scalp, too. Brushes with bristles embedded in a cushion of plastic are great as that lends greater flexibility. Brush bristles, whether natural or plastic, must be not sharp at the ends but rounded, otherwise they scrape and irritate the scalp. (A good comb also has rounded ends.) Do get a brush and comb for everyone in your family...sharing is not hygienic. See "Some our usage tips on this product for data on washing brushes and other hair tools. Aside from hygienic considerations, if your brush and comb are clean before you use them, you can more easily count the hairs that are being lost and have a better idea if you have a problem with hair loss or not.

With a good, clean, natural-bristle brush in hand, bend comfortably forward from the waist to enhance scalp stimulation. The first direction to brush in is from the neck toward the forehead and from the sides to the top of the head. Brush gently, getting out any tangles very gently (as described above in "How to comb...") from the bottom of the hair toward the scalp. Don't pull on the hair or be too rough on your scalp. I was taught to brush with at least 100 strokes for healthy, shiny hair. Brush for a while, anyway...it is both relaxing and invigorating and a time to yourself, which I value highly. End your brushing routine with brushing back from the forehead toward the back, toward your neck.

You want to use Hair Be There but you already use Evan's Garden Crowning Glory Shampoo: If you use another of my shampoos (Crowning Glory™) and you like how your hair comes out with it but you want to use Hair Be There for its benefits, you may use your chosen Crowning Glory Shampoo on your hair but not on your scalp. First, you'll shampoo the scalp and hair with Hair Be There. Then you'll shampoo just your hair with your Crowning Glory shampoo. Rinse as above with the final vinegar-water rinse. And do the nightly oil treatment.

Some other tips: To avoid redepositing grease, dirt and bacteria onto your hair and scalp, when you shampoo take your comb and brush into the shower with you and give them a clean-up. Just wash them with your body wash or a little bit of your shampoo and rinse. Wash these hair-grooming tools daily...it takes just a sec. Wash your hair clips, too, and now and then handwash ribbons and scrunchies. Don't use anyone else's combs, brushes, clips, etc., but your own or don't loan yours out. This degree of hygiene helps keep your scalp and hair healthy.

It is best for your scalp and overall health to use a shower filter so as to not expose yourself constantly to chlorine and other caustic, toxic garbage added to tap water.

Nutritional suggestions: You can encourage hair growth by eating or taking supplements of gamma linolenic acid (GLA), a fatty acid that does much to improve the health of skin, hair and nails as well. Try evening primrose, black currant seed and borage seed oils. You can add more unrefined coconut to your diet as well for its terrific immune-stimulating, anti-parasitic, anti-viral, protective qualities (particularly from lauric acid). Another suggestion along this line is to eat omega-3 fatty acids - some sources of these are salmon, herring, mackerel and flax seeds. Women can look into the use and proper dosages of the herb, dong quai to help from a hormonal angle. You can see a nutritionist about that.

I also suggest strengthening the immune system with intestinal flora, cutting back on sugar and eating raw foods rich in anti-oxidants, vitamins and trace factors such as minerals. I believe in getting nutrients as much as possible from whole, organic foods and can suggest heartily Perfect Food as a nutritional supplement. It is just awesome — totally natural and wonderfully assimilable. There are also supplements for healthy hair, skin and nails that include B-vitamins especially biotin, but I do not know their effectiveness or even if the supplements are from effective, natural sources. Still, you can look into this, so I mention it.

Clean your personal house: And as always, it is wise periodically to cleanse the organs, starting with the intestinal tract - a great start to most health improvement programs - and continue with the other cleanses. For energy and clarity, a cleanse can do wonders We take the trash out of our houses and vacuum and polish our cars, but we forget about cleaning out our bodies.

Cautions for certain people: Hair Be There Oil and Shampoo are not safe for pregnant or nursing women, nor for epileptics, nor for people with hypertension, blood pressure or heart problems/disease. The reason for this is they contain some essential oils contraindicated for these people, albeit in amounts considered by medical aromatherapists as safe for people other than the above. And I would not use these products on the elderly or on children under 15 years of age as both old people and kids are far, far more sensitive to essential oils than younger and not very old adults. If you need such a product as Hair be There for a child, ask me to prepare a safe product and I can work on it. I would prefer to see an elderly person don a wig.

The essential oils I speak of include rosemary, thyme linalool and thyme red, carrot seed, basil and others. My formulae are vastly less concentrated in essential oils than some others. For the proper user, these formulations are quite safe, the essential oils used judiciously very much so as to give you safe products. I am aware of hair loss formulations that I consider unsafe and I very much wanted to create ones that are generally fine and dandy to use daily as per instructions.

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