Teen hair loss has been a popular topic of conversation in my life lately. Two girls that I know (who are in the 14-16 year range), have been experiencing some hair-loss issues. Both really healthy girls – they took my advice and saw their doctors. The cause of their hair loss- is just their lives. Both girls have extremely busy lives. They go to private school, and one is on the swim team, and the other the rowing team – they do tons of other activities- and take guitar lessons from me.

Now their hair loss is barely noticeable. In fact, until one of them said something to me, I didn’t notice. But there are things that they can do to have healthy hair.

Things like:

*Talk your stress out. Teenagers have stressful lives. If they don’t talk, then they internalize it – and that is never good.
*Eat as healthy as you can. It is something we all need to work on. Especially busy people. Hard to find the time…but you just have to try. So curb the fries.
*Take a time out. Make sure you have a day, where there are no scheduled activities. Teenagers need rest and time to chill out, just like the rest of us.
*Do not wear your hair in a braid or ponytail everyday – this just causes more damage- and encourages hair breakage.
*Oh yea, and there is no reason to colour your hair, all the time. Enjoy the natural colour – because its so pretty, when you are young.

Hope the tips help!

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Post from: Blisstree

Quick Hair Tips for Girls

It’s theme day over at the Science and Health Channel for b5media. Today’s theme is a top 10 list of my choice. So my choice is….why I will be bald by the age of 40.

So let’s get started…Here is the list

1. A really bad day at work – ok a somewhat mediocre day at work, has me pulling my strands of hair.
2. I have no immune system – I am frequently battling viruses and other infections -so I get fevers for long periods at a time -fevers are a known cause for hair loss.
3. Poor Nutrition – A balanced diet may help prevent hair loss – I definitely need to reexamine my diet
4. I can not stand head massages -a scalp massage, can increase blood flow to the head. I can not have my head touched. I know it sounds weird – I can’t quite explain it
5. My father is follicle challenged – hair loss is hereditary – and it doesn’t just come from the maternal side
6. I don’t own any chickens
7. I wear my hair in a ponytail almost everyday – hair styles where you pull the hair back and secure in elastics (such as braids or ponytails) can cause baldness
8. I am iron deficient (not exactly anemic – but low on iron, just the same) – deficiency of protein and iron can cause hair loss
9. Hair loss occurs for most people between the ages of 20 and 50 – I am between those ages
10. I occasionally colour treat my hair – hair that has been treated chemically can react – and fall out

Are you destined for hair loss, because of how you live?
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Ten Reasons Why I May Be Bald By the Age of 40