Many factors determine the condition of hair, skin and nails. As well as heredity, there are causes such as poor circulation, acute illness, surgery, radiation exposure, skin disease, sudden weight loss, high fever, iron deficiency, diabetes, thyroid disease, drugs such as those used in chemotherapy, stress, poor diet, the change of life and vitamin deficiencies.
In general the health of your hair can vary throughtout your life as a result of many factors, such as above, but the circulation to the root of the hair and the amount of nutrients present in the blood play a big part too. Women often experience temporary hair loss after childbirth and the menopause but a lack of
protein in the diet can also affect your mane. Hair loss among
younger age groups is becoming all to common and at Elixir some of the main causes we see is increased
stress. It may be in treating hair loss, for some categories of people, we consider products such as a good
B Complex Vitamin to help calm the nervous system and promote healthier hair growth. The
B's are also clever at promoting growth and helping to extract nutrients from food.
If you are concerned with a prolonged hair loss, do speak to your health care practitioner. However, in many cases
natural products can be used internally and naturally to improve the health of hair, skin and nails. Below are a few of the products you may consider using. If in any doubt we're only a phone call away. Call one of our experienced staff and we'll do everything to try and assist you with the right choice of product.
As a final comment it may also be a good idea to look at your
shampoo. Many of our customers are discovering that conventional (and not just 'cheap' brands - many so-called 'expensive' ones as well) are riddled with unhealthy chemicals which
dry and irritate the skin and overtime can cause dematological problems, such as
eczema. They say up to
80% of what goes into the scalp penetrates the blood stream.
