Your Family – September 2019

22 yourfamily.co.za

BEAUTY UPDATE

WAYS TO LOOK AND FEEL AMAZING

COMPILED BY JANINE COLLINS PHOTOS: DYLAN SWART AND SUPPLIED

WHY YOUR HAIR

MAY BE THINNING

Alsogreat

forinserting

contactlenses!

Our hair is our crowning glory – especially in our younger years. If your hair

looks good, you feel good. But age, pregnancy, stress, illness and menopause

can all lead to thinning. And having less hair to absorb oils often makes for

greasier hair, which starts to need more frequent washing. Thin hair is high-

maintenance hair!

Although regular hair loss of 100 hairs a day isn’t noticeable, as these are

replaced with new hairs beginning their growth cycle, more noticeable hair

loss can occur due to the following factors:

1 HEREDITARY MALE AND FEMALE

PATTERN BALDNESS. This is in

your genes and impossible to alter.

2 HORMONAL CHANGES, including

pregnancy, childbirth, menopause

and thyroid issues. These issues

may or may not resolve on their

own. Hair loss can also be due to

high levels of dihydratestosterone

(DHT), the hormone that causes

hair loss in men. Many hair loss

treatments are aimed at inhibiting

DHT levels.

3 MEDICAL CONDITIONS: Ringworm,

scalp infections and compulsive

hair-pulling (trichotillomania)

are examples.

4 MEDICATION AND CANCER

TREATMENTS: Drugs for chemo,

radiation, arthritis, depression,

blood pressure and heart conditions

can contribute to hair loss.

5 STRESS: Stress not only contributes

to thinning hair, but an incidence

of trauma or shock can result

in severe hair loss (which is,

luckily, temporary).

6 SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT LOSS.

SOWHATCANYOUDO?

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Inadditiontomanagingyourstress

levelsandkeepinganeyeonyour

nutrition,youcantakethefollowing

stepstominimisehairloss:

Makesureyouhaveprotein

forbreakfast.

Addbiotin(vitaminB6)toyour

dailyroutine(ifyourregular

supplementisleavingyoushort

onit).

ChattoyourGPaboutyour

concerns,ifyou’retaking

medicationsforanyofthe

conditionslistedinpoint 4

above.Don’tstoptakingany

prescribedmedswithoutyour

doctor’sapproval.

Avoidpullingyourhairback

tootightlywhenyouwearit

up.Thisplacesstressonyour

hairfolliclesandcancause

tractionalopecia.

Begentlewithyourhair,

especiallywhenwashing,

combingandbrushing.

Treat any scalp conditionsthat

couldbecompromisingthe

healthofyourhairfollicles.

TryasupplementlikeTrichotin

Hair

Regenesis,

R438(taken

inthe

morning)

andDHTInhibitor,R448(taken

atnight).Theyworktogetherto

keepthebodytoppedupwith

thenutrientsitneedsforoptimal

hairhealthandDHTlevelsat

hair-friendlylevels.Buythem

onlinefromFusionlabsonline.

comBothareendorsedbythe

InternationalHairLossInstitute.

The Pelo Baum range by

Lamelle contains a shampoo

(R200), conditioner

(R200) and leave-in

revitalising solution

(R675) to stimulate the

scalp and boost hair

health. Shop it online

at Lamelle.co.za

I’ve recently started wearing readers

and sometimes putting on eye

make-up is a real strain. You obviously

can’t apply anything to the eye area while

wearing glasses...

Enter Younilook. In short, this device lets

your mirror-wear the glasses. It comes with

four sets of lenses (of differing strengths,

from +1.0 to +4.0) and attaches to your mirror.

You’ll find it much easier to do precision work,

like apply eyeliner and shading, when looking

into your mirror through the Younilook lens.

It’s a really clever gadget. R695 from Takealot.