An emotional trauma can cause sudden hair loss; this reversible, normal condition is called telogen effluvium.

How can something that has nothing to do with your hair or scalp cause your hair to fall out? Well, according to doctors and hair loss experts, anything that disrupts your body’s normal rhythms or hormone levels can also disrupt the hair growth cycle. Sometimes, this disruption causes hair follicles to get stuck in the telogen, or resting, phase until they are pushed out in the exogen (shedding) phase. Because follicles do not return to the normal anagen (growth) phase, hair loss appears to be sudden and noticeable.  This condition is known as telogen effluvium. Continue reading →

You know you want it. You strive to attain it. But do you know what “healthy hair” really is, and how to achieve it?

Long flowing locks, crisp cuts, vibrant colour, no split ends, super shiny hair. All obvious indicators of healthy hair. But what you might think is conducive to healthy hair, may not always be the healthiest way of caring for your tresses long term.

In essence healthy hair is that which is in optimum condition, i.e. not stressed or suffering from damage, which may be caused by external factors such as processing (straightening, blow-drying), or internal (such as poor diet). The key to healthy hair, as well as healthy-looking hair, concerns your scalp almost as much as your hair, along with both your everyday care and maintenance as well as your styling and cutting habits. Continue reading →

Residing in a land of year-round sunshine & outdoor lifestyle, it may come as a revelation that many people here in Dubai and UAE are Vitamin D (25(OH) D) deficient. Vitamin D (as Cholecalciferol) is synthesized from sunlight when our bare skin is exposed. In a further conversion cascade involving enzymes from the liver & kidneys, the active & most potent form of Vitamin D – termed Calcitriol – is produced & stored in the liver & to a lesser extent, the tissues of the body.

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