Viviscal Hair Loss Treatment & Body Care

We found a particularily interesting article on the website www.vibrantnation.com which discusses how women are more likely to lose their hair in the Fall rather than any other season Check it out and let us know what you think.

Fall can be a particularly challenging time if you have thinning hair. Women naturally tend to lose more hair starting in October, anyway, according to a recent Swedish study.

Hair follows a normal cycle of growth and resting – called the telogen state – before falling out. The rest period can last two to six months before the hair falls out and starts the growth period again.

Researchers followed 800 healthy women for more than six years. They found women have the highest percentage of resting follicles during July, with the resting state ending 100 days later, the Daily Mail reports. That means the highest percentage of hair falls out during the autumn, starting in October, making this the worst month for female hair thinning. The hair follicle lays fallow for about three months before it starts the regrowth process again.

(The following appeared in the NYT.com on Oct 5th 2011. To view the article go to http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/fashion/assessing-those-laser-pulsing-light-and-sonic-skin-care-products-for-home-use.html?_r=2)

ABOUT two years ago, Toby Salzman bought two hand-held gadgets that promised, if not the fountain of youth, at least a spigot: LightStim for Wrinkles ($299), which supposedly increases collagen and reduces lines by using red, amber and infrared light; and the Clarisonic Skin Cleansing System ($225), which claims to remove six times more dirt from your face than regular cleansing does.

“You think you’re not doing a good job unless you’re using those devices,” said Ms. Salzman, 57, the owner of a clothing company in Seattle.

She is one of thousands of people buying portable lasers and lights that promise to polish skin, eliminate blemishes, smooth wrinkles or diminish rosacea.

Michael Moretti, president of Medical Insight Inc., a media and market research company specializing in aesthetic medicine, said that retail sales of these home-use devices were expected to rise from an estimated $561.8 million in 2010 to nearly $900 million in 2015.

By Pamela Redmond Satran • Guest Writer

The most advanced piece of mathematical and scientific knowledge I carry around in my head these days is that your hair is 50 percent of your looks. And when you’ve gained 10 pounds or are worrying over a new wrinkle, that could jump to 75 percent.

The good news is that your hair is totally — okay 97.8 percent — in your control. Here’s how not to act old in terms of what you do with your hair.

DON’T GO GRAY.  I know some of want to stone me for saying this, but as a crusader for not acting older than you need to, I feel bound to tell you that letting your hair go gray makes nearly every woman look instantly years older. True, gray hair can be lovely, and undoubtedly easier and less expensive to maintain. And perhaps you just want to cultivate an up-yours attitude by wearing your hair in a gray crewcut while dressing in an orange thong bikini to which I say, Bravo.

But if you’re looking for simple ways to act and look more youthful, coloring the gray may be Number 1.