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In hew new book “101 Ways to Avoid Hair Loss: For Persons with Relaxed, Natural, and Afro-Caribbean Hair” (published by AuthorHouse) author and veteran hairdresser Mary Juliana Brice offers the knowledge she has built about preserving hair.

While the book is seemingly aimed at the hair issues of persons living in the Caribbean, it is not meant to focus only on the Caribbean population. “Our people have migrated to all parts of the world,” Brice says, “and all persons with ‘black Afro hair’, whether they have it relaxed, permed, weaved, braided or natural will find solutions from it for hair loss.”

An excerpt from “101 Ways to Avoid Hair Loss”:

“The combination of sun, sea and chlorine can have a tremendous bleaching effect on the hair. A day tour on a boat, with sea bathing and sun bathing, can produce dramatic changes in hair colour. The resulting ‘sun-kissed hair’, though lovely and alluring, can become dry, brittle, and prone to breakage.”

Brice is certain of the appeal her book answers. “There is a tremendous increase in hair products and styles that are focused on our Afro-American, African, and Afro-Caribbean hair textures,” she says. That increase, she believes, is driving an epidemic of poor hair care, as users increase the incidence and abuse of hair-care products.

Categories: Hair Care

Bald is beautiful. MGA Entertainment Canada will launch a new range of hairless Bratz® dolls this summer at Toys"R"Us, Canada to support children dealing with hair loss due to illnesses such as cancer and alopecia, donating a portion of every sale to Starlight Children's Foundation.

Under the banner True Hope Bratz®, MGA will release hairless versions of its hit dolls Cloe™, Yasmin™ and Cameron™, who will each come with one hat, a second outfit and a beaded bracelet. The True Hope Bratz collection will be available for pre-sale online exclusively at Toysrus.ca from June 1 to mid-July, and will be available at all Toys"R"Us stores in Canada in mid-July.

MGA and Toys"R"Us, Canada will each donate $1 to Starlight Children's Foundation for every True Hope Bratz doll sold online and in stores, in an effort to back the Canadian charity's ongoing support of children with life-threatening illnesses like cancer or chronic diseases like alopecia that cause hair loss.

The announcement comes amidst a growing social media movement that calls for toymakers to create hairless dolls to emotionally comfort young girls and boys who suffer from, or have watched a family member suffer from, hair loss due to cancer treatments and other conditions.

Categories: Baldness

England's wig-making industry "has almost died", according to some of its most experienced figures.

But it is not the likes of Wayne Rooney and Louis Walsh turning to hair transplant surgery that has brought their traditional craft to its knees.

Instead the cause is high labour costs and competition from China that some in the industry say they simply cannot compete with.

George Theurer, chairman of the wig suppliers group at the UK's Hairdressing and Beauty Suppliers Association (HBSA), said: "Labour costs are much lower in China, the quality of what they produce is excellent and cheaper than what we can produce.

"There's a sad inevitability about it all."

Of the 25 wig suppliers in the HBSA most now concentrate almost entirely on supplying wigs made overseas. Only two still produce wigs from scratch.

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Categories: Wigs

Well-known hair restoration company Clive Hair Clinics is being challenged by competitor SRS Hair Clinics over advertising claims.

SRS director C Sidhu made a raft of complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority's complaints board about Clive Clinics' website, television, yellow pages, billboards and newspaper advertisements.

In dealing with issues it probably would have preferred not to rule on, the ASA board partially upheld some of SRS's complaints relating to statements made on Clive's website, but did not uphold those about its other advertisements.

The complaints related to statements by Clive such as: "...in the long term, genetic predispositions towards hair loss can be averted".

Categories: Hair Loss

HLCC is excited to partner with the Toni&Guy salon chain to promote the launch of the Laser Therapy Lounge in Canary Wharf, London. Toni&Guy opened a new Laser Therapy Lounge in their flagship location at the promenade level of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London.

The celebration of the new launch is already scheduled and will be hosted with champagne, canapés and free hair loss consultations, plus a 30% discount given on laser hair loss treatments, which have been clinically proven to stop hair loss and effectively regrow lost hair.

Owners, Sajida & Saleem Rashid opened HLCC UK Ltd. after successfully establishing Glow Beauty in 2009, an award winning salon & spa in Leeds, England. Glow initially provided skincare services, laser hair removal, high frequency treatments and Botox injections, but shortly thereafter, added hair loss services.

The success and popularity of laser hair loss treatment grew so vast and wide that by the summer of 2011, the director of Toni&Guy salons visited Rashid with a proposal to create a pilot hair loss program, which went into effect of January 2012. Rashid says, "The Toni&Guy organization was researching hair loss companies and HLCC's name kept coming up. They wanted a successful global company with business integrity and ethics.

Personally, I have never met a company that has such business integrity as Hair Loss Control Clinic. I believe we are very lucky to be partnered with them. Our new affiliation with Toni&Guy is brilliant. Toni&Guy Salons are the global leader in their game, as we are in ours. We've now joined forces to introduce laser hair loss treatment services to men and women of all ethnicities and we look forward to great things transpiring from this joint venture."

Categories: Hair Loss

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When the economy is down, people struggle to afford the bare necessities. Hair transplant procedures are not at the top of the list despite the amazing results they provide. When the economy starts improving, people have more disposable income that allows them to opt for cosmetic procedures like hair restoration.

In a recent interview, John Kahen, M.D., the premier hair transplant surgeon at Beverly Hills Hair Restoration, spoke about the correlation between an improving economy and an upswing in hair transplants. Dr. Kahen said that more people are opting to have the procedure done now that the economy is improving. He noted that hair transplant surgeries have increased dramatically since a year ago.

This upsurge in procedures is an excellent sign that the economy is recovering. The number of hair transplants being performed is likely to keep rising along with the economy.

Many individuals need to consider the hair transplant cost before committing to having the procedure done. That's why an uptick in the number of procedures being performed by Beverly Hills Hair Restoration Surgeon, Dr. John Kahen, M.D. is a good indication that the economy is on the mend.

An improving economy is good news for men who suffer from hair loss. With things getting better overall, more men will be able to experience the increase in self-esteem and sense of personal satisfaction that comes from an improved hairline. People who have undergone the procedure know it is an excellent investment in their self-confidence and self-worth.

Categories: Hair Transplant

Dr. Robert Leonard, chief surgeon and founder of Leonard Hair Transplant Associates, has been selected to present at the annual DHI Academy Masters Meeting in Athens, Greece, on June 2nd. Dr. Leonard, an internationally recognized hair restoration expert, will deliver a presentation titled “Different Extraction Tools: NeoGraft versus Manual Punch Techniques."

NeoGraft™ is a revolutionary, automated surgical technique which provides patients with a more efficient, less traumatic harvest of donor hair. Dr. Leonard was the first hair restoration surgeon in New England to begin using NeoGraft™, and has more experience with NeoGraft™ than any other surgeon in this region.

The Annual DHI Academy Masters Meeting is an international conference where the latest developments and techniques in Direct Hair Implantation are presented, analyzed and discussed. The conference will take place from May 30th to June 2nd.

Dr. Leonard is New England’s foremost authority on hair restoration, the national spokesman for Rogaine® and the hair loss expert for Johnson & Johnson. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery and a founding member and former president of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, where he presently sits on several committees.

Categories: Hair Loss

Seventeen federal Propecia sexual side effects lawsuits which were originally pending in six different districts have been consolidated into one multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York under Judge John Gleeson. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation established the MDL on April 16, 2012.

Seperately from the MDL, 41 additional Propecia lawsuits were recently consolidated in the Superior Court of Middlesex Country under Judge Jessica R. Mayer.

New label warns that side effects may continue even after Propecia is discontinued

The lawsuits all allege sexual side effects such as Propecia erectile dysfunction and decreased libido. When Propecia (finasteride) was first approved and put on the market in 1992, the label noted that a small percentage of men who took the anti-baldness drug experienced sexual side effects, but assured men that these side effects disappeared when the drug was stopped.

But over time, numerous lawsuits were filed against Merck by men whose Propecia sexual side effects continued even after they stopped taking the drug. Recent studies have shown that these side effects can persist for years after men stop taking Propecia, and in some cases may even be permanent.

Categories: Propecia

Log into our live and interactive webTV show where Dr David H Kingsley, the world's leading expert on hair loss, will give his advice on how to deal with the condition

Show date: 8th May

Show time: 3:30pm

It's a condition that is usually associated with middle aged men, but new studies show hair loss is a problem that also affects millions of women. Despite this, many of those affected find the stigma and subsequent psychological impact hard to deal with.

When faced with endless pictures of women with flowing, thick and healthy hair, having to deal with hair loss is difficult to take and for many women it can make them feel unfeminine leading to a loss of self esteem and even depression.

But luckily the condition is one that can be treated, something Dr David H Kingsley, the world's leading expert on hair loss, has dedicated his life's work to and he's keen to help as many women as possible accept and overcome what is actually a very common condition.

There's no doubt that losing your hair as a woman, whether you are young or older can be a distressing experience. So if you are losing your hair, or you have noticed it is thinning do you know what to do about it?

Categories: Hair Loss