health ABC > Hair
Beauty comes from within!
We all know what healthy looks like... It’s a fresh-faced look, with unblemished skin, glossy hair and strong nails, good teeth, bright eyes and loads of energy also help! Yet the skin, hair and nails are all dead, so ...read more
Hair follicle drug testing
Hair sample drug testing is a great way to detect whether or not a person has used drugs in the past 90 days. Whether in an office format or in the home, hair drug testing serves the purpose ...read more
Hair loss non-surgical treatment options: drugs
Both of the drugs that are currently medically approved treatments for hair loss were discovered by accident rather than design. Minoxidil was first discovered in the 1970’s and taken as a tablet for hi...read more
Head lice? A children's problem...
Standard treatments for head lice are available without prescription. Products such as RID and NIX as usually effective. The products contain permethrin, natural pyrethrins, or organochlorine insecticides. Re...read more
Hirsutism, excessive hair growth
Hirsutism is the medical term for excess hair on a woman in the places only adult men "should" grow hair. At least 25% and as much as 85% of normal middle-aged women remove unwanted facial and body ...read more
Laser and IPL hair removal background information
Using light as a medical treatment has grown significantly in recent years. Now, there are a number of devices which use light for a variety of medical treatments. Ultra - Violet light, for example, has been ...read more
Laser hear removal: does it hurt?
Does it hurt and what could go wrong? Problems after Laser or Intense Pulsed Light, IPL treatment for hair removal vary according to your skin type and the type of hair removal machine used, but here are som...read more
Scalp psoriasis
Psoriasis is a common skin condition affecting 2-3% of the population of the United Kingdom and Ireland. What does it look like? Psoriasis is in simple terms only a vast acceleration of the usual replacemen...read more
What happens during the laser and IPL hair removal treatment?
Your first discussion with a practitioner should clearly set out your expectations of laser or intense pulsed light, IPL treatment and the practitioner should tell you whether or not these results are achieva...read more
What is hair transplantation and how does it work?
Every single follicle of hair on the human scalp is genetically programmed before birth to either become sensitive to the male hormones dihydrotestosterone - DHT (causing the follicle to with...read more
