Saturday 12 April 2008

Could Tony Blair’s hair loss treatment have induced his well publicised heart problems?

This really is food for thought, a recently released book by Lord David Owen "In Sickness and in Power: Illness in Heads of Government During the Last 100 Years" , suggests that the previous British Prime Minister Tony Blair's heart scare was caused by using a Minoxidil based hair loss treatment.
Did Tony Blair’s hair loss treatment induce heart problems?

Tony Blair’s highly-publicised heart scare in 2003 may have been caused by the hair loss medicine ‘Regaine’ also known as minoxidil. This claim was made in a new book called ‘In Sickness And In Power: Illness in Heads of Government During the Last 100 Years’ written by Lord David Owen, doctor and Foreign Secretary in the Labour Government in the late seventies.

According to top psychologist Corinne Sweet “a strong head of hair denotes potency and pulling power for men. Men in the public eye can be very self-conscious about their appearance, as a full head of hair can equate power, status and success.”
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Monday 7 April 2008

Why does Minoxidil (Rogaine) Work For Some People and Not Others

I've often wondered why Minoxidil does not always work for certain people and this video may go some way to explaining why. The video Illustrates that for some people a waxy substance called sebum can build up on the surface of the scalp preventing the Minoxidil from getting to the hair root. This product apparently contains a substance that dissolves the sebum allowing the Minoxidil to work more effectively.
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How to Make Minoxidil (Rogaine) More Effective
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Monday 18 February 2008

Choosing The Best Hair Loss Product

Now, one of the main causes of hair loss is your genes and ageing. You need to remember that the genetic factor and also ageing plays a very important role regarding hair loss. If your grandfather or your father had hair loss problems, then there is a very good chance that you too will experience this kind of problem. Also, ageing can cause hair loss and up until now, there is really no way to treat it.

There is a hormone inside our body that can cause you to lose hair. This hormone is called DHT. You need to understand that the DHT is a by product of testosterone and is essential for the development of our body early in life. As we age, the amount of DHT in our body increases and therefore, will result in hair loss by preventing the hair follicles to grow new hair or by shedding more hair than the hair follicles can grow.

Today's hair loss treatment products concentrate on this concept to treat hair loss. Even scientists are still researching hair loss and DHT. It has been found that people who experiences balding or thinning of the hair early on in life have higher amounts of DHT in their body than people who don’t experience premature hair loss.

Today, the best hair loss product is one that can inhibit DHT. By inhibiting the DHT, you will be able to prevent hair loss and also allow new hair to grow back.

There are quite a lot of hair loss products available today. Some are herbal products that can inhibit DHT, while there are also synthetic DHT inhibitors available at pharmacies. It is only a matter of knowing what works for you best. Always remember that the best hair loss product is one that you are comfortable with and one that works for you.