by Suzanne Greenfield

Created on: February 23, 2010   Last Updated: March 14, 2010

As a woman one of the most distressing things you can go through is losing your hair. It can greatly affect your confidence and your ability to go about your daily life without feeling self-conscious and unattractive. Hair loss can be the result of many external factors. Experts predict that on average we shed around 50-100 hairs everyday and when a hair falls out a new hair will grow out of the same follicle. As women get older new hairs may stop growing causing bald patches or hair thinning. This often happens as women go through the menopause but can happen in younger women also.

Other reasons for hair thinning or baldness in women include childbirth, surgery, a poor diet, thyroid disease or it could be a side effect of certain medications. Some hair loss problems are the result of conditions such as alopecia or telogen effluvium and there are specific treatments that you can undergo in order to improve the problem.

Prevention is better than cure as the saying goes, and this can be the case with hair thinning problems. It is useful to remember that hair is made up of protein and in order to have healthy, strong hair you must be eating a healthy diet that includes lots of protein-rich foods such as meat, fish and cheese. It is also important to be getting a healthy amount of minerals in your diet especially iron, this can be found in meat, fish and in vegetables in small amounts. Hairstyles such as tight braids or buns can also have an effect on hair growth as the stress on the scalp may cause hair loss.

If you feel you have exhausted all the avenues of hair growth without success then you may wish to turn a more practical solution: Hairdreams. In the past women with hair loss problems have been content with using wigs but nowadays a wig is not appropriate for the hectic lifestyle that women now enjoy. Hairdreams are designed for women who want natural looking hair that fits in with their lifestyles. Hairdreams encompasses a range of different methods for thickening and adding volume to your hair so you are able to choose a method that will best suit your needs. From the Microlines system which is a virtually invisible hair net that has a full head of hair attached, to the Tophair system that thickens and lengthens the hair on top of the clients head; there will be a method that fulfils your needs.

Hair loss is an embarrassing condition and some women may feel that they have had their femininity taken away from them along with their hair. But there is no need for women to suffer anymore. With Hairdreams women can add thickness and volume to their hair and more importantly they can re-establish their self-confidence. Many women have spoken about the treatment as life-changing and you too could change your life.

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