For Healthy Hair

Badnews for modern women:Many of today's common hair care practices
are not great for hair follicles. "The types of alopecia we're seeing
are different than what we were seeing 20 years ago because of the
different types of processing that people are doing now," says Roopal
V. Kundu, MD, Associate Professor of Dermatology at Northwestern
University's Feinberg School of Medicine, "Whereas in the '70s and the
early '80s the hairstyles were more natural, these days there's a lot
more crunched out styles in terms of perms and putting heat in the
hair and keeping it straight, and a lot of tension."

Here are simple ways to improve hair health.

Eat enough protein

"The basic early advice is make sure you are looking at your diet,
make sure you're getting enough iron, make sure you are not anemic,
make sure you have enough protein in your diet. Iron and protein are
really important for hair health.

Get your vitamin levels checked
Iron levels are important for hair health. Women often develop
iron-deficiency anemia because they aren't getting enough iron.
Iron-deficiency anemia can also develop due to normal monthly
menstrual blood loss. There are some generic vitamins that we
recommend: Vitamin D, omega, fish oils, a generic multivitamin with
iron. Biotin is great in terms of hair strength and preventing
breakage.

Invest in silicone

There's no magic product or ingredient, but if you want to add a
little more protection you can use silicone -based products. Silicone
basically coats the hair, which adds a little more protection once you
do any kind of stress to the hair. Check a product's list of
ingredients and make sure silicone is high up on the list. Look for
silicone or dimethicone, a silicone derivatives. Anti-frizz products
usually have a silicone type of derivative. You can also try a
leave-in conditioner, which also coats the hair.

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