| How to Hide Hair Loss
If you are unhappy with your thinning hair, perhaps it is time to consider some techniques to hide your hair loss. Whether you are a man or a woman losing hair due to heredity, stress, medication or a medical condition you can use these tips to help you cope. Blow-dry your Hair If your hair is thinning on top, consider blow drying it when you get out of the shower to give it added texture and body to give your head more coverage. Brush it into a quiff on the top of your head by brushing it from the forehead up. Secure the style with just a little bit of hairspray. If your hair is simply thinning throughout, this is a good way to make your hair look fuller. Get a Buzz Cut Actors, sports stars and businessmen alike all utilize the buzz cut as a way to hide the fact that they are losing hair.
Group creates hats for cancer patients
A small group of warm-hearted women gathered Saturday at Vassar Brothers Medical Center's Dyson Center for Cancer Care to warm the heads of cancer patients. The first felt hat project is the brainchild of Laura Watson. Watson, an occupational and physical therapist at Northern Dutchess Hospital, came up with the idea last winter when a close friend was going through chemotherapy. "I got together with some friends one Sunday to make her a hat and thought perhaps other people could benefit from this," she said. Watson has teamed up with the Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation to create an interactive activity that provides a practical item for cancer patients. She hopes to expand the program to other locations. Program participant Chris Vaczi said there is a lack of stylish products on the market that patients can wear after losing their hair.
The Lasercomb Restores Hair but Not Dignity
The Hairmax Lasercomb sounds like something ordered from the back of a 1970s comic book, but clinical tests suggest it's an effective remedy to baldness. Now approved by the FDA for promotion, embarrassed baldies no longer need order Rogaine by the boxload—they can simply zap their scalp with lasers. Or at least male baldies: as they noted in their offical forums, the etiology of hair loss is different between sexes, and they had to do a separate trial for the ladies, yet to be concluded. The combs resemble the security wands waved by airport check-in guards, except, of course, for the angry red glare of its laser array. Treatments last 10-15 minutes and should be performed thrice weekly, according to their site. It involves, as you might expect, comb-like movements over the head. The standard model has 9 lasers, the cheaper SE edition only 5.
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