Archive for December, 2009

Nizoral shampoo has an active ingredient of Ketonazole. It was originally marketed back in the 1980′s as an anti dandruff shampoo, and was very effective since it acted as an antifungal and was effective against the yeast which caused dandruff which is a bug called Pityrosporum ovale. So far so good. However, ketonazole had previously been available in tablet form for treatment of fungal infections and a well known and well documented side effect of the tablet was testicular atrophy. Put bluntly your testes stop working properly and in extreme cases they actually get smaller and stop producing testosterone. The reason that ketonazole produces testicular atrophy is the same reason that some people find it also helps with their hair… read more

Dandruff is a much understated problem and is often viewed as comical by the general public, simply thinking that a bottle of head and shoulders is a cure-all. Although Head and Shoulders etc do work for some people, there are many others who suffer from the constant nagging itch of a flaking scalp which can even wake them up at night. As stated in an earlier blog the bug associated with dandruff is a yeast called Pityrosporum ovale, which can be thought of as a type of fungus. Like all fungal infections it can be very, very difficult to get rid of. This may be because it is a sporing organism and produces billions of spores which are difficult to… read more

The answer as to whether you can use the same hair loss treatment forever depends upon you as an individual. Your body has a very unfortunate habit of becoming resistant to things that are doing it good. As an example of this Type II diabetes is involved to a large extent in the body becoming resistant to its own insulin and we have all heard stories of people responding to chemotherapy and then the disease becoming resistant to the therapy. The same will no doubt be true of hair loss treatments. If you begin by using ProFusion, minoxidil or one of the other products around, you might find that the product works perfectly for you forever. At the other extreme,… read more

In short yes. The two directors of Pro Hair Biosystems are both users of ProFusion System. One noticed his hair was receding in his late 20′s and this gradually got worse. He tried a number of hair loss treatments such as American Crew and Schwarzkopf products, but the only hair loss product which stabilised the loss was ProFusion, although the American Crew product seemed quite good for a while. The Schwarzkopf product he suspected may have been making his hair loss worse. He knows first hand, what it is like to have hair loss, having been bald on his crown for 20 years or so (he knows that area won’t regrow), but when the remainder started to disappear rapidly he… read more

So how would you know if you are losing your hair? Basically you look for changes in your hair. The very earliest signs of hair loss is often that your hair looking less lively and duller than previously, despite using good quality shampoo and conditioner. It just seems a little bit lifeless. The next signs you might typically see is the early stages of actual hair loss, which is an increased number of hairs around the bath each time you wash your hair. Everyone loses some hair each time they wash their hair, but people who are beginning to go bald, see a definite increase. The exact signs of hair loss and thinning hair vary from person to person, but… read more

So how many hairs do you expect to lose each day anyway? The experts say that a man typically loses around 100 hairs every day. When we are children or before showing any signs of hair loss, these lost hairs are replaced in the normal cycle of hair growth. When hair loss occurs, the lost hair begins to be replaced by (literally) a thinner hair, and then thinner shorter hairs until eventually the root fails to produce a hair follicle at all. When this happens the hair root is still capable of producing a hair for a while, but once no hair has been produced for a few years, the jury is out on whether it will ever be able… read more

We are often asked whether wearing a hat can prevent your hair from breathing. The answer is no. First fact is that hair doesn’t breathe, it has no nerves and isn’t really alive at all. The root of your hair is where the action takes place and that is supplied by blood from the scalp blood vessels or capillaries as they are called. So wearing a hat doesn’t starve your hair of oxygen. However, as you will read below, it may not always be good for your scalp. Depending upon the overall health of your scalp, wearing a hat for a long period of time may create the sort of warm, damp environment where bugs flourish. It has been proven… read more

What has James Bond and Indiana Jones have to do with hair loss. The archetype James Bond, Sean Connery who starred in Goldfinger, Dr No, Thunderball etc., later went on to star in Indiana Jones as Harrison Ford’s father. What is interesting about Sean Connery is that he lost his hair at a very early age, and probably wore a hairpiece for Goldfinger. As his career progressed he abandoned the hairpiece and appeared completely bald from then on, with, in my opinion, one of his best performances being a movie called The name of the Rose. Around the time he was cast as Indiana Jones’ Dad in the movie of the same name, Sean Connery was voted as being one… read more

Some users prefer to apply conditioner to dry hair first and then, rinse it off. They seem to find that this is more effective than applying it to wet hair. This is probably because the dry scalp absorbs more active ingredient than a wet scalp. Share your experience.

ProFusion haircare products are designed to prevent hair loss. Although they can be used like a normal shampoo and conditioner, it is best to leave both in contact with the scalp for a minute or two before rinsing off. Please share your experience…..