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Breaking Hair and Split Ends A breaking hair and/or one with split ends has aged prematurely, and its keratin has lost all of its elasticity. This diminished resistance can have multiple causes... Chemotherapy and Hair LossHair loss is one of the most feared side effects by patients going through chemotherapy to treat cancer. Here, Hélène Clauderer answers the questions that are the most frequently asked to her by patients themselves, or their friends and family… Child-Bearing and Hair LossThe hair can go through considerable changes during child-bearing. During pregnancy, the hair is often at its best; inversely, after delivery, it falls excessively. This so-called post-partum hair loss is typical, but not always neutral… Cholesterol and Hair LossThe discovery that an excess of cholesterol can have a relation with androgenetic hair loss is rather recent, and the explanation remains uncertain. One fact has however been verified: bad cholesterol can be an aggravating factor in people with a natural predisposition for hair loss... Clauderer Anti-Hair LossTreatmentsAll Clauderer anti-hair loss treatments are personalised to each particular case. They are prescribed following a diagnosis, and guarantee precise specific results. By subscribing to a Clauderer treatment, you also benefit from a regular follow-up that enables to control the progress of your hair and your scalp… Clauderer In-Depth Hair Diagnosis
Contraception and The HairBecause the hair lives under hormonal dependence, a contraceptive (pill or any other hormonal contraceptive) can have a negative or positive impact on it. This applies to scalps with a natural predisposition for ‘androgenetic’ seborrhea or hair loss problems… ContraceptivesContraceptives are here classified into 4 categories, according to the effect they have on the scalp and the hair’s vitality: Very positive – Positive – Neutral – Negative… Daily Hair Loss: What is the Norm?How many hairs can we lose daily on average? As of what quantity does a hair loss become pathological? Dandruff and ItchinessDandruff and itchiness correspond to an abnormal activation of the scalp’s dermic cells and their expulsion by ‘desquamation’. This abnormality remains a mystery… Whereas we now know what causes the dandruff and favours its appearance, we still do not know why some hair is predisposed to it, and some is not. There are however now effective treatments, and isn’t that what matters most? Diabetes and Diffuse Hair LossIn the case of an unbalanced diabetes, the hair can fall in a diffuse fashion. Few diabetologists feel concerned about this symptom, which is not vital, and consider it to merely be a ‘cosmetic’ sign of the condition. But for patients who already have difficulties accepting their diabetes, hair loss can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. This info file is for them… Diet and Hair LossTo keep one’s hair is first about properly feeding it ‘from the inside’. The right diet for the hair should avoid refined industrial sugars and should bring you the five daily nutrients it needs, i.e., protein, sulphur, zinc, iron and group B vitamins... Drug-Associated Alopecia (Hair Loss)We take more and more medication, and alopecia (hair loss) due to the intake of drugs has continuously increased over the past fifty years. Explanations and a precise list of the molecules that can trigger hair loss… Dry Hair A lack of sebum, or a sebum deficiency, makes the keratin and the hair’s scalp more fragile. Here are some recommendations to make up for the problem… Dull and/or Porous HairDull or porous hair has a common problem as its cause: the more or less significant deterioration of its cuticle, which is the external part of the hair stem. Today, there are several remedies in order to cure this unsettling… Electrically-Charged HairWhy does the hair become electrically charged? How can hair that is impossible to comb be tamed? What intensifies the problem of electrically charged hair… What we recommend to fix the problem... Free: Express Online TestTest your symptoms in a few clicks: hair loss and/or thinning... Frizzy Hair: Excessivelly DryIs your hair frizzy? What you should primarly look for in hair hydrating products are essential fatty acids (EFA). In this info file, you will understand the role that this type of acid plays in the hair’s organic composition and why, in your particular case, its eventual deficiency causes excessively dry hair. In terms of treatment, you will see that EFA are found in most vegetable oils, although some are more effective than others… Frizzy Hair: Natural is back!The number of our clients who decide to no longer have their hair straightened increases every year. For them, beautiful afro hair means healthy hair, and not artificially straightened hair, as they had long thought. Here are the tips and advice we give them, to help them love and take care of their new hair.… Frizzy or Semi-Frizzy Hair Loss
Frizzy/Straightened Hair, Daily TipsSeven practical tips to optimise the health and beauty of straightened hair on a daily basis... Frizzy/Straightened Hair: How to Treat and Fix ItYou regularly straighten your hair and are afraid that your head of hair will decrease as a consequence in the long term… Hélène Clauderer answers all of the questions you can ask yourself… Greasy Hair and SebumSeborrhea, or excess of sebum, is of androgenetic origin. But it is often amplified by stress, the diet and an upkeeping that is poorly adapted to the hair. Some tips to prevent the hair from becoming excessively greasy… Hair Care10 Quick Tips by H. Clauderer: Hair FollicleThe hair follicle is the root’s wrapping, 4 mm under the scalp. That is where the hair’s life cycle is developed, and where one should act in the case of malfunctioning. Explanations and sketch… Hair Growth and RegrowthOver the past 5 years, research has accelerated, and biologists now have a better understanding of the hair’s mysteries. We now understand with more precision the functioning of the ‘underground factory’ in which the hair is born, grows and renews itself. We especially know where precisely to act when malfunctionings occur. Explanations and sketches... Hair Growth: What Daily Pace?At what pace does our hair grow? What length can it reach? Can we make it grow faster?
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A side view of the hair shows three concentric layers: 1) the cuticle, on the outside, 2) the cortex, in the intermediary zone and 3) the marrow, at the centre. Explanations and sketches…
Hair Structure
As for cholesterol, there seems to be a link between androgenetic alopecia and arterial hypertension. But, apart from a clear clinical observation, research has not yet been able to explain the correlation between the two conditions. Also, some medications against hypertension can decrease hair loss, while others can cause it.…
Hypertension and Androgenetic Alopecia
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Iron is vital for the oxygenation of the hair’s reproduction cells. A lack of iron, once settled (iron deficiency anaemia) can lead to thinner, more tern and scarcer hair... |
Here and there, on web forums dedicated to hormonal hair loss, one can sometimes read that Clauderer treatments are a rip-off, and that so are all other natural anti-hair loss remedies...
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What is Keratin? How can it be treated? Is it a living or a dead body? Its multiple properties make it complex and difficult to classify...
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When the body is neglected, the first victims are the rapidly renewing cells (skin and the hair). If your hair falls excessively, here is a tip: closely monitor your lifestyle…
Lifestyle - Men
Lifestyle - Women
Three exclusive Clauderer massages, to make your scalp more supple and remove stress from it, favour the blood flow towards your hair, and boost regrowth. Precise sketches of the moves to make… Massages, Exercise for the Hair
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Frizzy Hair
Menopause is characterised by the progressive loss (premenopause), and then the disappearance of female hormones. This loss can trigger symptoms of hyperandrogenia (excess of male hormones), especially in terms of hair density…
Premenopause, Menopause and Hair Loss
The HRT (hormone replacement therapy) are here ranked into 4 categories, according to the impact they have on the scalp and the hair’s vitality: Very positive – Positive – Neutral – Negative…
International List of HRT and Rating for the Hair
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Just like the rest of the body, the hair changes at puberty. It is often greasier, less docile and sometimes has dandruff. On some people, the head of hair even starts to become scattered. Those symptoms, from the most benign to the most concerning, can be cured. What matters is to not let them settle in… |
Why did Joan of Arc have her hair cut? What triggered the use of curly wigs for men in the XVIIth century? What happened to Napoleon’s hair for people to believe he was killed by poisoning?... A ten question quiz on the hair that has made French history…
The Hair and History of France
For how long does our hair live?
What is an abnormal hair loss? What makes the hair whiten?
A 12 question quiz on basic knowledge about the hair…
Hair Properties
From Renaissance to Picasso and Dali, a selection of 70 paintings with a special focus on the hair ...
The Hair in the Eyes of Painters
A living and mysterious substance that constantly renews itself, the hair has often aroused the imagination of poets. Here are ten examples illustrating its symbolic richness: can you guess the authors?...
The Hair in the Eyes of Poets
For many of us, the hair falls three to four times more in autumn. What is such seasonal loss due to? Should one worry about it? Explanation, and tips…
Seasonal Hair Loss
Shampooing is a familiar process, which we think we master. However, just like tooth brushing, it is not neutral, and partly determines the hair’s health. Eight Q&A to get rid of your misconceptions and shampoo successfully…
Your Shampoo
In the spring, boost your hair regrowth in order to better face beginning of season hair loss. Everything you do for your hair at that period of the year will be returned to you times one hundred: just like for plants, it is the period when it is optimally receptive…
The Spring and Beginning of the Season Hair Loss: Boost Your Regrowing Hair!
If you tend to lose your hair, beware of stress! Because our hair’s health is very sensitive to our mind’s, stress can strongly accelerate the loss process…
Stress and Hair Loss - Men
Stress and Hair Loss - Women
So-called telogen effluvium hair losses affect the whole of the head. That is their main common denominator. In that respect, they are different from androgenetic hair loss which only affects some zones of the scalp…
Telogen Effluvium - Men
Telogen Effluvium - Women
Two parameters can modify the density of the hair: the regrowths are thinner, or there are fewer of them, sometimes both… Why? What can be done? Explanations, sketches and Clauderer tips…
Thinner and Fewer Regrowing Hair - Men
Thinner and Fewer Regrowing Hair - Women
Rather unknown from the general public (except from those who have problems with it), the thyroid gland secretes hormones the role of which is vital for the body, in general, and for the hair, in particular. When they are in sub-production or in over-production, those hormones can unsettle the hair’s health and lead to major diffuse loss. Why? How? What can be done?...
Thyroid Problems and Hair Loss
Traction Hair loss (alopecia) is caused by poney talls, extensions, small African braids or afro hair complements… The problem is the same for all these types of hairdressing : a strong and prolonged traction of the roots can lead to localised and irreversible hair loss. Another cause of traction is trichotillomania. Even if the cause of the condition is very different and relates to psychiatry rather than cosmetics, the result is the same: as a consequence of being pulled, the hair falls prematurely ...
Traction Hair Loss and Trichotillomania
A hair’s health depends on five factors, identified by Hélène Clauderer as its five vital functions. Indivisible, those functions must be rebalanced with regards to each other, within the hair follicle. If one or more of them is unsettled, the hair’s whole vital function is affected. Explanations, tips and detailed sketches…
The Hair’s Vital Functions - Men
The Hair’s Vital Functions - Women
Can vitamins for the hair help to solve problems such as hair loss, weak regrowth, excessively greasy or dry hair, and dandruff? And, if so, how can one find one’s way in the jungle of products and promises? An overview of the effectiveness of those treatments, and their limits...
Vitamins by Oral Intake and Hair Loss: Effectiveness and Limits
Weak regrowths, much dandruff, electrically charged hair… Here, minor and major winter problems are explained and taken into consideration…
Winter Hair
Fully natural vegetable-based formulas to fight hair loss are now available on the market thanks to recent scientific findings. More than a trend, this type of anti hair loss treatment is a response to consumer demand...
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