Hair Problems

According to a French proverb, "A fool's hair never turns white." The Russians say, "There was never a saint with red hair." According to the German Pennsylvanians, "Pull out a gray hair, and seven will come to its funeral."

The biggest hair worries are having too much or too little. Too much hair, especially in the wrong places, can be permanently removed by electrolysis. It's expensive and painful, but worth every penny and ounce of pain in exchange for a better self-image.

Too little hair, especially in men, is usually hereditary baldness (alopecia). If none of the available hair-restoring treatments, including cosmetic surgery (implants and transplants) and the drugs currently on the market are for you, you may want to try a natural remedy.

People claim that these remedies have stopped the loss of hair as well as restored hair already lost. Neither of us has seen it happen to anyone we know, but it may be worth a try. After all, what do you have to lose-that you aren't already losing?

Stopping Hair Loss/ Promoting Hair Growth

In an average lifetime, the hair on a person's head grows about 25 feet.

Each of us loses about a hundred hairs a day from our scalp. Mostly, the hairs grow back. When they don't, the hairstyle changes from "parted" or "unparted" to "departed."

Ninety percent of baldness cases can be attributed to hereditary factors. Can something be done to prevent it or overcome it? The people who gave us these remedies say, "Yes!"

An hour before bedtime, slice open a clove of garlic and rub it on the hairless area. An hour later, massage the scalp with olive oil, put on a cap and go to bed. The next morning, shampoo.

Repeat the procedure for a few weeks and, hopefully, hair will have stopped falling out and there will be regrowth showing.

Fingernail Buffer

Three times a day, five minutes each time, buff your fingernails with your fmgernails. Huh? In other words, rub the fingernails of your right hand across the fingernails of your left hand. Not only is it supposed to stop hair loss, it's also supposed to help encourage hair growth and prevent hair from graying.
Prepare your own hair-growing elixir by combining ¼ cup of onion juice with 1 tablespoon of honey. Massage the scalp with the mixture every day. We heard about a man who had a bottle of this hair tonic. One day, he took the cork out of the bottle with his teeth. The next day, he had a mustache that needed to be trimmed. But seriously.. .

Russian Hair Restorer

We heard a similar remedy from a man who emigrated to the United States from Russia. He told us that many barbers in the former Soviet Union recommend this to their customers.

Combine 1 tablespoon of honey with 1 jigger of vodka and the juice from a mediumsize onion. Rub the mixture into the scalp every night, cover, sleep, awaken, shampoo and rinse.

Open Sesame

An Asian remedy to stop excessive amounts of hair from falling out is sesame oil. Rub it on your scalp every night. Cover your head with a cap or wrap a dish towel around it. In the morning, wash with an herbal shampoo (available at most stores where shampoo is sold).

Your final rinse should be with 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in 1 quart of warm water.

Another version of this nightly/daily treatment calls for equal amounts of olive oil and oil of rosemary. Combine the two in a bottle and shake vigorously. Then massage it into the scalp, cover the head, sleep, awaken, shampoo and rinse.
Yet another version-garlic oil. Puncture a couple of garlic pearles, squish out all the oil and massage it into your scalp. Then follow the routine of covering the head overnight and, in the morning, be sure to shampoo and rinse.
Mix 1 jigger of vodka with ½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper and rub it on the scalp. The blood supply feeds the hair. The vodka and pepper stimulates the blood supply.
And still another version of these massage scalp remedies... take half of a raw onion and massage the scalp with it. It's known to be an effective stimulant. Cover the head overnight, then shampoo and rinse in the morning.

If these remedies don't work, there is a plus side to baldness-it prevents dandruff.

Natural Remedies

Dandruff

If you are brunette, wash your hair with a combination of 1 cup of beet juice and 2 cups of water, plus 1 teaspoon of salt. This is an Arabian remedy, and most Arabs have dark hair. Since beets contain a dye, this is not recommended for light-haired people who want to stay that way. To be safe, do a test on a patch of hair.
Squeeze the juice of one large lemon and apply half of it to your hair. Mix the other half with 2 cups of water. Wash your hair with a mild shampoo, then rinse with water. Rinse again with the lemon and water mixture. Repeat these steps every other day until the dandruff disappears.
Massage 4 tablespoons of warm corn oil into your scalp. Wrap a warm, wet towel around your head and leave it there for a half-hour. Shampoo and rinse. Repeat this treatment once a week.

Good Enough to Eat

Grate a piece of ginger and squeeze it through cheesecloth, collecting the juice. Then mix the ginger juice with an equal amount of sesame oil. Rub the ginger/sesame mixture on the entire scalp, cover the head with a cap or wrap with a dish towel, and sleep with it on.

In the morning, wash with an herbal shampoo (available at most stores where shampoo is sold). The final rinse should be with 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in 1 quart of warm water. Repeat this treatment three or four times a week until the dandruff or other scalp problems vanish.

Prepare chive tea by adding 1 tablespoon of fresh chives to 1 cup of just-boiled water. Cover and let it steep for 20 minutes. Strain and-making sure it's cool-rinse your hair with it right after you shampoo.

Dry Hair

Shampoo and towel-dry your hair. Then evenly distribute 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise through your hair. (Use more if your hair is long.) Leave the mayonnaise on for an hour, wash hair with a mild shampoo and rinse. The theory is that the flow of oil from the sebaceous glands is encouraged as the natural fatty acids of the mayonnaise help nourish the hair.

Dull, Permed Hair

After shampooing, rinse with a combination of 1 cup of apple cider vinegar and 2 cups of water. Your hair will come alive and shine. This treatment is especially effective on permed hair, but can be used on any lifelesslooking hair.

Frizzy, Dry Hair

After shampooing, rinse with 1 tablespoon of wheat germ oil, followed by a mixture of ½ cup of apple cider vinegar and 2 cups of water. It will tame the frizzies.

Thin, Bodiless Hair

Add 2 egg whites and the juice of ½ lemon to your shampoo. This will give your hair more body and volume.

Remedies for Bad-Hair Days

If your self-esteem is in the cellar and you're feeling less than confident, capable or sociable, it may be because you're having a bad hair day.

The findings of a study conducted at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, confirmed the negative effect of a crummy coif on the psyche.

The fascinating aspect of the study was that men were more likely to feel less smart and less capable than women when their hair stuck out, was badly cut or was otherwise a mess.

Here are natural remedies to help you have healthy hair, be the best-tressed person around and boost your self-esteem. . .

A Rinse for Shinier Dark Hair

Prepare a rinse in a glass or ceramic bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of either parsley, rosemary or sage (available at health food stores) to 8 cups of just-boiled water. Let it steep until it gets cool. Strain through muslin or a superfine strainer. After shampooing, massage the herb water into your scalp as you rinse with it.

A Rinse for Shinier Fair Hair

Prepare a rinse in a glass or ceramic bowl Add 3 tablespoons of either chamomile, calendula or yarrow (available at health food stores) to 8 cups of just-boiled water. Let it steep until it gets cool. Strain through muslin or a superfine strainer. After shampooing, massage the herb water into your scalp as you rinse with it.

Conditioner for Wispy Hair

This conditioning treatment comes highly recommended for taming flyaway hair. (If you don't know what we mean, you don't have it.) Beat an egg into 2 ounces (6 tablespoons) of plain yogurt. After shampooing your hair, vigorously rub this mixture into the scalp and hair for three minutes. Wrap a towel around your hair and leave it that way for 10 minutes. Rinse with tepid water. If this treatment works for your hair, repeat the procedure after every shampooing.

Dry Shampoo

~ If your home is having plumbing problems, your city is having a water shortage or you just don't feel like washing your hair, you

can dry-shampoo it using cornmeal or cornstarch. Sprinkle some on your hair. Then put a

piece of cheesecloth or pantyhose on the bristles

of a hairbrush and brush your hair with it. The cornmeaVcornstarch will pull out the dust from your hair, and the cloth will absorb the grease. .

Shine your hair with a silk scarf, using it as you would a buffing cloth on shoes. After a

few minutes of this, if your hair doesn't look clean and shiny, tie the scarf around your head and no one will know the difference.

Get the Grease Out

~ Coarse or kosher salt is known to be an effective dry shampoo. Put 1 tablespoon of the salt in aluminum foil and in the oven to warm for five minutes. Using your fingers, work the warm salt

into the scalp and throughout the hair.

As soon as you feel that the salt has had a chance to absorb the grease and dislodge the dust, patiently brush it out of your hair. Wash the brush thoroughly, or use a clean brush and brush

again to make sure all the salt has been removed.

NOTE: Do not use table salt for a dry shampoo. Not only will you still have dirty hair, but it will look as though you have dandruff, too.

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