While society has traditionally regarded hair loss as a problem associated with men, losing your ‘crowning glory’ also can be devastating to women and teens.  Over 40 million women are affected each year and are always looking for a way to stop their hair loss.

Lifes2good, a leading European natural healthcare company, is promoting a new product they claim will help women with hair loss.

The product called Nourkrin(TM) is a unique marine-based food supplement that is 100% natural and contains:

– Marine based extract of proteins and polysaccharides.
– Silica, an important mineral for reducing hair loss and maintaining strong healthy hair.
– Horsetail extract, the organic form of silica that increases the strength of the hair and revitalizes lifeless hair.
– IGG Protein aids in the digestion of the product.

Stress, poor diet, the Pill, HRTs, childbirth, cancer treatment, and menopause are blamed for a national problem that’s ruining the lives of over 40 million women who experience thinning hair and hair loss.

“Hair loss is a much bigger issue to women. Up to 60 % of women will lose hair some time in their life, it affects women’s self esteem, and they can become depressed,” says Dr. David Kingsley, the world’s only trichologist (hair/scalp expert) named as a member of the prestigious AAD. He recently authored the book, The Hair Loss Cure: a Self-Help Guide, operates two hair loss clinics in the U.S. and treats thousands of women. He uses Nourkrin(TM) in his therapies with amazing success rates. “Not all hair loss is genetic or permanent. In many cases, hair loss is a temporary issue and will eventually grow back.”

The company claims in a survey of 1,000 Nourkrin users, 62.5% saw an improvement in their hair after only two months.

A 30-day supply retails for $79.95 and is available at Vitamin World Stores, www.help4hair.com or by calling 1.888.577.7277.

Auriga Laboratories, Inc. is launching a new topical lotion designed to alleviate itchy skin called Xyralid™ LP Lotion.

Xyralid™ LP Lotion is indicated for the anti-inflammatory anesthetic relief of pruritus (itching) and pruritic eczemas, abrasions, minor burns, insect bites, pain and soreness due to pruritus ani, pruritus vulvae, and similar conditions of the skin and mucous membranes.

The lotion will be sold as a kit that also contains Clere™, a soap free cleanser.

Xyralid™ LP Lotion contains (lidocaine HCl 3%/hydrocortisone acetate 0.5%) and should not be used for tuberculous or fungal lesions of skin vaccinia, varicella and acute herpes simplex and in persons who have shown hypersensitivity to any of its components. Lidocaine is contraindicated in patients with a known history of hypersensitivity to local anesthetics of the amide type.

Scalp itch is quite common in people who are losing their hair and this product may provide some relief.

Contact your local physician or dermatologist for further information or visit their website at: http://www.aurigalabs.com.

DENVER, CO — On Friday, August 17, 2007, American Crew, a leading maker of men’s professional grooming products, plans to pay tribute to the American male during its National Men’s Grooming Day campaign.

American Crew will distribute 30,000 product samples on National Men’s Grooming Day in select areas of New York City.

In addition, participating salons and barbershops will offer male-friendly salon services and events to promote National Men’s Grooming Day.

For example, Francesco’s Hair Salon and Barber Shop, located in the shuttle passage of New York’s Grand Central Terminal, will be distributing coupons to commuters on National Men’s Grooming Day. If they book an appointment on August 17th for a men’s service, they will receive a free 8 oz. American Crew shampoo. Peel’s, the distributor of American Crew products in Kansas, will be hosting a Grooming Day Fair at the Hutchinson Fairgrounds on August 17th. Fifty booths featuring local salons, area businesses, local artists, and a band, will join together to celebrate the day.

Sold exclusively to professional salons worldwide, American Crew consists of over 35 products. For more information call 800-598-CREW or visit http://www.americancrew.com/.

This hair loss sufferer used a HairMax LaserComb and Revivogen and saw his balding crown fill in just over a year later.   He started his hair loss treatment regimen on March 31, 2005 and by July 27, 2006 he had noticeable hair regrowth.

According to his comments he used the LaserComb every day (not 3 days a week) and just held it in place for about 10 seconds in the balding areas.   He also used a natural topical DHT blocker called Revivogen each night.    He’s not sure what gave the most growth but most likely it was the combination of the two.

The HairMax LaserComb and Revivogen are an ideal combination for people with hair loss who don’t want to use pharmaceuticals to regrow their hair.

See the YouTube video for his results: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3QDhX8ef0
 

NEW YORK, /PRNewswire/ — DermaPlus, Inc., the maker of the popular wrinkle cream DermaLastyl, announces the launch of a new product Keracyte brand scalp conditioner. Using DermaPlus’ patented active ingredient Elastatropin, Keracyte is formulated to stimulate hair follicles to make existing hair shafts thicker, stronger and longer. Keracyte also contains a proprietary catalytic anti-oxidant Prolisel that protects against the damaging effects of UV light and dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

Dr. Burt Ensley, PhD, a noted microbiologist and CEO of Dermaplus states, “We believe that healthy skin is the key to healthy hair growth. It is widely known that hereditary hair loss occurs when DHT and UV light damage cells in scalp follicles. The follicles get progressively smaller, shortening the hair growth cycle. The resulting hair is thinner and shorter and eventually stops growing at all. We know that human hair follicles are little factories associated with and responsible for production of proteins such as elastin and keratin. Not only is tropoelastin produced by the cells in the hair follicles but the follicles themselves appear to depend on it. To combat that recessive process, we applied the same recombinant DNA technology to hair care that we used for our DermaLastyl anti-wrinkle treatments. We found that older hair follicles grow larger in reaction to the Elastatropin and Prolisel. I have utilized this discovery to produce some astonishing results; not only are the hair shafts longer, thicker and stronger but amazingly many users report that Keracyte is restoring their natural hair color as well. Who would have thought a scalp conditioner would do all these things and also restore the hair’s natural color?”

DermaPlus is a subsidiary of Matrix Design, Inc. (http://www.mtrxdsgn.com/), a biotechnology company that designs and manufactures sophisticated, high performance biopolymers based on human matrix proteins such as elastin and keratin. Tropoelastin-based Elastatropin is the first biomaterial to be formulated into cosmeceutical and skin care products. Elastatropin is exclusively available in DermaLastyl skin care products. Keracyte and DermaLastyl are not available in stores.

For more information visit http://www.keracyte.com/ and http://www.dermalastyl.com/ or call 800-335-8312

American Beauty Supply, manufacturer of the Sedu and Solia hair care brands, have just released a new line of innovative hair loss treatment products under the brand name Dermenodex.

This new product line is being launched as a complete system of treatment designed to help men suffering from thinning hair by using a scientifically proven ingredient Adenosine, explains Richard BenBassett, Vice President of American Beauty Supply.

“Industry research shows that Adenosine, one of the ingredients in Dermenodex products, naturally exists in the human body and is a key part of the chemical reaction required to help grow human hair,” explains BenBassett. “Adenosine works by influencing the production of FGF-7 which encourages the hair growth process.”

Dermenodex products are also enhanced with bio-nutrients that nourish, moisturize and improve the scalp condition, removing environmental impurities and DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) from the scalp, creating a healthy environment for hair growth.

The Dermenodex line features a daily Scalp Cleansing Shampoo and Therapeutic Scalp Conditioner, and Scalp Treatment solution. The products were created as an ultra-intensive, fully reinvigorating energizing system, aimed at treating male hair loss.

BenBassett believes that nourishment and stimulation, helps increase scalp microcirculation, which in turn improves scalp condition, lengthens the lifecycle of the hair, and increases scalp wellness. Through continued use, Dermenodex will help restore hair’s natural vitality, thick look and healthy shine. The products also give hair a fuller appearance by enhancing the vitality of roots through the 3% Adenosine solution which stimulates follicle growth.

Richard BenBassett, announced the three new products would be carried exclusively online through internet retailer Folica.com.

Here’s a way to buy natural hair care products and to do something for the environment at the same time.

Save Your World™ is a unique company that sells natural personal hair care products and then donates a percentage of the proceeds to help protect the rainforest.

Founded in 2006, Save Your World™ is a company made up of family and friends who share a passion for preserving the world’s natural resources for future generations.

Save Your World™ sells it’s products under the brand names Save Your Skin™ and Save Your Hair™ at organic, health food, and drug stores across the United States as well as through their website.

The company has just launched the first Yerba Maté-infused, 100% natural personal care product line in the U.S. with a mission to Save Your Rainforest™ through their product pledge of “One Product = One Acre of Rainforest Saved for One Year.”

Save Your World™ goes to extra lengths to ensure their products are made in an environmentally sensitive manner and pledges the following:

•  fair trade practices will always be our policy
•  no animal by-products will ever be used
•  we will not test on animals
•  raw materials will be bio-degradable
•  packaging will be of recycled or recyclable materials

“Save Your World™ is committed to protecting our world’s natural resources for future generations,” says President Scott Cecil. “We believe that people can live in harmony with nature. Our Save Your Skin™ and Save Your Hair™ brands combine 100% natural, quality personal care products with conservation objectives. Our company’s pledge is: ‘One Product = One Acre of Rainforest Saved for One Year.’”

Products are available in a complete line of exfoliating soaps, body lotions, shower gels, shampoos, and conditioners, and are handcrafted, paraben-free, pH-balanced, and rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals.

For additional details about Save Your World™,Save Your Skin™, Save Your Hair™,and Save Your Rainforest™, visit http://www.saveyourworld.com/. 

New York, NY (PRWEB) — For many Americans, the tedious and often-painful routine of shaving, waxing and plucking unwanted hair has been replaced by safe, painless and highly-effective methods of long-term and even permanent hair removal. Indeed, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reports that, in 2006, 1.4 million men and women in the U.S. underwent laser hair removal procedures - a number that has been rising consistently since the late 1990s. Yet, the brisk pace of advances in hair removal technology leaves many patients wondering which method is right for them.

“From the development of different types of lasers to the refinement of non-laser techniques, deciding on the most appropriate method of hair removal can seem overwhelming at first,” says Joshua Fox, MD, founder of Advanced Dermatology and a spokesman for the American Academy of Dermatology. “The determination is made simply by weighing the specific needs and goals of the patient with the medical history and other physical criteria,” Dr. Fox explains.

Laser Hair Removal: The New Gold Standard

Part of the reason so many Americans are opting for laser hair removal is that the technology itself has been refined to near-perfect standards over the past several years, Dr. Fox believes. The industry began with an understanding that, by targeting the melanin in the hair shaft with a laser beam, the follicle itself could be destroyed. However, patients with more melanin in their skin - those with a tan, or those of Asian, Hispanic or African American origins - experienced less success than their fairer counterparts, and sometimes even sustained skin discoloration or burns from the laser.

Newer techology was quickly developed that provided a longer wave length light beam with deeper penetration with no effect to the melanocytes, bringing effective hair removal with minimal side effects to those with darker skin. Additional advances focused on lasers that could target lighter hairs, thicker hairs or finer hairs on various body parts. Finally, patient comfort and skin safety were addressed with a variety of cooling devices that minimize pain at the procedure site and protect surrounding skin from damage.

“Today, the vast majority of laser hair removal procedures are safe, virtually painless, take less than 20 minutes and cause minimal, if any, side effects,” he notes. However, the keys to experiencing such an uncomplicated procedure lie in choosing the right laser - or non-laser - for the patient’s particular needs, and in following the right protocol the following are the most popular technologies used today, and the differences that help patients to determine which one is right for them:

- “Short Pulsed Alexandrite” lasers are among the most common lasers used for permanent hair removal. The beam penetrates the skin at a longer wavelength than some other lasers, meaning that the top layer of skin is less likely to be affected by the heat of the beam. Most Alexandrite lasers, such as the Apogee® and the GentleLASE®, also include cooling mechanisms that chill the surface of the skin during treatment for added protection.

- “Long Pulsed Nd:YAG” lasers such as the Lyra® are often most appropriate for patients with very dark skin, as the wavelength of the laser beam is longer than that of the Alexandrite laser and therefore spares the melanocytes. It has been shown safe and effective for patients with Fitzpatrick skin types up to VI - the darkest of the six skin pigment categories used by dermatologists to describe melanin levels. This laser also uses a skin cooling device to protect the epidermis during treatment.

- “Intentse Pulsed Light” treatments offer long-term hair loss and growth reduction with a less intense light source than laser. These treatments are often gentler to the epidermis, and are a good choice for patients with very sensitive skin.

- Electro-Optical Synergy (ELOS) technology uses a combination of radiofrequency and intense pulsed light energies to causing long-term loss of light-colored hair, which is often resistant to laser treatment. In several studies this finding was not reproduced.

Dr. Fox advises those who are considering long-term or permanent hair removal procedures to consult a dermatologist for the safest, most appropriate - and most satisfying - outcome. “A dermatologist can help patients determine, based on skin type, hair type and sensitivity issues, which is the best approach, can assist patients in preparing for the procedure and their recovery, and provide the deepest level of expertise,” Dr. Fox concludes, “not only about the procedure itself, but also about the overall, long-term health of their skin.”

Joshua L. Fox, M.D., is a leading authority in the field of dermatology with an expertise in skin cancer, cosmetic surgery, and laser procedures.

His website is: www.advancedd.com

Is your shampoo ‘A Gimmick’ or ‘For-Real’?  Watch the Today Show on NBC on Thursday, May 24th to find out.

If you’ve got a “hair problem”–including sensitive scalp, colored hair, processed hair or thinning hair–using the right haircare and styling products are important.    
 
Many products claim to be helpful for certain conditions: “Anti-Frizz,” “Anti-Flat,” “For Colored Hair,” “For Thinning Hair,” etc.  But can shampoo and conditioners really make a difference?
 
NBC’s consumer reporter, Jancie Lieberman–with the help of Dr. Bauman, Bauman Medical Group, Wild Hare Salon of Boca Raton, and some willing volunteers, put some popular haircare products ‘to the test.’ 

Which products were “for real” and which were “gimmicks”?  Find out Thursday morning on NBC’s Today Show.

Schwarzkopf & Henkel, a Division of Henkel Consumer Goods, Inc, which owns the popular Schwarzkopf brand of hair care products, has signed a licensing agreement with Human Pheromone Sciences, Inc. to use their pheromone technology in their hair products.

Human Pheromone Sciences, Inc. is a technology-based company which is involved in research and product development efforts on new compounds that have been previously identified as stimulating the emotional centers of the human brain.

Known as pheromones, these chemicals trigger an innate behavioral response in another member of the same species.  In other words, these chemicals can cause a member of the opposite (or same) sex to be physically attracted to you.

Schwarzkopf has developed a line of hair care products incorporating human pheromones called got2b magnetic.

“We are looking forward to working with Schwarzkopf & Henkel as they look to expand the use of the Company’s patented technology in the very exciting hair care market,” a spokesperson for HPS indicated.

Under the terms of the Agreement, HPS granted the Licensee a non-exclusive worldwide license to certain HPS patents in exchange for an initial cash payment and future royalties on sales of Schwarzkopf & Henkel’s got2b magnetik(R) hair care products.