Controlling Oily Hair
Health Tips October 11th, 2009
The hair is not shiny, lank, coarse, and looked wet, can be interpreted as oily hair. This type of hair has oil glands in the scalp produce more oil (sebum) due to hormonal changes in the body. Usually, increased sebum onto the hair follicle, and spread to the hair shaft, rather than into the hair shaft.
Is a substance sebum oil and helps keep the hair softer, supple, and flexible. However, the more sebum in the head, the look lank and greasy hair, too.
Oily hair type there are two; grease from the scalp to the hair shaft, and an oily scalp but dry hair shaft.
Oily hair is usually difficult to overcome, easily tangled, and hard hold hair. If allowed, oily hair can cause acne on the scalp, hair loss, dandruff, and chronic problems of the other’s hair.
How to control oily hair:
- Wash your hair regularly can reduce and eliminate the accumulated oil in the scalp and hair. Do not forget to use a special shampoo oily hair.
- Tap-tap with your fingertips slowly and gently. Do not rub or massage the scalp with nails, but can hurt the scalp, rub with a nail makes your scalp produce more oil.
- Try to wash it with cold water, no hot water. Hot water opens the pores, thus making easier the oil out and produce.
- Find a shampoo product specially designed to remove oil in the scalp.
- Do not pile up water in wet conditions on the scalp. This could lead to oil from the scalp to move into the hair shaft. Let your wet hair still loose.
- Do it often touching, combing, brushing, or playing the hair. Because your fingers and brush on the hair trigger oil glands to produce, and move the oil from the scalp to the ends of the hair shaft.
- Avoid shampoo with moisturizer. Shampoo berpelembab (moisturizing shampoo) are designed to prevent dryness in the hair shaft, and not infrequently have oil, too.
- Do not apply conditioner on the scalp, applied in the middle of the hair shaft until the end of the course.
- For oily hair types, try not to have a fringe of hair, because it can move the oil from the skin of the scalp in the forehead. As a result, acne or other skin problems.
These things can be done to control oily hair and reduce the amount of oil in the hair. But if it is too severe, control and meet an experienced hairdresser.
Four Beauty Skin Vitamins
Skin Care October 10th, 2009
Four vitamins are very useful as antioxidants and healthy skin. Use regularly to get the best results.
VITAMIN A
Source of powerful antioxidants to ward off free radicals and toxins. Also effective in reducing wrinkles and fine lines. Good to prevent acne and reduces sebum production.
The recommended doses to cope with acne is 10,000 IU.
Vitamin B Complex
Improve circulation and skin metabolism. It is also important for immune function and antibody production. Good for fighting acne.
VITAMIN C
Antioxidants are important in wound healing because it helps the stabilization of collagen. Vitamins are essential to make you look bright.
When applied topically, vitamin C is good for reducing fine lines and wrinkles.
VITAMIN E
Source of antioxidants that have anti-inflammatory effect on the skin. If applied to the skin is good for improving moisture, softness, and protect the skin from harmful rays.
High, Hepatitis C Cases Due to Injection Drug
Disease October 10th, 2009
- the latest data the Ministry of Health (MOH) show cases of hepatitis C in Indonesia found most frequently among injection drug users.
Evaluation Based on the results of Hepatitis C Data Collection Phase I is done MOH revealed that nearly 40 percent of patients with hepatitis C who recorded admitted using drug needles. Whereas cases caused by unsafe sexual behavior, tattoos, blood transfusions, transmission from a positive family and other relatively smaller percentage.
Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health (DG & PL) Ministry of Health, DR. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, stated that due to high cases of syringe use has become an important record that should be followed up.
From a total of 5870 cases of hepatitis in Indonesia based on the results of the first phase of data collection conducted in October 2007 to 9 September 2008, 40 percent of which came from IDUs.
“From the cases reported based on the recognition of patients, 40 percent of cases of hepatitis C from needle users. This is a big problem for the transmission of disease, not just HIV-AIDS but also hepatitis” Tjanda said on the sidelines of launch of Illness Data Collection Program Phase II Hepatitis C in Jakarta, Thursday (11/10).
In the first phase, the data collection program for hepatitis C has been implemented in 11 provinces with the reporting unit 49 consists of 13 hospitals, 24 laboratories and 12 units of blood transfusion. Banten province is, North Sumatra, South Sumatra, West Java, Central Java, East Java, Sulses, North Sulawesi, Bali, West Kalimantan and Papua. At this stage, the level of participation units involved to reach 96 percent exceeded the specified targets.
Data collection program that hepatitis C is a collaboration between the Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health (DG P2PL) and PT Roche Indonesia. Phase II program will take place from October 1 until March 31 in 10 provinces with 135 units scattered reporter.
Nuts and Acne
Acne October 8th, 2009
Not a few who believe in the myth of nuts and chocolate cause acne. Well, when Lebaran second later this food is often served as stay in touch. How is this?
Actually there has been no research that proves eating nuts and chocolate, spicy foods can also cause acne. Because the cause of acne is the increased levels of oil and the blockage of pores. Besides lack of skin hygiene, use of cosmetics that clog pores can also make acne occur.
In order not to interfere with acne appearance, you can prevent it. The way to avoid the consumption of fruits from among citrus (orange) and foods high in iodine such as shrimp, clams, and squid. We recommend that consumption of foods containing essential fatty acids derived from grains.
Stress and lack of sleep can also make acne appears, you know. When we lack sleep, your body will release hormones such as DHEA that will make acne worse.
So, please just eat nuts or chocolate, as long as not excessive. Hopefully the acne will appear.
The potential of aspirin for colon cancer
Cancer October 5th, 2009
Acetyl salicylic acid, the active ingredient of aspirin, commonly used to treat headaches or pain, it berpontensi reduce the risk of death for patients with colon cancer (colon).
Previous studies also showed aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes. In colon cancer prevention, aspirin is known beneficial to prevent side effects of cancer, such as bleeding due to irritation in the stomach or gastrointestinal tract.
In a recent study conducted researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, known colon cancer patients who took aspirin, in addition to also undergo surgery and chemotherapy, have a variety of benefits from this drug.
Aspirin inhibits an enzyme that is a key enzyme, namely COX-2, the proliferation of tumor formation. However, experts believe it is too early to recommend aspirin use for cancer patients because it is needed to research conducted at random to cancer patients.
Currently in Singapore was conducted to study the pesien to know the benefits of aspirin for their disease.
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