I recieved some great information from the National Alopecia Areata Foundation I would like to share with you!
For the first time, more than 50 of America's leading patient groups are taking action in support of health care reform! By calling Representative and Senators on Wednesday, July 29 you can be part of historic effort!
Members of the House and Senate have been workin to reform the American health care system. We want to make sure that Congress addresses the five key issues affecting all people with a chronic disease or disability.
Here's how you can take action on July 29: Call 1-866-308-6259 toll-free to reach your Representative and 1-866-544-7573 to reach your two Senators. Ask to speak with staff person responsible for health care, or simply speak with the receptionist.
When connected, please make the following post:
(1) Share your persinal story of living with alopecia areata and any difficulties you've faced with health insurance coverage.
(2) Ask that your Senator/Representative support health care reform that addresses the five key issues critical to the 100 million Americans with a chronic disease:
-Cover everyone
-Curb costs responsibly,
-Abolish exclusions for pre-existing conditions,
-Eliminate lifetime caps on benefits, and
-Ensure access to long-term abd end-of-life care.
These principles were developed by the National Alopecia Areata Foundation and the National Health Council and are supported by america's top patient advocacy groups.
With your participation, we can flood the US Capitol with calls form patients all around the country and help improve health care coverage for all!
Many thanks for taking action! If you have questions, or comments, please contact Joseph LaMountain at joseph.lamountain@gmail.com
Please share this info with all your friends and family!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
J.Lo's view on Wigs
Jennifer Lopez has found herself in quite the hairy situation at her luxurious crib!
The dive, 39, has so many expensive wigs that she's devoted an entire room to them in the Long Island, N.Y., mansion she shares with her husband, Marc Anthony!
"Jennifer keeps the door locked and hardly ever lets anyone in the room, not even Marc," a source says of the beautiful space decorated in caramel and gold tones. " The shelves on the walls are full of plastic heads holding the best hairpieces money can busy."
The wigs filling the fashionista's hairy haven cost thousands of dollars, the source adds, because each is exquisitely crafted from real human hair.
"Jennifer spares no expense when it comes to her looks," the insider explains. "Since her actual hair is shoulder-length and fairly thin, the wigs allow her to always be experimenting with new styles."
And she's not afraid to go all out! "She has short, long, and superlong looks, but clip-on buns are one of her favorite tricks," notes that source. "Hers are so elaborate, they seem to take on a life of their own!"
Jennifer Lopez has found herself in quite the hairy situation at her luxurious crib!
The dive, 39, has so many expensive wigs that she's devoted an entire room to them in the Long Island, N.Y., mansion she shares with her husband, Marc Anthony!
"Jennifer keeps the door locked and hardly ever lets anyone in the room, not even Marc," a source says of the beautiful space decorated in caramel and gold tones. " The shelves on the walls are full of plastic heads holding the best hairpieces money can busy."
The wigs filling the fashionista's hairy haven cost thousands of dollars, the source adds, because each is exquisitely crafted from real human hair.
"Jennifer spares no expense when it comes to her looks," the insider explains. "Since her actual hair is shoulder-length and fairly thin, the wigs allow her to always be experimenting with new styles."
And she's not afraid to go all out! "She has short, long, and superlong looks, but clip-on buns are one of her favorite tricks," notes that source. "Hers are so elaborate, they seem to take on a life of their own!"
Protect Your Hair This Summer
Summer fun in the sun can ruin your hair. Hair that is exposed to the damaging rays of the sun can strip the life out of your gorgeous locks, but help is here. There are many ways to protect that awesome head of hair without having to wear a bandana or hat. Hair is vulnerable, but taking the appropriate actions will save your hair and your expensive hair color.
When sunlight and moisture mix with the melanin in your hair, it produces a natural form of hydrogen peroxide that lightens the hair and increases the hair's porosity, often making hair less likely to hold hair color. Throw in chlorine, found in almost all swimming pools, and you have a toxic mix that can fry your hair.
Getting the salt water or chlorine out of your hair takes special care. First, wash your hair immediatlely after getting out of the water. This will stop salt and chlorine corrosion from getting deeper past the top layer of the hair strand. Second, condition the hair using a thick conditioner that will not completely rinse out. This can also be accomplished by using a leave-in conditioner. This protects the hair by filling in the microscopic holes in the cuticle so that it can't absorb any more water. Think of each piece of hair as a sponge. After blow drying and ironing the hair, I suggest a product that will continue extended protection from the battering elements of UVA and UVB sun rays.
To protect your hair from the sun:
Summer fun in the sun can ruin your hair. Hair that is exposed to the damaging rays of the sun can strip the life out of your gorgeous locks, but help is here. There are many ways to protect that awesome head of hair without having to wear a bandana or hat. Hair is vulnerable, but taking the appropriate actions will save your hair and your expensive hair color.
When sunlight and moisture mix with the melanin in your hair, it produces a natural form of hydrogen peroxide that lightens the hair and increases the hair's porosity, often making hair less likely to hold hair color. Throw in chlorine, found in almost all swimming pools, and you have a toxic mix that can fry your hair.
Getting the salt water or chlorine out of your hair takes special care. First, wash your hair immediatlely after getting out of the water. This will stop salt and chlorine corrosion from getting deeper past the top layer of the hair strand. Second, condition the hair using a thick conditioner that will not completely rinse out. This can also be accomplished by using a leave-in conditioner. This protects the hair by filling in the microscopic holes in the cuticle so that it can't absorb any more water. Think of each piece of hair as a sponge. After blow drying and ironing the hair, I suggest a product that will continue extended protection from the battering elements of UVA and UVB sun rays.
To protect your hair from the sun:
- Get a glossing or protective hair color treatment after your hair color. This will help maintain your hair color for six to eight weeks.
- During summer, wash and condition your hair with products recommended by your salon. We use Eufora. The whole line's first ingredient is 75% to 85% Pharmaceutical grade Aloe Vera. How much better can it get!
- Use a leave-in conditioner or other protecting hair product on styled hair.
Beautiful shiny hair simply makes people look and feel healthy. If you do get damaged by the sun this summer, conditioning treatments can bring your hair back.
Take care and Enjoy your Summer,
Linda
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
All About Hairloss
You have on average 100,000 hairs on your head and losing 50-100 hairs a day is quite normal. It is when they don't grow back that hair loss begins.
Hair loss and hair thinning in women is much more common than people think. On average 30% of all women are affected by hair loss of some kind. It is important to note that female pattern hair loss can begin as early as the late teens to early 20's in women who have experienced early puberty.
This is usually called androgenetic alopecia (common baldness) and the characteristic patterns are:
In women more often than men, hair loss may be due to conditions other than androgenetic alopecia. Some of the most common of these causes are:
Chemotherapy- Treatment used to cure cancer mainly breast cancer when concerning women often causes hair loss often known as Alopecia. This is because the cells in the hair follicles grow fast and chemotherapy damages fast growing cells. Hair loss is not permanent and it will grow back once your treatment has ended. Not all drugs cause hair loss- Some just cause thinning and others cause dramatic hair loss including the body hair and eye brows. Furthermore, different people have different tolerances to the drugs. Occasionally, some people lose their hair when it is not expected and sometimes in other cases no hair loss occurs when it is expected. Hair loss can start any time from after the first few days after chemotherapy to within a few weeks. When your hair grows back once treatment is completed however, your hair will grow back very fine, much like baby hair. After three to six months you should regain a full head of hair although it may be slightly different to before your treatment in terms of texture and color.
Tricholtillomania- This condition is compulsive hair pulling. Hair loss due to tricholtillomania is typically patchy, as compulsive hair pullers tend to concentrate the pulling in selected areas. Hair loss due to this cause cannot be treated effectively until the psychological and emotional reasons are effectively addressed.
Alopecia Areata- This is possibly an autoimmune disorder that causes patchy hair loss that can range from diffuse thinning to extensive areas of baldness with "islands" of retained hair. Medical examination is necessary to establish a diagnosis.
Triangular Alopecia- This is the loss of hair in the temporal areas that sometimes begins in childhood. Hair loss may be complete, or a few fine, thin-diameter hairs may remain. The cause of triangular alopecia is not known, but the condition can be treated medically or surgically.
Scarring Alopecia- This is hair loss due to the scarring of the scalp area. Scarring alopecia typically involves the top of the scalp and occurs predominantly in women. The condition frequently occurs in African-American women and is believed to be associated with persistent tight braiding of scalp hair.
Whatever the situation may be, we can help you.
Call (847)-259-4968 Tuesday- Saturday
Have a Great Day!
You have on average 100,000 hairs on your head and losing 50-100 hairs a day is quite normal. It is when they don't grow back that hair loss begins.
Hair loss and hair thinning in women is much more common than people think. On average 30% of all women are affected by hair loss of some kind. It is important to note that female pattern hair loss can begin as early as the late teens to early 20's in women who have experienced early puberty.
This is usually called androgenetic alopecia (common baldness) and the characteristic patterns are:
- Diffuse thinning of hair over the entire scalp, often with more noticeable thinning hair on the central scalp (top of the head).
- Diffuse thinning over the entire scalp, with more noticeable thinning toward the front of the scalp but not involving the frontal hairline.
- Diffuse thinning of the hair over the entire scalp, with more noticeable thinning towards the front of the scalp, parting area involving and sometimes breaching the frontal hairline.
In women more often than men, hair loss may be due to conditions other than androgenetic alopecia. Some of the most common of these causes are:
Chemotherapy- Treatment used to cure cancer mainly breast cancer when concerning women often causes hair loss often known as Alopecia. This is because the cells in the hair follicles grow fast and chemotherapy damages fast growing cells. Hair loss is not permanent and it will grow back once your treatment has ended. Not all drugs cause hair loss- Some just cause thinning and others cause dramatic hair loss including the body hair and eye brows. Furthermore, different people have different tolerances to the drugs. Occasionally, some people lose their hair when it is not expected and sometimes in other cases no hair loss occurs when it is expected. Hair loss can start any time from after the first few days after chemotherapy to within a few weeks. When your hair grows back once treatment is completed however, your hair will grow back very fine, much like baby hair. After three to six months you should regain a full head of hair although it may be slightly different to before your treatment in terms of texture and color.
Tricholtillomania- This condition is compulsive hair pulling. Hair loss due to tricholtillomania is typically patchy, as compulsive hair pullers tend to concentrate the pulling in selected areas. Hair loss due to this cause cannot be treated effectively until the psychological and emotional reasons are effectively addressed.
Alopecia Areata- This is possibly an autoimmune disorder that causes patchy hair loss that can range from diffuse thinning to extensive areas of baldness with "islands" of retained hair. Medical examination is necessary to establish a diagnosis.
Triangular Alopecia- This is the loss of hair in the temporal areas that sometimes begins in childhood. Hair loss may be complete, or a few fine, thin-diameter hairs may remain. The cause of triangular alopecia is not known, but the condition can be treated medically or surgically.
Scarring Alopecia- This is hair loss due to the scarring of the scalp area. Scarring alopecia typically involves the top of the scalp and occurs predominantly in women. The condition frequently occurs in African-American women and is believed to be associated with persistent tight braiding of scalp hair.
Whatever the situation may be, we can help you.
Call (847)-259-4968 Tuesday- Saturday
Have a Great Day!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Rewards/ Rebate program
I am Pleased to be starting a new program. The rebate rewards of 5% up to $50.00 each time. Half of this will go to your choice of charity or any non profit organization. The other half is yours and will stay on your card. You can redeem this card either at the salon or any other participate. There will be a list available services or resturants for you. This is a wonderful program. Its just another way to say thank you and give back. This does not affect any other specials or promotions. At Hair For You we are always working for YOU!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Purchasing a Wig:
Things You Should Know
Everyone wants to look their best and a full head of hair plays an important role in doing so. However there are circumstances beyond our control, such as a recent diagnosis of a disease whose treatment or the disease itself, leads to significant hair loss. Diseases such as cancer, alopecia, female pattern baldness are among the most common. But sometimes the purchase of a wig is to just give you a new look. Whatever the circumstance, many turn to a local hair salon to purchase a wig. However, not all hair salons can provide the professional services and economical pricing offered by myself at my salon, Hair For You Salon & Wellness Spa located at 737 East Dundee Rd. in Arlington Heights, IL. My "Hair From The Heart" approach to helping people Look Good-Feel Better has been developed over the past 30 years of working with hair and hair pieces. I am an expert at helping my clients select and properly fit their perfect wig- I can recommend either a natural human hair wig or a synthetic one from my extensive inventory of wigs.
I am a professional and the Hair For You Salon is licensed by the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and we have more than 3,600 hours of continuing education. I caution that many hair salons are not licensed by the state and typically overcharge for wigs and wig fittings. I work hard to provide the best wigs and services for the money, saving my clients hundreds of dollars.
Please take into consideration a few of the features offered by me at the Hair For You Salon & Wellness Spa:
Things You Should Know
Everyone wants to look their best and a full head of hair plays an important role in doing so. However there are circumstances beyond our control, such as a recent diagnosis of a disease whose treatment or the disease itself, leads to significant hair loss. Diseases such as cancer, alopecia, female pattern baldness are among the most common. But sometimes the purchase of a wig is to just give you a new look. Whatever the circumstance, many turn to a local hair salon to purchase a wig. However, not all hair salons can provide the professional services and economical pricing offered by myself at my salon, Hair For You Salon & Wellness Spa located at 737 East Dundee Rd. in Arlington Heights, IL. My "Hair From The Heart" approach to helping people Look Good-Feel Better has been developed over the past 30 years of working with hair and hair pieces. I am an expert at helping my clients select and properly fit their perfect wig- I can recommend either a natural human hair wig or a synthetic one from my extensive inventory of wigs.
I am a professional and the Hair For You Salon is licensed by the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and we have more than 3,600 hours of continuing education. I caution that many hair salons are not licensed by the state and typically overcharge for wigs and wig fittings. I work hard to provide the best wigs and services for the money, saving my clients hundreds of dollars.
Please take into consideration a few of the features offered by me at the Hair For You Salon & Wellness Spa:
- Custom sizing of all wigs
- Sizable inventory of human hair and synthetic wigs on hand
- Short fulfillment time on non-inventory items
- All inclusive pricing (except for chemical services on human hair)
- Free care kit up to $50.00 value
- Private fitting room
- Economical pricing
- Expert advice on the best wig for your needs
Appointments for wig fittings or any of our Full Service Salon services can be made by calling Hair For You Salon (847) 259-4968
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Superbug -Germs- Bacteria- Proper Sanitation
Did you know 1 out of 5 Salons are properly licensed. When a Salon opens the door they need a Business License, on top of that they need a Salon License from the State of Illinios ----Department of Financial and Professional Regulation ----Salon/Shop Registration---- on a yearly basis. This is just for the shop. Every Hairdresser / Wigdresser must be Licensed by the State of Illinois --Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. It is against the law to service any client in any Salon without it. The State of Illinois is SO SHORT STAFFED that they do not regulate these laws to protect your safty. By LAW the Hairdresser and Salon must be properly licensed Please check for your own safety.
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