By Brenda Stokes
Stretch marks are actually scars. They are the unsightly result of an area of skin expanding too quickly. As the skin stretches, the fibers beneath the skin are broken, leaving white or purple marks on the body. Pregnant women are familiar with these pesky marks but others experience them as well including weightlifters, adolescents or those who simply gained weight too quickly. At this point,...
By Timothy Sexton
Shaving may make the growth more noticeable, but it does not mean that hair has grown back thicker. Genetics plays a part in the potential for new growth to be more stubbly, coarse or darker than facial hair that has already grown in some after a two or three days. Those changes in appearance, however, have nothing to do with the myth that shaving causes hair growth to increase. The most common...
By Clark Sarullo
Black hair needs care just like any other color hair. Natural products for hair are easy and fun to make, but some ingredients have a lightening effect and need to be avoided by brunettes. Use these simple recipes to create luxurious black hair that is healthy and glowing. Molasses and honey are both used to give dull hair a boost. Honey, however, lightens hair, so use molasses for dark hair to...
By Heather Callier
Wearing a hair bow is a popular and colorful way to decorate numerous hairstyles. Hair bows come in a wide range of colors and sizes, however many bows can be expensive to purchase. Creating your own hair bows at home is an excellent solution since they can be made using inexpensive materials that you may already own. The instructions below will explain how to create easy to make homemade hair...
By Amy Weiss
Curly hair used to be every girl's dream, and then came the age of the flat iron and stick-straight hair. Many curly-haired girls were left feeling out of the loop and obligated to damage their hair in an effort to make it fit the mold. Some never caved, however, and embraced their curls regardless of what the current trends dictated. Fortunately, trends have shifted, and curls are back in....
By Ysabel Doran
According to numerous old wives tales, shaving your face, legs or arms might make your hair grow back thicker. If this were in fact true, it would be wonderful news for all sufferers of thinning hair. They need only shave their heads, and wait a few weeks to enjoy a full head of thick hair again. But unfortunately for the balding multitudes, an examination of the biological process of hair growth ...
By Kevin Rail
Hair loss affects men and women alike. According to the American Hair Loss Center, there are approximately 35 million men and 21 million women who suffer from it. Over the years, there have been a lot of treatments available. A lot of these treatments involve surgeries that can be risky and also painful. But there are a lot of treatments that are nonsurgical. The main objective of nonsurgical...
By Serena Makofsky
There are a few myths out there about stretch marks, the first one being that they are stretched skin. They are actually scars, created by collagen breaking down in the skin due to hormonal fluctuations. Another myth is that they are impossible to remove, or that you need plastic surgery to get rid of them. Fortunately, both of these statements are untrue. For many women, there are simple cures...