Illness and surgery: About 3 or 4 months after an illness or major surgery, you may suddenly lose a large amount of hair. This hair loss is related to the stress of the illness and is only temporary.
 

Hormonal problems may cause hair loss. If your thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This hair loss usually can be helped by treatment for thyroid disease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hormones are out of balance. Correcting the hormone imbalance may stop your hair loss and this may happen naturally or with help from your doctor.
 

Many women notice hair loss about 3 months after they've had a baby. This loss is also related to hormones. During pregnancy, high levels of certain hormones cause the body to keep hair that would normally fall out. When the hormones return to pre-pregnancy levels, that hair falls out and the normal cycle of growth begins again.
 

Some medicines can cause hair loss. This type of hair loss improves when you stop taking the medicine.
 

The condition of a person's hair can tell you a lot about stress levels in their lives.  So if you notice your hair is getting noticeably thinner you might want to look at your stress levels.

Stress can be relieved by slowing down rather than speeding up. Slowing down can be achieved by talking to people about your worries, learning to relax, doing special exercises such as yoga and meditation, having a holiday or just taking it easy for a couple of days.
 

To a degree, hair loss can be inherited from your mother or father’s genes. High levels of the male hormone testosterone in the blood is also largely to blame, so if you are losing your hair, you can also be extra confident, as it is an indication that you are many and virile. The main problem with male pattern baldness is not hair fall but new hair not growing.  So it is important to look after what you have got.


In the Gulf, most countries rely heavily upon desalinated water to provide the water that comes from our taps. The problem with desalinated water is that it can damage the hair follicle causing it to break off. So what is often perceived as hair fall is in fact hair damage, and fortunately the hair will grow again.  Use hair products containing Anti-Sal formulations to stop minerals from desalinated water drying and damaging your hair. To check if the hair fall is caused by desalinated water look at the hair strand under a magnifying glass and if there is no hair bulb or root it is hair breakage probably caused by desalinated water.
 

Hair cells grow quicker than practically any other cells in your body, and so they require a continuous supply of nutrients. But because hair is not an essential body organ, it is low down on your own body’s list of priorities and gets the nutrients last.
 

Hair is protein and it is therefore important to have enough protein in your diet. Vegetarians must be especially careful to make sure that they have sufficient protein in their diet, as insufficient protein can cause thinning hair. The incidence of women who have thinning hair is very high among those who follow vegetarian diets.
 

Is swimming good for people with arthritis?

— Abby
 
Water Exercise is good for Joints. Water aerobic exercises and swimming allow people with joint problems and other medical conditions to get a good workout without pain and jarring. People with arthritis should do water exercises in a warm pool.

— Alva