Thinning hair?

Shedding and thinning hair every day in your brush or bottom of the shower?

It’s not bad enough that you see hair in your brush but then you see your hair looking thinner around your hairline, shedding, starting bald patches on top of your head. the hair catches at the bottom of the shower seemingly like a small animal got loose in your shower room. Your self esteem has plummeted plus if you are under a lot of stressful situations, it won’t be getting better any time soon.  You feel like everyone is staring at your bald spot so you flip the top of your hair over it to hide it.

            Fine thinning hair feels like a veil

Hi I’m the owner of a hair salon, Indulge Salon, York, Pa. I have been experiencing what we are talking about today which is thinning, shedding hair or just hair loss for women. I have a small bald patch in the center of my forward in the hairline. Baby fine hairs that have gone astray. Left the herd of hairs so to speak.  It happens to men too. Male pattern baldness is prevalent in 95% both men and women. Staggering statistics I’d say.

Hair loss such as alopecia can be a bald spot located anywhere on the head. This actually happened to my daughter after surgery. She was so stressed out from having her body go through surgery that she had a bald spot the size of a quarter on top of her head and in the nape area. Just normal high stressful situations such as my son passing away from Shaken Baby in April 6, 2017 has caused my hair to literally break off, shed and thin because my body has been absorbing the nutrients from my hair.

As you can see in the picture the hair is broken off from pony tailing when wet. I stretched the hair from my head so that you could see how much breakage I really had since April, 2017. As I started to experience seeing more hair in my brush, my levels of anxiousness started to get higher because my hair was getting thinner and thinner by the month. I wasn’t sleeping, eating much and overworked to take away my depression of losing my son.

I didn’t realize it at first but looking at the hair on the floor of my bathroom when I washed the floor, I could see how much I was losing. The biggest comment was when my guy said, “Kimberly, I think we have a dead animal in the bathroom.” He was holding a wad of my hair in his hand. EEK! I was mortified at how much was in his hand holding my hair. Well, I forgot to clean out the drain too.

Loss of hair can continue for up to 3 years  after a stressful situation. The root of the stress can be stored in our bodies. You have to find a way to get happy or basically let go of the stress if you can start decreasing any way you can.

New mothers can lose hair because of the hormonal changes a new mother adjusts to. In turn the shedding of hair could be causing more stress while they are recuperating from having baby. New mothers are sleep deprived, not eating right although they are trying and then throw in some dieting to reduce their baby weight which as resulted in the hair thinning and shedding.

It’s prevalent with our new mothers due to the body transitioning from the baby taking the nutrients it needs to normalized hormones.  Stress, lack of sleep over time can cause hair loss. Shedding of hair can go from a few months after birth to up to 3 years. The hair grows 1/2′ per month for the normal person. Its now possible to grow your hair fuller and thicker.

You are saying it’s possible to grow hair if I’m bald?

fine thinning hair

We have some solutions for both men and women to help regain their confidence by using products such as Nioxin hair growing system and/or Zenagen. I’m a fan of Zenagen because it uses the Green Tea and caffeine as a carrier into the dermal (the 2nd deepest layer of skin where the hair follicle grows)

If you have already lost hair and you are bald, Zenagen will not work for you. If you have some peach fuzz, some thinning and shedding, it will grow your hair again. You see Zenagen ingredients are designed to unclog the pores that the hair is trying to stay alive and thrive. The DHT enzyme chokes the hair causing it to get weaker over time then die. Dead as a door nail. The lighter flimsy hairs around a face can regrow by getting the nutrients it needs to grow hair. Makes sense. Unclog pores – regrow hair. This patented shampoo and conditioner will assist in growing your hair if you have peach fuzz or fine hair.

See my video at Facebook.com/Indulgecolorsalon live September 21 at 9:50 p.m.

Zenagen will help younger women under 40 grow hair too. Different ingredients that help grow hair for younger people that is already existing will make it stronger, fuller,thicker and healthier.  How do you use it? It comes in a shampoo form that you wash your hair twice, leave it on for 5 minutes, condition then rinse off. Use 3x per week every other day. If you have questions feel free to call to ask your question. Call 717.846.4424 or our Georgia Lake Oconee Greensboro location at 706.999.9911

We recommend that to get on the fast track to hair growth recovery from thinning, shedding and overall wanting your hair to look thicker to give these shampoo products to grow your hair. You will see a difference such as bumps for the first week or two. By the third to six week you will see some hair growing in place of bumps.

We carry Zenagen at our salon. Feel free to come into the salon to pick up your products.

Fine thin hair?

Solutions are customized for your fine thin hair.

We will assess the needs of your hair first then decide together what the options will be for your lifestyle, beauty budget and maintenance.

Fine hair is different than thin hair although the terms are used interchangeably. Fine hair is just less dense hair. Thin hair can be determined not as healthy as normal hair. Most fine thin hair is stressed hair that had the life sucked out of it from life’s experiences and has to recuperate both from the inside and outside of the hair. We have seen hair that is thicker on the mid shaft and super thin at the scalp. We do whats called a stress test to determine if your hair requires more moisture or protein to help strengthen it.

When we are born our hair starts out with 13 layers to it,  naturally. The more wear and tear on the hair as we go through stages in life by blow dying (mechanical damage), the less layers we have.

Our goal is to build a long term relationship of trust and dependability with you by learning how you have managed your hair. We need to work on this together to achieve your result of beautiful hair again. Blow drying your hair with the right brush will help with home maintenance to improve the texture of your hair.

Let me tell you, our salon is not for everyone. We take pride in our work to be able recommend solutions for fine thin hair. I feel that I am an authority on fine thin hair because I have lived with this type of hair all  my life. I know what its like to have my hair dry before I had the chance to dry it. Most times leaving my hair dry naturally caused it to frizz  up in the front of the hair first then be wispy around the edges.

Mostly, the hair that I pulled back into the pony tail looked good yet when I left my hair down looked stringy, fine and see through.  I was told that the hair had broken off in the back of my head from constantly pulling it back in the same spot which caused stress then broke off. If you are experiencing anything like I did then I understand what you are going through.

Does your hair separate in the crown? Again, I understand. We can talk about your hair styling options to remedy this.

Learning to trust someone new can be scary because you aren’t sure if they know what they are talking about. Read about our team at Induglesalon.com/about-us. I only hire dedicated trustworthy people that can contribute their strengths. We work as a team to give you the best experience for your hair, skin and nails.

The strength of your hair will help us make the decision on which route to go with hair color to thicken your hair. We love coloring fine thin hair because it will make it feel fuller immediately. Lots of options here such as:

1. Highlights to give the appearance of fuller thicker hair around the face
2. New haircut to give more volume and to remove the split ends
3. Brazilian blowout to repair the split ends with a healthy alternative. Read more here. 
4. Bleaching our or what we call double processing in hair color. This will give your hair body, thickness immediately.
5. Hair extensions for body, volume and length to fine thin hair.
6. discussions on supplements to help your body the support it needs to help grow hair.
7. We have been using a new product called Zenagen that actually grows hair to help it being fuller and thicker.
8. try hair extensions for fuller thicker hair

Ready for a consultation? Book online at www.indulgesalon.com/onlinebookings   or call 717.846.4424

Rainbow hair color is not just for the rebels of yester year

She wants individuality, demands a unique experience, and wants the flexibility of her conservative color for day and rainbow hair color for night.

About 30 years ago, we would have been looking at someone with red hair, purple hair any color of the rainbow hair as if they had a second head. What I realize is that these creative individuals had their own authority of ideas with their hair which was a form of expression. I wished I was more open to that back then but I wasn’t raised that way. How unfortunate because what I realize now is how much I appreciate a person that has their own authentic ideas of how they want to weave in the artistic fun in their lives. I’m all about it now. As a Master Cosmetologist, I work with all different forms of hair color along with the creativity it takes to make these looks go from conversation to reality.

Hair is a fabric of sorts. It’s porous, it’ will either accept hair color or it won’t. As  professional, we have to make a choice on the type of hair color that is used to give a result.

Take one of my clients Sarah Lushbaugh, York Pa. she has her hair double processed then toned to a pale blonde color for years. One day she decides that she wants to have all kinds of rainbow hair color put into her hair. She calls and we talk about it. When I say we talked about it I mean we talked about the arrangement of the hair colors, which one sat next to which one and she had an elaborate creative plan about her hair. As you can tell it turned out beautiful and soft pastel looking.

We spent a few hours strategizing which colors that she had to choose from. She was pretty excited. I had taken all of the colors that she had a strong interest in applied them to a white paper towel which helps see the true tone of the hair color so that she could visualize what her hair would look like.

It turned out great for her and gave her what she wanted with her personlized rainbow hair color. The condition of her hair was excellent. Remember, this only takes on very pale blonde white hair. If the raw hair is darker, you will get a different result. We recommend working with a professional so that you can get the result that you want.

Sarah wanted the middle of her hair pink where there was some pale yellow underneath.

Tips on consultation with your professional hair colorist:

1. Make sure you are comfortable with bright colors, neon colors or pastel. Communicate the type of technique such as balayage, ombre’ highlights, foil highlights or all over. list.  “In the old days of foil, clients were in the chair every four to six weeks for upkeep,” Braun says. With balayage, Braun might see a client only three to four times a year for an hour or less. The technique requires a high degree of skill that hasn’t been widely taught until recent years, although it’s been around since the late fifties. Balayage has only recently stepped into the limelight thanks to models and A-listers who love this beautiful look.
2. Check your beauty budget. The Prep can be expensive if your hair is not as light as it should be. It’s important to be specific on the result you are looking for when it cmes to Rainbow haircolor. Doing the prep work to lighten the hair that is left in healthy condition is VERY important. If your budget doesn’t allow the entire head to be done or the length was not achievable (the longer the hair the more expensive) the the tips of the hair or the bottom area could be acomplished with an ombre’ look.
3. Once the rainbow hair color is in the hair, it isn’t coming out right away. It stains the hair and if the colors blend into each other you may get a whole new rainbow hair color such as red and blue make purple wherever they connect.

To learn more about rainbow hair color or would enjoy a consultation….contact us at Indulge Salon York Pa at 717.846.4424. book online here.