Dermacos Skin, Hair & Laser Clinic

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I am Dr. Shilpa Sankpal, Dermatologist. Today I will talk about hair loss. There are a lot of myths and facts about hair loss. Before talking about hair loss, we should understand about the hair cycle. HAir is always going under the 3 stages i.e anagen which is a growth phase, catagen which is a resting phase and the telogen which is a shading phase. In the anagen phase, hair is growing properly. In the resting phase, the growth will be stunted. And in the shading phase, the growth will fall off. This is a standard hair growth cycle. When it is a telogen phase, one will experience the hair loss more. Most of the time, people complain about hair loss. When somebody is losing more than 100-150 hair in a day, we call it as a hair fall.

But if somebody is losing less than 100 hair per day, we cannot call it hair loss as it is astandard thing happening. Along with if you are not getting hair growth properly, we consider it as a hair loss and we seek for the proper treatment. The hair loss can be because of many factors. First is the hereditary factor. If your parents or any relative were suffering from hair loss, you will also suffer from the same. 2nd is a diet. Nowadays, everyone is eating junk food. Because of this, we are not consuming proper nutrients, proteins in our daily diet. Hair is made up of protein which we call as keratin. So, we should eat more protein. Like in non-veg food, you can have eggs, fish, chicken. In veg, you can have broccoli, soy products, milk, paneer, all kind of sprouts, daals. So, you should have a proper balanced diet, rich in the protein for the proper hair growth. Another responsible thing is hair treatment. Like so many artificial things we do with our hair like straightening, curls.

So, these all includes heating of the hair, people apply chemicals in the hair which breaks the hair. Another is the coloring of the hair. Most of the hair colors contain ammonia and because of which hair become very brittle and hair can break from the shaft only. So, avoid all salon activities which damages the hair. Another reason for hair fall is a medical condition. If somebody is suffering from thyroid, most of the time females suffers from irregular menses, PCOS, female gets the lot of hormonal imbalance. In this condition, you should treat the underlying factors then your hair loss will be repairable. If you are suffering from dengue, malaria, typhoid or any kind of the medical illnesses, in the recent 6 months, your body is depleting all the nutrition. This will have the side-effects on the hair. As you know, hair is actually a dead organ of your body and it is not solving the important purpose of your body as compared to the other body organs.

So, whenever the body is deficient of the nutrients, it will try to provide all the important nutrient to the other required organs of the body first. So, understand the importance of nutrition in hair fall. Another thing the washing of the hair. Hot and cold water can damage your hair shaft. It can make your hair dry and frizzy. So, you should not wash your hair with very hot and cold water. You should wash with the lukewarm water. You should not rub your hair immediately after washing the hair. You should not use the hairdryer frequently. So, these are things about hair loss. So, for the treatment, you should solve all your problems. You should visit nearby dermatologist. Accordingly, they will give the required supplements. There are shampoos which are sulfate-free which are very safe for the hair. There are some nutritional supplements which you should take each and every day. Apart from this, if you need any kind of information, please contact me through Lybrate.

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I am Dr. Shilpa Sankpal, Dermatologist. Today I will talk about the importance of the sunscreen. As everyone knows, nowadays because of the pollution our ozone layer is depleting and sunlight harmful damages are increasing. So, there is a lot of importance that why should we use sunscreen. As we know that sun has UVA and UVB light which is more dangerous for ur skin. It is not only tanning our skin, but it is also harmful to our DNA cells. It may cause many skin cancers also, It can cause pigmentation, lesions. That is the reason we should use sunscreen not only to prevent the tanning but also from the harmful radiation. There are many types of sunscreen available. As we know many of the skins are sensitive, dry, oily. And that is how we recommend the sunscreen as per the skin type. For sensitive skin we advice pure physical sunscreen which usually contains the zinc oxide. This kind of sunscreen we can recommend for kids also, they can use while playing in the ground and for swimming. 2nd is for the oily skin. The people who are having the pimples and a lot of oiliness on the skin. They require the matte finish sunscreen. These are the sunscreens are usually available in the gel form. After applying this sunscreen, men do not produce any kind of pimples. This will get absorbed nicely in the skin. They are also not shiny. So, people will like it whenever they are using it. Most of the sunscreen is water-resistant.

So, whenever you are going out in the rainy season, for swimming also you can use such kind of sunscreen. 3rd is when people have a very dry skin. In this type of skin, they need a moisturizer based sunscreen. So, this type of sunscreens will be available in the lotion form. So that along with protecting the skin from sunlight it will moisturize your skin also. Most of the sunscreen contains vitamin-C & E which has powerful antioxidants. Along with this, they will repair your skin damage which will happen because of sunlight. Sunscreen also heals your skin damage. People think why should we use sunscreen in the rainy season. You should use sunscreen 365 days and all the seasons because UVA light is very high and they even can penetrate the dark sky, So, we recommend even when you are indoor or outdoor. The best way to apply the sunscreen is to take a peanut size of the sunscreen quantity on your finger and apply with the fingertip all over your skin. It should be in a circular form. You should apply the sunscreen in the morning, mostly we recommend around 9 am, 12 pm, and 3 pm. So, we should apply every 3 hourly. But nowadays sunscreens are available for 8 hours protection. So, its requirement should be as equivalent to your brushing teeth. So, use sunscreen to keep your skin healthy, slowing forever. For more information, please visit lybrate.com.

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