RICHFEEL: Hair Care

Hair is your body's barometer. A healthy body produces healthy hair. In fact hair is the second fastest growing organ in the human anatomy after the bone marrow and it grows at the rate of half an inch a month. Hair problems are the first signs that something is wrong with you internally.

The Structure of hair:

The hair has a root, called the bulb and the body, which is called the shaft. The root has a small tail like papilla, which hooks itself to the blood supply below the scalp and provides the hair with the oxygen and nutrition, which is required. Hair grows from a small little hole, which is called the hair follicle and is made up of proteins and the minerals.

This is a picture of normal and healthy hair. In some people, the bulb gets damaged, in some - the

body gets damaged, in some the bulb that is the root and the body that is the shaft, both get damaged. These damages occur in people who have mineral deficiency inside their hair, or those who perm, colour or tint their hair.

The Tricho-analysis of the hair includes Hair analysis and Scalp analysis. The Hair analysis helps us to know the AT ratio of the hair which is the diagnostic method to find out whether you suffer from hair loss or not. It also indicates the keratin level of the hair, i.e. it indicates whether you are eating properly and if you are eating properly whether the body is assimilating the protein called keratin which is there inside the hair. The Hair analysis also determines the mineral content in your hair.

The Scalp analysis is done with the help of the capilloscopy and densitometry machine, which helps us find out the exact volume and density of your hair as also the exact number of hair follicles all over your scalp, and the state of your hair follicles and scalp. A healthy scalp is a prerequisite to healthy hair. Now that we have done the examination of your hair on the Tricho-analyzer, sit back and relax, wait for the reports to come in.

What is the AT ratio?

In our scalp we have three different types of hair - the Anagen hair, the Catagen hair and the Telogen hair. The Anagen hair is the hair, which is in the growth phase. The Catagen hair is the hair, which is in the resting phase and the Telogen hair, is the hair, which is in the falling phase. So all over our scalp we have some hair which grow, some which take rest, and some which fall. The life cycle of a hair is 3 years and 4 months and we have 25 life cycles, in our life span. But unlike all other mammals, where hair grows together and falls off together, man is the only mammal, where hair does not grow and fall off together, otherwise every three years and four months, you would go bald. This can be determined by the AT ratio, which is called as the Anagen Telogen ratio, or the ratio of growth to the ratio of fall, which under normal circumstances, is 80: 20. That means at any given point of time in your scalp 80% of the hair are in the growth phase and 20% in the falling phase.

COMMON HAIR PROBLEMS:

We at the Richfeel Trichology Center take great pleasure in offering you the latest diagnostic methods to analyze your hair problem.
Below is the list of some of the common hair problems that are being successfully treated at the RichFeel Trichology Centre:

1) Dandruff
2) Androgenic Alopecia
3) Premature Greying
4) Hair loss
5) Hirsutism