Monday, June 20, 2011

Stress & Spring and Hair & Nails

All the pharmacies here are suddenly displaying shelves and shelves of expensive pills and potions designed to stop your hair falling out and your nails splitting irreparably in unfortunate places.

And that's quite smart of them, because everyone loses more hair than usual in Spring, and right about now is when it begins to be obvious that quite a bit of ones' crowning glory seems to have gone missing.

There's nothing wrong with the potions; some hair products are better than others, and the difference in price between name-brand products that specifically target a problem and generic products that don't isn't very great.

You should think very carefully before you shell out for the pills, though.

All the pills (no matter which brand) contain the same basic ingredients - and actually they are the correct ingredients. The problem is that they don't contain nearly large enough dosages of hair building vitamins to make any impact - even if used over the long term, which is, of course, exactly what the manufacturer advises.

If you're really having a problem with 'fall out' - particularly if you've been under stress - get a recipe from the internet (try looking at Natural News and use the suggested vitamins and foodstuffs. It's cheaper in the long run, and at least you know exactly what you are getting for your money.