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  • Hair Loss - Topic Overview

    Article
    06/17/08, Healthwise

    Everyone loses some hair every day. Losing up to 100 hairs a day is normal.

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  • Makeup Misdemeanors

    Article
    12/04/06, Prevention

    Beauty don'ts you may be doing

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  • Is it true that hair grows back thicker after shaving?

    Article
    10/02/06, Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?

    One of the reasons for this common misperception may be that new grown stubble seems thicker than uncut hair. But the truth is, all hair growth takes place below the skin, down in the hair follicle. The section of the hair we lop off is just dead protein. Shaving doesn't make your hair grow back any faster or thicker or darker or coarser.

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  • Hair Loss - Symptoms

    Article
    06/17/08, Healthwise

    Hair loss can occur as thinning, in which you may not notice hair falling out, or as shedding, in which clumps of hair fall out.

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  • Hair Loss - Prevention

    Article
    06/17/08, Healthwise

    Hair loss that is caused by medicines, stress, lack of protein or iron, or hair care may be prevented. Avoiding certain medicines, reducing stress, getting adequate protein and iron in your diet, and using hairstyles that

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  • Tattoo Problems

    Article
    09/04/08, Healthwise

    Tattoos and permanent makeup have been used by most cultures for centuries and recently have become very popular with both men and women. Most people who have a tattoo do not develop any problems. Home treatment can help speed healing and

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  • Nail-Biting

    Article
    11/13/08, Healthwise

    Nail-biting (onychophagia) is a common stress-relieving habit. You may bite your nails in times of stress or excitement, or in times of boredom or inactivity. It can also be a learned behavior from family members. Nail-biting is the most

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  • Try Our Battle Plans for Blemishes

    Article
    12/04/06, Prevention

    Fight pimples by being proactive

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  • Why don't women have hairy chests?

    Article
    10/02/06, Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?

    As a culture, we are obsessed with becoming hairless. There are waxing salons, threading salons, laser hair removal treatments, electrolysis, and who could forget good ol' Nair? The truth is that as mammals we are designed to be covered in body hair. We have the same number of hair follicles as our hairier simian friends, but our hair is shorter and finer. The only truly hairless parts of the body are the umbilicus (belly button), the lips, the nipples, the palms, and the soles.

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  • Hair transplantation surgery

    Article
    06/17/08, Healthwise

    Hair transplantation surgery involves moving scalp hair and hair follicles from an area with a lot of hair to an area with thinning hair or baldness. Single strands of hair, multiple strands of hair, or long and thin strips containing

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