Butt angam, butt acne, “buttne,” whatever you want to call it. It’s all the same with the pain, the abomination, the throbbing of the volcano in your ass, which is like a huge red bruise. they hurt, they are thick, they sting and itch. And you wish they were gone. On the forehead. Best for […]
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The medical term for hair loss is alopecia. Alopecia can be a side effect of another illness or it can be the predominant feature of the disease. Alopecia can be further divided into scarring and non-scarring conditions. In scarring alopecia, hair follicles are permanently damaged and the chance of re-growth is almost nonexistent. Alopecia Areata […]
Considered an auto-immune disease, alopecia, in children, is attributed to the body’s natural immune system response on the hair follicles perceived to be a threat to the indivdiuals health. The attack is often attributed to the body’s natural immune system working to fight against bacteria and viruses and, inadvertantly, mistakes the hair follicles as a […]
In people who use illicit drugs or who abuse drugs, the metabolites (breakdown by-products) of these drugs are found in the bloodstream. These breakdown by-products are carried to hair follicles through the blood supply and deposited there over a period of time. Hair follicle drug tests involve collecting a sample of hair and carrying out […]
Due to the fact that hair has a specific rate at which it grows monthly, it is quite frustrating not to notice its growth. Hair has an annoying tendency to grow slowly and sometimes end up weighing you down to nothing. Sometimes you just wish it would magically grow overnight, but it just doesn’t work […]
It iss believed that the hair on our head grows at the rate of half-inch every month. Also, the hair follicles go through a resting phase that ranges between two to six years in most adults. So, we tend to lose a certain amount of hair during this resting phase and then, fresh hair is […]