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Article: Hair care: whether it's straight or curly, styled or left in its natural state, your hair needs to be protected.(your body & mind)
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- April 1, 2008
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"The hair on our heads isn't just there for looks. It keeps us warm by preserving heat," says Patricia Hyde, a clinical assistant professor of dermatology and pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College. By preserving heat, hair regulates the body's temperature. Therefore, it's important to keep each of the approximately 100,000 strands of hair on your head healthy in order to promote growth and to prevent it from falling out.
So how do you do that? First, you don't need to spend gobs of money on expensive hair-care products, or tons of time in the shower. Piling on chemically enhanced products or loitering under a scalding faucet often can inflict unnecessary damage ...