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Article: How to keep hair healthy, shiny and looking good
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- The News Sun - Waukegan (IL)
- Article date:
- February 12, 2007
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Hair texture and color change as a woman ages. You may lose some of the thickness, bounce and shine that were the hallmarks of your mane in your teens and twenties. Your hair may start thinning on the crown or on the sides. A lifetime of hormonal changes, from puberty and pregnancy to menopause, also affect the hair, as do emotional and physical stress, thyroid problems diabetes and certain medications.
Hair goes through three stages. Eighty-five to 90 percent of the time, it is in the anagen, or growing phase, averaging one-third of an inch per month. About 10 to 15 percent of the time, hair is in the telogen, or resting, phase. At other times, hair is in the catagen, or ...