Every Woman's Guide to Beautiful Hair at Any Age: Learn What Can Be Done to Keep a Beautiful Head of Hair for a Lifetime

by Lisa Akbari

Overview

A woman's hair is, arguably, the most important part of her look. Beautiful clothes and makeup can only go so far if hair is aging badly. Moving through the many stages of life from puberty to menopause, your hair will change as you age. But not as much as you might think and not the way you might think.

Stylist and trichologist Lisa Akbari tells women what happens to their hair, why it's happening and what can be done about it to keep a beautiful head of hair for a lifetime. Tips in this book apply to all types and styles of hair and include:

--You don't have to sit back and take it—how to proactively keep your hair beautiful

--How to control and care for graying hair

--How permanent is a permanent?, and other chemical questions

--Getting to the bottom of it all . . . how to have a scalp half its age

--Maintenance, loss prevention, and how to have younger hair in 7 weeks

And much more . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402249471
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	09/01/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	371 KB

About the Author

Lisa Akbari is the founder of the Hair Nutrition and Research Center, writes a monthly column and hosts a radio program as well as her own cable television show. She has worked on the hairstyling teams of the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and lives in Memphis, TN.

Lisa Akbari is a hair care pioneer. For most of her life she has worked in the hair care industry. She became a licensed cosmetologist in 1977. By the age of twenty-one she had opened her first salon. As a stylist, Mrs. Akbari has always maintained a large clientele and worked on many hair teams and as a platform artist. As an educator she has trained hundreds of stylists and hair care professionals on how to create hairstyles without sacrificing the health of their clients’ scalp and hair. Mrs. Akbari owns and operates the Hair Nutrition Research Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Through research and studies, she has discovered several hair and scalp disorders including Short Hair Syndrome and Follicular Epidermis Alopecia. She has successfully created a hair care product line engineered specifically to the needs of African Americans. Mrs. Akbari has a degree in trichology, the study of hair and its disorders, and continues to further her education. She is the author of The Journey from Kinky to Straight (and All Its Pit Stops), and has written countless workbooks and manuals, lead seminars, and recorded videotapes and audiocassettes. Mrs. Akbari is married to Dr. Hooshang Akbari, and has twin daughters, Raumesh and Raumina. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: What's Happening to My Hair?

Chapter Two: How Does Aging Affect My Hair?

Chapter Three: How Do I Create a Foundation for Healthy Hair Growth?

Chapter Four: How Does My Hair Grow, and Why Do I Lose It?

Chapter Five: How Do My Scalp and Strands Become Dehydrated?

Chapter Six: What Can I Do about Hair Loss and Thinning?

Chapter Seven: Will Trimming Make My Hair Grow Faster?

Chapter Eight: How Can I Get a Younger Scalp?

Chapter Nine: What Do I Need to Know about Treatment?

Chapter Ten: Can I and Should I Add Hair? And How?

Chapter Eleven: How Can I Protect My Hair While Exercising?

Chapter Twelve: What Can I Do about Gray Hair?

Chapter Thirteen: What Do I Need to Know about Hair Coloring?

Chapter Fourteen: What If I Want to Straighten or Curl My Hair?

Index

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