IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT PEOPLE IN GENERAL ARE POSSESSIVE ABOUT THEIR HAIR LOCKS.IT ALWAYS ADDS TO ONE'S BEAUTY.THERE ARE VARIOUS
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FACTORS WHICH PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE FOR IT.LET US DEAL WITH THESE FACTORS SEPARATELYEXTERNAL FACTORS:1.SUN RAYS: THE ULTRAVIOLET RAYS ARE REALLY DAMAGING FOR OUR HAIR.LONG AND DIRECT EXPOSURE TO SUN IS DAMAGING.IT MAKES THE HAIR BRITTLE.IT ALSO TURNS IT TO A LIGHTER SHADE.HENCE PROPER HEADGEAR IS A MUST.2.RAIN: BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION THERE ARISES THE PROBLEM OF€ID RAIN. THEREFORE ONE SHOULD AVOID DRENCHING IN THE RAIN. 3.CLEANING: PROPER CLEANSING AGENTS, WHICH SUITS THE HAIR TYPE, IS EUALLY IMPORTANT.INTERNAL FACTORS1.DEFICIENCY OF IRON: RED BLOOD CELLS ARE THE CHIEF CARRIER OF OXYGEN.HAEMOGLOBIN IS THE PIGMENT WHICH IMPARTS RED COLOUR TO THE BLOOD IS A COMPOUND OF PROTEIN HEME AND IRON.HENCE DEFICIENCY OF IRON MEANS OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY GETS REDUCED, THUS ENERGY LEVEL OF CELLS DECREASES.THIS LEADS TO A CONDITION CALLED IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA.WOMEN IN PARTICULAR ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO IT DUE TO A REGULAR LOSS OF IRON RICH BLOOD DURING MENSTRUATION.SOURCES INCLUDE LIVER, KIDNEY, WHOLE CEREALS, FISH, NUTS, YOLK, BEETROOT. 2.DEFICIENCY OF COPPER: THIS TYPE OF ANAEMIA IS CAUSED DUE TO THE DEFICIENCY OF COPPER.COPPER BESIDES€TING AS CATALYST IN THE OXIDATION OF HYDROGEN AND THE FORMATION OF MELANIN PIGMENT (IMPARTING BLACK COLOUR TO HAIR) IT IS REQUIRED FOR RELEASE OF IRON FROM LIVER, ABSORBTION OF IRON IN INTESTINAL REGION AND ALSO FOR ABSORBTION OF IRON INTO HAEMOGLOBIN.SOURCES INCLUDE LIVER, KIDNEY, NUTS, LEGUMES, MUSHROOMS, BEANS, GRAINS ETC.3.DEFICIENCY OF B12: FOR THE NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF R.B.C. VIT.B12 IS A MUST.DEFICIENCY LEADS TO PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA, IT IS A SEVERE FORM OF ANAEMIA COUPLED WITH GREAT WEAKNESS AND GASTROINTESTINAL DISTURBANCE, DEGENERATION OF SPINAL CORD.SOURCES INCLUDE LIVER, MEAT, MILK, CEREALS, PULSES. 4.VITAMIN C:IF OUR FOOD IS DEFICIENT IN VITAMIN C THEN EVEN IF IRON IS PRESENT IN INTESTINE IT IS NOT ABSORBED LEADING TO ANAEMIA LIKE CONDITION. SOURCES INCLUDE CITRUS FRUITS LIKE ORANGES, LEMON, SWEET LIME,INDIAN GOOSE BERRY(AMLA). 5.HORMONAL DISBALANCE: THIS CONDITION IS NORMALLY FOUND IN WOMEN.RIGHT FROM PUBERTY A WOMAN EXPERIENCES HORMONAL UPS AND DOWN DURING MENSTRUAL CYCLE, DURING PREGNANCY, DURING LACTATION, AND MENOPAUSE. EXESS OF IRON INTAKE CAN BE HARMFUL TOO.THE CONDITION IS CALLED "TOXIC TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM" NON-HEME IRON CAN BE OBTAINED FROM RICE, BREAD; BROCCOLI ANDBEANS.MALE HORMONES ANDROGENS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR HAIR FALL.