| As you age expect increasing amounts of fat | | | | is usually best done about every 6 weeks. In |
| tissue toward the center of the body. Fat | | | | fact, hair color products can actually |
| will increase and lean body mass will | | | | improve the texture of the hair and provide |
| decrease. The liver, kidney and other organs | | | | more body, even more shine. An important note |
| may lose some of their cells. Bones lose some | | | | here might be: Choose a knowledgeable and |
| of their minerals and become less dense. | | | | skilled hair stylist or specialist for your |
| Water in your body is decreased by tissue | | | | hair coloring. I live in a very small town, |
| loss. You may even become shorter. This loss | | | | and I could not be more pleased with the |
| of height is related to aging changes in the | | | | expertise of the hair stylist who colors my |
| bones, muscles and joints. Height loss is | | | | hair. Good hairdressers and hair products do |
| greater after 70 years old. All total you may | | | | not belong only to the rich and famous! |
| lose 1 to 3 inches in height as you age. Ways | | | | Graying is a lot genetically determined. |
| to reduce height loss: - Physical activity - | | | | Caucasians gray sooner. Asians are late to |
| Proper diet - Treating osteoporosis The | | | | get gray hair. Nutritional supplements, |
| change in total body water may make older | | | | vitamins and other products will not stop or |
| people more likely to get dehydrated. Loss of | | | | decrease the rate of graying. However, I have |
| muscle mass in the legs and changes in body | | | | two sisters who both started graying much |
| shape can affect balance which contributes to | | | | sooner than I did. Of the three of us, I am |
| falls. Most age-related changes cannot be | | | | the most health conscious! I believe healthy |
| prevented. Steps you can take to help slow or | | | | lifestyle also plays a part in when our hair |
| reduce these changes include: - Exercise - | | | | starts to gray. Almost everyone will |
| Avoid smoking - Eat healthy - Excessive | | | | experience some hair loss as the result of |
| alcohol use and illicit drug use can | | | | aging. The quantity of hair you have on your |
| accelerate age-related changes Your lifestyle | | | | body and head is determined by your genes. |
| will play the largest role in how fast these | | | | Even if you had thick, coarse hair as a young |
| age-related changes take place. Do not accept | | | | adult, it will eventually become thinner, |
| the picture of a hunched over, frail man or | | | | fine and light-colored. Men may begin to show |
| woman with a big belly, skinny arms and legs | | | | signs of baldness at age 30. By age 60, about |
| as something that happens to everyone in old | | | | two-thirds of men have significant baldness. |
| age. You don't have to look like that. | | | | With new technology and products even |
| Probably the most obvious sign of aging is | | | | "baldness" is correctable to a degree for |
| hair color change. As you age the hair | | | | some individuals. Source: National Institute |
| follicles produce less pigment (melanin), | | | | of Health Disclaimer: These statements have |
| which causes the graying process. Gray hair | | | | not been evaluated by the Food and Drug |
| often starts to appear in the 30s, although | | | | Administration. The information in this |
| this varies. You may start to notice graying | | | | article is not intended to diagnose, treat, |
| at the temples. The hair becomes | | | | cure or prevent any disease. All health |
| progressively lighter and most usually | | | | concerns should be addressed by a qualified |
| eventually turns white. Hair coloring is | | | | health care professional. This article is |
| probably the easier and painless way to | | | | FREE to publish with the resource box. © |
| conceal a person's true age. The quality of | | | | 2007 Connie Limon All Rights Reserved |
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