Local student in giving spirit

DELAVAN — Fontana Elementary fourth-grader Madelyn Bosshart may be only 9, but her empathy and desire to put others first is well beyond her years.

Late last week, Madelyn sat calmly at Attitudes, a hair salon in downtown Delavan. As she brushed her 17-inch long, sandy blonde hair out of her eyes and tucked it behind her ears, she talked about why she was giving it up for Locks of Love.

"My friend's mom has a very serious kind of cancer and may pass in a couple weeks," she said. "She lost all her hair and I don't want little girls to feel sad and left out because all the other girls have hair. I want to give little girls, like some of my friends, the hair they need."

Locks of Love is an organization that collects hair donations and makes them into hairpieces for children who suffer from long-term hair loss. A hair donation to Locks of Love must be at least 10 inches and it takes about six to 10 donated ponytails to make one hairpiece.

Thanks to Madelyn, Locks of Love is one ponytail closer to making another hairpiece for a child in need.

Madelyn's idea to help through the donation didn't surprise her teacher, Kim Epping, one bit. Madelyn has made an impact at the school even though this is just her first year in Fontana. Epping said Madelyn never wants anyone to be left out, so she ensures to involve everyone in activities. Because of that attitude, she has made many friends in class.

"She is one of the most unselfish students I have ever met," Epping said. "She puts others before herself all the time. When she said she was doing this, it didn't surprise me at all. She always wants to help people and that is rare at this age. You just don't see that."

Epping remembers the first time she met Madelyn.

"It was an open house and she came bouncing into the room with a smile and introduced herself," Epping said. "That smile has never left her face."

For a short time as Madelyn sat in the chair having 10 inches of her hair chopped off, the smile wasn't as apparent. Before hopping into the chair, Madelyn said she wasn't scared about having her hair cut. Rather, she said she was excited and had told all her friends about it.

   

After Attitudes' hairstylist and co-owner Gale Galvin completed the cuts for the Lock of Love, Madelyn's signature smile quickly returned.

"I like it, I like it," Madelyn said with a beaming smile staring at herself in the mirror as Galvin put on the finishing touches of her new hairstyle. "It's cute. I don't have much to brush."

Epping agreed. She said she loved Madelyn's new hairdo.

"She never had time for her hair anyway," Epping said. "She just doesn't care about things like that."

As she held in a ponytail the hair just cut off her head, Madelyn said she thought there would be more. But she said she was happy to help out.

Since the nonprofit Locks of Love organization was created, thousands of children have been helped. Locks of Love has supplied children with hairpieces in all 50 states and Canada.

There are two main diseases that cause long-term hair loss in children.

The largest number of children helped by Locks of Love have alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes the hair follicles to shut down. The disease has varying degrees and affects 4.7 million people in the United States alone. There currently is no known cure for alopecia.

Children with cancer is the second highest percentage of recipients. Every year, approximately 2,200 people under the age of 20, are diagnosed with brain tumors. Radiation treatment to the brain stem as a treatment for cancer can cause permanent hair loss. Chemotherapy also can cause hair loss.

Female Hair Loss Remedy

In modern society an ageing man that has a bald patch is considered to be an ordinary view but female hair loss amounts to the girl being deemed undesirable and ageing, it is culture that has put it in to the head of this women of today which hair loss isn’t an appropriate phenomenon, thanks to various TV commercials and ads female hair loss has become the driving force right behind marketing and advertising of numerous shampoo and conditioner brands. Ladies often feel safe if they are making use of an anti-hair fall shampoo from a good brand, irrespective of this actual results of the product.

There are many causes for female hair loss, dirt and pollution being one among them. Quite a few females are now working mothers and professionals therefore should continue being out doors most of the time, this causes the keratin in the hair to get ruined then resulting into female hair loss. This destroyed keratin is just not simply fixable because the chemicals affect the very roots of the hair and that results to female hair loss. Women ought to therefore be careful in such conditions as harm to hair may be long term and difficult to change.

Female hair loss can be remedied by using the right shampoo and conditioner duet; there are a variety of products offered within the market which is in this form. They are successful remedies to female hair loss. These types of hair shampoos first detox the hair and get rid of all this sort of substances in the hair and these types of substances when flushed off unclog the hair follicles, usage of the right conditioner right after that may very easily help decrease female hair loss. You can find few hair conditioners which aid improve the quality of hair together with the roots and scalp.

Soon after application of this correct hair shampoo and conditioner, it really is critical to make sure these chemical substances don’t return and clog the roots for this objective a number of oil dependent or water dependent solutions are available in the market place, these kinds of remedies are simple to spread and create a protective covering over the hair. These potions have a number of substances which help quit female hair loss.

The oil dependent applicants are simple to spread and nurture the hair well that makes these far more preferred over the water based applicants that are runny and often spread rapidly but usually are not extremely advisable for make use of in hard, dirty situations.

Hair fall treatment that costs nothing

Hair fall is a common problem for men and women these days. Long term hair fall leads to permanent hair loss, and could even make people go bald, especially for men. There are various factors that contribute to hair fall. Hair fall is high among the people who don’t show much interest in hair care, or who live in dusty, smoky and pollution affected towns and cities.

Hair fall starts with little amount of hair falling, and if it’s left untreated for longer periods, it could lead to complete hair loss, where no hair treatment can restore the natural hair back.

Hair care experts feel that the best hair fall treatment is all about taking balanced diet, maintaining cleanliness and hygiene, and leading a stress free life.

“I believe stress is the main reason of hair fall these days. I don’t see any reason other than stress that’s causing hair fall in many of my patients,” said Arvind, a renowned Hyderabad based hair care specialist.

He said, “Good diet prevent your hair from falling. The diet that’s enriched with vitamin C, E, and B gives you healthy hair. It has to be a well balanced diet that has the perfect combination of proteins, vitamins and minerals.”

Keeping hair clean is another important thing to do to prevent hair loss. Dandruff is another reason for hair fall in many people. Some dandruff specific shampoos help keep dandruff under control. However, if the dandruff is uncontrollable by normal measures, you should meet a professional hair care specialist to get a dandruff treatment.

Leading stress free life automatically minimizes hair fall. Yoga, exercises or other physical activities such as games could easily bring hair loss under control.