Find Your Perfect Shade!

Do you find it hard to choose just the right hair color that complements your skin tone, your eyes and your features?  Swatching may be the answer!  Paula Young has launched a new hair color swatch program that will allow you to request a wide variety of hair color swatches. You can touch and feel the hair fiber and look at over half a dozen colors in your color family that may be right for you. Take the swatches apart and hold them up to your face to see if it gives you the look that you desire.  Try it in different lighting to get an idea of what it will look like from day to evening.  Then you’ll be ready to try a new wig color and maybe even a new wig style!

Hair color swatches come in color families for brunettes, blondes, grays and red heads.  Give it a try!

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Medication Side Effects – Hair Loss

The American Hair Loss Association lists the medications that can cause hair loss (not including chemotherapy or those drugs used to treat cancer).  Drugs are listed by the conditions they are prescribed to treat.
Acne

All drugs derived from vitamin A as treatments for acne or other conditions, including:

• Accutane (isotretinoin)

Blood

Anticoagulants (blood thinners), including:

• Panwarfin (warfarin sodium)
• Sofarin (warfarin sodium)
• Coumadin (warfarin sodium)
• Heparin injections

Cholesterol

Cholesterol-lowering drugs, including:

• Atronid-S (clofibrate)
• Lopid (gemfibrozil)

Convulsions/ Epilepsy

• Anticonvulsants, including:
• Tridone (trimethadione)

Depression

• Antidepression drugs, including:
• Prozac (fluoxetine hydrochloride)
• Zoloft (sertraline hydrochloride)
• Paxil (paroxetine)
• Anafranil (clomipramine)
• Janimine (imipramine)
• Tofranil (imipramine)
• Tofranil PM (imipramine)
• Adapin (doxepin)
• Sinequan (doxepin)
• Surmontil (trimipramine)
• Pamelor (nortriptyline)
• Ventyl (nortriptyline)
• Elavin (amitriptyline)
• Endep (amitriptyline)
• Norpramin (desipramine)
• Pertofrane (desipramine)
• Vivactil (protriptyline hydrochloride)
• Asendin (amoxapine)
• Haldol ( haloperidol)

Diet

• Amphetamines

Fungus

• Antifungals

Glaucoma

The beta-blocker drugs, including:

• Timoptic Eye Drops (timolol)
• Timoptic Ocudose (timolol)
• Timoptic XC (timolol)

Gout

• Lopurin (allopurinol)
• Zyloprim (allopurinol)

Heart

Many drugs prescribed for the heart, including those known as the beta blockers, which are also used to treat high blood pressure, and include:

• Tenormin (atenolol)
• Lopressor (metoprolol)
• Corgard (nadolol)
• Inderal and Inderal LA (propanolol)
• Blocadren (timolol)

High Blood Pressure

See Above list of beta blockers under “Heart”

Hormonal Conditions

All hormone-containing drugs and drugs prescribed for hormone-related, reproductive, male-specific, and female-specific conditions and situations have the potential to cause hair loss, including:

• Birth Control Pills
• Hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) for women (estrogen or progesterone)
• Male androgenic hormones and all forms of testosterone
• Anabolic steriods
• Prednisone and other steroids

Inflammation

Many anti-inflammatory drugs, including those prescribed for localized pain, swelling and injury.

• Arthritis drugs
• Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs including:
• Naprosyn (naproxen)
• Anaprox (naproxen)
• Anaprox DS (naproxen)
• Indocin (indomethacin)
• Indocin SR (indomethacin)
• Clinoril (sulindac)

An anti-inflammatory that is also used as a chemotherapy drug:

• Methotrexate (MTX)
• Rheumatex (methotrexate)
• Folex (methotrexate)

Parkinson’s Disease

• Levadopa / L-dopa (dopar, larodopa)

Thyroid Disorders

• Many of the drugs used to treat the thyroid

Ulcer

Many of the drugs used to treat indigestion, stomach difficulties, and ulcers, including over-the-counter dosages and prescription dosages.

• Tagamet (cimetidine)
• Zantac (ranitidine)
• Pepcid (famotidine)

Fashion Doll Line that Comes with Wigs!

There’s a fun new wig line…for dolls!  This month marked the launch of a bold new fashion doll line called Liv™. The initial launch consists of four teenage friends who each come with an outfit, shoes and two wigs. Each of the wigs are easy to change so girls can instantly switch hair styles and colors, or even cut and style their doll’s hair without ruining their doll. Now girls can give their dolls a new hairstyle and a new look whenever they want. We think it’s a great idea!

Can anything be done for female pattern hair loss?

Boston.com Health Editor Judy Foreman gives an insightful answer to this question.  Of course, wigs are also an easy, affordable option for beautiful hair.

Sarah Palin Losing Her Hair?

The national media is debating reports that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s hair is thinning due to lifestyle stress.  We aren’t going to speculate on Governor Palin’s supposed hair loss, but we do have thousands of customers who have lost their hair due to medical conditions, lifestyle and other stressors affecting their health.  In fact, hair loss is more common than you may think, with 1 in 4 women expected to experience hair loss at some point in her life.  We know this is an extremely sensitive time for women, so Paula Young offers easy and affordable solutions for women who are experiencing thinning hair.  For thinning hair, volumizers are the perfect solution because they add fullness by slipping on over your natural hair.  Or if you’d just like to try a version of the stylish “Palin Up-do”, Paula Young has full coverage wigs and clip-on pieces that actually mirror Sarah Palin’s elegant styles.  Try the Autumn Clip-on or the Presto Change-O for a polished and flattering look.