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mabey its just me but why is it celebrities never seem to go through the awkward stage?
For example Tom Cruise in only had short hair a while back (minority report) and now he boast a fantastic hair do in the last samurai. How the hell do these guys do it. The only explanation i can com up with is hair extentions, what do you think.
Also on another note, I understand nutrition is vital for hair growth, but generally speaking what is deemed good?
High Protien?
High Calcium?
???
>> Yeah, I've noticed that too. Not fair! Waaa!
>> After reading lots of great information on this website and links, I've found out that biotin (common in red kidney beans, for one) is good, as well as protein. I've been trying to ensure I get appropriate protein lately, in fact, for the last year or so, I've been more conscious of it.
Somewhere I read that vitamin supplelements for prenatal women are good (even though they're for women, but the can apparently good for men, they'll help your hair, skin and nails). I bought some of that, as well as "Nourishair" from GNC (also suggested somewhere on this website or one of the links). So far it's only been a week that I've been using those, so it's too early to say if they work, but give me a month or two and I should know it works. From what I hear, it's worked for other guys.
On a sidenote, I hear that a proper level of protein will also help prevent hair loss. Many vegetarians and vegans (and non-vegetarians too, but to a lesser extent) who do not get enough protein, men especially, suffer from hair loss after a year or two of becoming a veggie. I must say, that could very well be true. For a while I know I wasn't getting much protein and now my hair is thinning (but I'm 30, and lots of guys my age can and do loose hair). A guy I knew, who was 22 at the time, and had been a vegetarian for two years at that point, had a major receding hairline and very thin hair on top. Could have been genetic, I didn't want to ask, but I saw his driving license photo take about two years prior, and it appeared he had a lot more hair.
So yes, proper nutrition is always important, especially when growing your hair! It's been my incentive to make sure I keep up with my vitamins and proper nutrition.
I work for the parent company of GNC, Nutricia, and we make a supplement for hair, skin, and nails, similar to Nourishair, which also comes in the purple/magenta box.
I'm thinking of taking Nourishair myself, as I'm still in the "awkward stage", even after over a year of letting my hair grown.
>> Do you think Nourishair would be the best then? Let us know if you find a better product, or if the Nutrica version is better.
The hair, skin, and nails formula also carries the GNC label. The Nutricia label itself is mainly seen in Europe.
Cruise finished filming Minority Report in late 2001 (and it was prepared for a June 2002 release). He was on the Tonight Show over the summer of 2003 (to advertise the premiere) and it was apparent that he had about six months of growth. If he filmed the Last Samurai in late 2002/early 2003, it would give it enough time to released in late 2003 and also would give Cruise nearly a year of growth, which is about what he had in the Last Samurai.
This question has been answered many times on this board, so I will give only a summary.
1. Protein can help a bit, but only if you're not getting enough to begin with.
2. Biotin has been shown to help somewhat
3. It's rare for Americans to be deficient in vitamins. They have only been shown to help in kids and those over the age of 50.
4. There are certain types of hair loss NOT related to male pattern baldness. Examples are alopecia areata, and tinea infections, but these are uncommon.
5. Genetics ALWAYS wins. If male pattern baldness runs in your family and is starting to show on you, then all the vitamins in the world WON'T help.
6. The only thing that might help to SLOW the loss is Rogaine shampoo. There is a male hair growth pill on the market now. It's finesteride 1mg and is an anti-testosterone medication. Proscar (for BPH - benign prostatic hypertrophy) has been on the market for years. It's the SAME medication, only at the 5 mg dose. Finesteride can cause such side effects like erectile dysfunction and the like, but this is uncommon at the 1mg dose.
Hope that helped.
ToddB
Hmmm, we'll see if those hair vitaimins I got really help then. I got Nourishair by GNC as well as another one (I forget the name). They're intended to help hair, skin and nails. On of them has much more biotin than the other. I'm considering getting silicea (ps?) tea as well.
I've been thinking, if I really am loosing my hair, I'll just let it be. I don't want to take drugs for it. Que sera, sera. (Pardon my French, hehe). If I can take vitamins, that's ok, but I don't want to take serious drugs that could have serious side effects.
I just just hope I can grow my hair long while I still have some. Since I had really short hair for eight years prior to this, it's hard to say if my hair line is receding or hair is thinning. It appears to be, but I don't remember how it looks like eight years age, when I was 22.
It's been a long time, but I've mentioned this before. It's not a popular thing to say here, so I post *VERY* infrequently.
They don't go through the awkward stage because they can't afford to. It can be avoided. While growing it back out, they will see a stylist about every 4-6 weeks. A little (very little) gets cut while the stylist shapes it. Does it take longer to grow out? Yes ... but it stays looking good. They're not as concerned with length as with appearance.
They wash and condition it much more often than people here seem to like. I would hit the ceiling if one of my clients went a week without washing his hair. If hair looks dirty - and after a week it does, all protestations to the contrary - it's usually because it is dirty.
Hair is part of an actor's image - and their income depends on image.
If it's not long enough for a part they will use extentions, but there needs to be some length there to do this. Studios would rather not have to. I usually advise my male clients to keep their hair on the longish side. If they have to cut it for a part - they can do that (and frequently do). A couple of them seem to be in a constant state of regrowing their hair - and they never experience what you call the awkward stage. They simply can't afford it.
Tom Cruise had a couple of years to grow his hair out for Samurai. You must remember, usually the movie comes out 1 year after they finish filming it, so by the time you watched Minority Report, his hair has been growing for about a year already. Also, his hair is not really that long in Samurai (My hair is longer and growing for 17 months).
Other times extensions are used, especially when you see their hair really long and not enough time to have been grown.
One of my favorite actors, Jason Isaacs, has played several long hair roles: Colonel Tavington in the Patriot, Lucius Malfoy in the second Harry Potter movie, and most recently as Captain Hook in Peter Pan. He looks drop dead gorgeous with long hair, but unfortunately, he has ho-hum, boring short hair in real life. He had hair extensions for the Tavington role, and wigs for the Malfoy and Hook roles. He immediately got my attention when I first saw him as Tavington.
I hate to say it, but I probably would have never noticed him if the first time I'd seen him had been in one of his short/no hair roles, such as in Tuxedo or Black Hawk Down. He's a standout with long hair, but looks just average with short hair.
Isaacs is well aware of this, considering a story I heard about the making of the Harry Potter movie. The producers had originally intended for Lucius Malfoy to have a brush cut and wear a pinstripe suit. Jason Isaacs himself suggested the long blond hair and black robes and the producers agreed and changed Malfoy's appearance.
This makes me wonder why he doesn't have long hair all the time. But then I got to thinking that most available roles for actors today call for short hair. Isaacs no doubt keeps his hair short so as to be able to be considered for a wider variety of roles. After all, one can make short hair look longer, but there isn't much way to do the reverse. Too bad.