My best advice is to stay away from chemical-laden pills, potions and hair-growth treatments.

If you want your hair to be thick, strong and shiny, here’s what you need to know…

First, you need biotin. Research shows that biotin promotes hair growth, strength and manageability by increasing elasticity and thickening the cuticle.¹

Biotin, especially when combined with niacinamide, helps to prevent cholesterol from collecting on the scalp – which can trigger the formation of dihydrotestosterone (DHT). This naturally produced metabolite can weaken your hair follicles. Articum majus root also helps to block DHT.

At my clinic, I have a solution I’ve used with my patients. I’ve seen their hair look silkier and more lush and full than ever before.

It’s called Infuse, and it’s packed with biotin, niacinamide, articum majus root, plus the following ingredients:

• Fenugreek – Traditional Chinese medicine has used Fenugreek for more than 2,000 years. Fenugreek can stimulate your blood circulation and promote the appearance of a full head of thick hair.
• Panax Ginseng Root – This increases scalp stimulation, enhancing hair depth and thickness.
• Arginine, acetyl tyrosine, citrulline and ornithine HCL – These amino acids are the building blocks of hair structure.
• Zinc Gluconate – This nutrient teams with the B vitamins in Infuse to block DHT.

Studies on Infuse show it results in thicker, stronger, silkier, shinier hair. It also helps to diminish scalp irritation.

One of my patients told me, “Before Infuse, I just couldn’t get over my thinning hair. It seemed that my hair was going down the drain every morning in the shower. Now my hair has more body than ever, and it’s no longer going down the drain.”*

Infuse your hair today without drugs or harmful chemicals.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD

P.S. As a special thank you, I’ve arranged to send you a FREE Pure Radiance Natural Comb with every order of Infuse for a limited time. This hand-crafted wood comb ($11.97 value) helps you massage, condition and add shine to your hair every time you comb it.

*Results not typical.
1 Shelley, W.B., E.D. “Uncombable hair syndrome: observations on response to biotin and occurrence in siblings with ectodermal dysplasia,” J Am Acad Dermatol 1985; 13(1):97-102

Her doctor told her they were concerning.

But I ended up finding something that was much more concerning to me, and to her.

In examining her, I parted her hair to look at her scalp. I saw a problem I see much more often than I used to. She had very thin, sparse hair with a bald scalp that would remind you of an elder male.

She was embarrassed to admit it, but she had been using hair spray and products that are designed to disguise balding in men – like that paint stuff – for years. And she never thought there was anything she could do about it, so she never mentioned it to me.

I used to see this kind of thing rarely, but now I’m seeing it all the time. In the last fifteen years I’ve been practicing, this problem has at least quadrupled.

Fortunately, you can stop this from happening to you.

Today, I’m going to show you how to do two simple things so you can keep a full head of thick shiny hair.

First, let me explain a little about why this is happening…

It starts with a modern epidemic that’s going on – an epidemic of too much estrogen. You’re getting it in your food, and from chemicals in the environment which act like estrogen when they get into your body.

What this does is cause a “feedback inhibition” in your hormone system. It causes you to produce less follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). They normally stimulate the ovaries to produce both estrogen and progesterone.

Your estrogen is going to be fine, but that decreased production of FSH and LH cause a decrease in progesterone. It has no dietary source, so it then becomes very low.

Here’s where the problems for your hair begin.

Progesterone’s normal role is to give you your sexual features like an hourglass figure, but it also binds to the same receptors as testosterone. It normally blocks the effect of testosterone so it won’t cause masculinization.

When you don’t have progesterone, the testosterone can take its place. So what we have today is a whole generation of women who are getting unwanted facial hair, and they’re getting hair loss in a male pattern from the effect of testosterone, which turns into the hair-blocking hormone DHT.

Normally a woman doesn’t have much DHT because it’s blocked by the progesterone. But with all the estrogen women are getting, progesterone plummets and you have hair loss.

The solution is to stimulate your scalp for healthy blood flow, and block the bad guy that may keep your hair from growing.

The bad guy is DHT (dihydrotestosterone). As DHT forms in your body when you have too much estrogen, it collects in the sebum gland in the scalp and starts to attack your hair follicles. Your strands can shrink and eventually fall out.

So stopping DHT is one effective way to help your hair. But it’s only the first part of hair health. There are also a few other little-known but direct and dynamic ways to get shiny hair that has luster and thickness. You can use them to:

• Stimulate your scalp – There’s an herb not many people know about that can stimulate blood flow especially to the small capillaries like the ones that feed the hair root. It’s called fenugreek, and it’s also one of the best herbs to use if you have toxins or other scalp buildup.
• Enhance thickness – You might think of ginseng as just a feel-good herb, and it is. But when you use it in your hair, it also increases scalp stimulation in a way that gives you healthy hair depth and keeps each strand thick and strong.¹
• Keep a full mane – To help stop the hair-blocking hormone DHT, you can use arctium majus root. It helps condition your skin while it keeps DHT from attacking your hair.
• Rescue your hair – Amino acids are the building blocks of hair structure, so it’s essential to feed your hair with the ones that help the most. Like acetyl tyrosine, citrulline, and ornithine HCL. They promote healing and repair in your scalp, and help bring out your fullest, healthiest hair.
• Deliver the nutrients – B-vitamins are essential to grow healthy hair and nails, but it’s not easy to get enough from food. Two in particular, biotin and niacinimide, get used up growing and building healthy hair, so it’s important to replace them each day.
• Improve hair growth – B-vitamins perform a dual function for your hair if you use zinc gluconate… they team up to give hair follicles and your scalp with energy and strengthening. Without enough zinc, your hair shafts get weakened, causing hair breakage and very slow re-growth. They work together to decelerate hair loss and improve hair growth.
• Promote that shine – I don’t recommend eating soy, but it turns out to have great benefit for your hair. Hydrolyzed soy protein can give you shinier, thicker hair that stays moisturized.

Unfortunately, pattern hair loss is very severe in the women I see. To where if I part the hair, I see bare scalp.

Then they tend to use a lot of cosmetic things to try to hide it…

That can make the problem worse. That’s why I created a formula for the patients in my clinic who come to me asking if they can do something about thinning hair.

And I’ve had a lot of success with it. Many of my patients are so thrilled they write to me and tell me that their hair looks twice as thick. That they’ve stopped seeing hair in the shower drain, and that their hair is as shiny as a teenager’s.

S.W. told me she hasn’t had to cover up her hair with a hat in over a year.

I’m so happy for all of them. Because I know having a full head of thick shiny hair is every woman’s dream. And I know it makes you feel young and desirable, too.

That’s why I’ve decided to offer this formula to you. I call it Infuse.

Just two convenient spray applications each day and Infuse gets deep into your scalp, down where the roots are. Infuse replenishes those roots and stimulates normal hair growth.

Click here to look great and feel your most attractive each day.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD

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1 Park HJ, Rhee MH, Park KM, Nam KY, Park KH. "Effect of non-saponin fraction from Panax ginseng…" J Ethnopharmacol. 1995 Dec 15;49(3):157-62.

The answer is a mix of genetics, age and overall health — with a few other factors thrown in.

Here’s what could be causing those silver strands to crop up…

• Hydrogen peroxide buildup. H2O2 is produced naturally in your body, but you become less able to break it down as you age. As it builds up in your cells, it can interfere with melanin, the pigment that colors your hair.¹
• Vitamin B12 deficiency. Without enough B12, hair becomes dull, brittle and dry. You should know that some drugs may interfere with your absorption of the vitamin — for example, drugs used to treat acid reflux and ulcers, such as Pepcid, Prilosec and Zantac.
• Smoking. The chemicals in cigarettes may damage the hair follicles and slow the production of melanin. Smokers are four times more likely to go gray prematurely.²
• Stress. Although there’s no definitive proof that your kids or your demanding job cause gray hairs… stress may be a factor. Some researchers believe it affects your “follicle factories.”

Several illnesses like autoimmune and thyroid disorders are also associated with gray hair.

Nature’s Hair Care

So what can you do? Try these superfoods to chase away the gray — or at least slow down the process.

1. Oysters. They’re rich in copper, which your body needs to produce the melanin that colors your hair.
2. Alfalfa. Alfalfa has something that can keep your hair strong, shiny and rich in color: Silica. If you aren’t too excited about eating alfalfa every day… you can also get your silica from bell peppers, beets and whole grains.
3. Fish, meat and eggs. Animal products like these are the only natural sources of vitamin B12. Plus, the protein and amino acids they contain will improve your hair’s texture and strength.
4. Kefir. If you’re deficient in vitamin B12, kefir can help, too. It’s a fermented drink that contains bacteria and yeast, and these work together to help your body absorb B vitamins.

And if you’re concerned about brittle, dry hair, I recommend a strengthening and thickening spray like this one.

Best Wishes for Health and Beauty,

Tara Smith, ARNP, NP-C

[Ed. Note: Tara Smith, ARNP NP-C, is a board-certified nurse practitioner. Her medical concentration is on aesthetics, teaching and family practice.  Tara is conducting research trials into novel ways of naturally boosting the human growth hormone and working on a new book on anti-aging for women.]

1 Wood JM, et al, “Senile hair graying: H2O2-mediated oxidative stress affects human hair color by blunting methionine sulfoxide repair,” The FASEB Journal. 2009;23(7):2065–75.

2 Mosley JG, Gibbs AC, “Premature grey hair and hair loss among smokers: a new opportunity for health education?" BMJ. 1996; 313(7072): 1616.

As we age, our hair loses its color and can appear dull, faded, and coarse. It may become dry and brittle, or even start to fall out.

Factors that can age your hair include sun and harsh weather, hormonal changes, chemical treatments, heat styling, lack of protein, and the natural slow-down of cell regeneration. Even certain medications, such as the ones for blood pressure or cholesterol, can have harmful effects.

Today, I want to tell you about an amazing solution I found from my friend and mentor, Dr. Al Sears.

Infuse is AMAZING!! Ever since I discovered this, my hair looks TWICE as thick as usual. And that’s saying a lot because I already have lots of hair. Not only that, but my hair is shiny and looks like a teenager’s!

Keep reading to find out how to enjoy lustrous locks!

Have a Youthful Day,

Jackie Silver

[Ed. Note: Our guest columnist Jackie Silver is the author of Aging Backwards: Secrets to Staying Young. She’s a dynamic and beautiful 50-something bombshell who looks half her age. She created “Aging Backwards” in 2006 to help empower women to look and feel younger than their actual age. On her website, www.agingbackwards.com, you’ll find some of Jackie’s best tips, tricks and secret weapons for stopping the effects of aging and improving the whole self – mind, body and spirit.]

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None of us like to think about thinning hair.

If you really want your hair to appear thicker, stronger and shinier, here’s what you need to know…

You need biotin. Research suggests biotin, a form of vitamin B, helps promote the appearance of thicker, stronger, manageable, shinier hair by increasing elasticity and thickening the cuticle.¹

And I have combined it with other ingredients that also support the overall health of hair.

At my clinic, I give my patients a reliable biotin solution called Infuse.

Infuse is packed with biotin, niacinimide, articum majus root, soy protein, plus other powerful ingredients like:

• Fenugreek – Traditional Chinese Medicine has used Fenugreek for more than 2,000 years. Fenugreek promotes the appearance of a full head of thick hair.

• Panax Ginseng Root – This increases scalp stimulation, enhancing hair depth and thickness.

• Arginine, acetyl tyrosine, citrulline and ornithine HCL – These amino acids are the building blocks of hair structure.

You can experience the same great results, too – without drugs or harmful chemicals.

Order Infuse today and receive a FREE Bonus Gift (a $11.97 value)!

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD

1 Shelley, W.B., E.D. “Uncombable hair syndrome: observations on response to biotin and occurrence in siblings with ectodermal dysplasia,” J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 1985; 13(1):97-102

*Results not typical and are based on the experience of the user.

Every day your skin faces opposition – whether it’s the pollutants in our modern environment or even harsh chemicals in many of the modern beauty products on the market today. These outside factors continue to rob you of your natural protection and deplete one of your most valuable resources.

Even foods in our modern diet that are full of preservatives and additives can deprive your skin of the valuable nutrients that it needs to stay in the best condition.

Luckily, all hope is not lost. Here at Dr. Sears’ clinic, he has created a number of revitalizing formulas to restore health and a youthful quality to the complexion. Even more importantly, these products are created without harmful chemicals that will coat the surface of the skin and strip it of its natural moisture.

If you want to:

• Have “college age” skin that everyone will notice. To prevent outside damage from causing premature wrinkles in your skin, resveratrol is one of the most powerful natural antioxidants on the market today. Resveratrol works to protect and heal damaged skin at the same time. How does it accomplish this? A team of dermatologists at the University of Wisconsin discovered that resveratrol can fight premature aging caused by sun exposure by working at the DNA level to neutralize damage.1

Although resveratrol is a fairly unstable antioxidant, when it’s blended in our Silk formula with natural avocado oil, glycerin, alpha-lipoic acid, and grape seed extract, it hydrates and protects aging skin at the same time.

• Turn heads with your amazing hands. The hands are often one of the first areas to show signs of age. That’s exactly why your hands need the same care and attention that you give your complexion each day. One of the most effective hydrating ingredients is hyaluronic acid, which can hold up to 1,000 times its own weight in water molecules.

• Enjoy the warm sunshine again. Most health practitioners today advise you to stay away from the sun. But you were designed to thrive in it. Your body makes natural vitamin D when you expose your skin unprotected to the sun each day. Just 15 minutes of sun exposure will give you the daily vitamin D that you need.

While chemical sunblocks protect from sunburn, they also effectively block vitamin D production in your skin. Rather than applying chemical ingredients to your skin, using a natural ingredient like zinc oxide in Solis will shield your skin from the sun’s rays while boosting your natural antioxidant defenses in one fell swoop.2

• Have Hollywood hair. Factors like car exhaust, wind, and pollution can damage your healthy hair. You can get movie-star, red-carpet-worthy locks by supplementing your hair with biotin.

Biotin is a derivative of vitamin B, and studies have shown that it creates stronger, thicker, and shinier hair by thickening the hair cuticle and improving elasticity.3 Infuse is formulated with biotin and other protective ingredients like fenugreek and panax ginseng root that will increase circulation in the scalp and improve hair thickness.

• Never have to act your age. Using a moisturizer that contains teprenone can turn back the clock on your skin. Teprenone stimulates healthy cell function and improves the overall quality of your complexion. This extract protects your skin at the DNA level by delaying the shortening of telomeres and halting the aging process.

A moisturizer like Revive uses teprenone to maintain healthy telomeres. This will visibly reduce the aging process to give you younger and fresher skin that people will notice.

Best wishes for good health and lasting beauty,

1 Aziz, Moammir Hassan, S. R.-S. “Chemoprevention of Skin Cancer…” FASEB Journal 2005
2 Rostan, E.F., et al, “Evidence supporting zinc as an important antioxidant for skin,” International Journal of Dermatology, Sept. 2002; 41(a); 606-611
3 Shelley, W.B., E.D. “Uncombable hair syndrome: observations on response to biotin and occurrence in siblings with ectodermal dysplasia,” J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 1985; 13(1):97-102

So many women struggle with thinning hair, but most of us are too embarrassed to ask for help. As I thought to myself many times before – isn’t it men that are supposed to be going bald and not women?

For women with thinning hair, restoring health to their hair can also restore much-needed confidence. When your hair becomes thinner and patchier as a result of age, a poor diet, or even a medical condition, it can be devastating.

I’ve been a hairstylist for more than 20 years, and my heart goes out to all of the ladies who come into my salon hoping to mask their thinning hair with a brand-new hairstyle. They’re frustrated. They’re embarrassed. They’re at the end of their ropes because they’ve tried almost every hair care product on the market.

Before panic sets in, the good news is that you don’t have to fear premature thinning of hair with age as a woman. There is a solution available to you, but first you have to get to the root of the issue.

When I discussed this common problem with my good friend Dr. Al Sears, M.D., I was interested to find that most cases of thinning hair were actually hormone related. Even though this is pretty normal for men, it can also happen to us ladies.

The hormone to blame is called dihydrotestosterone, otherwise known as DHT. Dr. Sears told me something pretty interesting about DHT. Women struggling with thinning or receding hair usually have very high levels of DHT in their blood.

So what are we going to do about it? Dr. Sears cares just as much about restoring confidence in women as I do. He created a product called Infuse, a spray-on strengthening formula that blocks the damage caused by the hormone DHT.

In layman’s terms, Infuse gives your hair and scalp the nourishing vitamins and minerals it needs to promote thick, lustrous hair. Most importantly, Infuse is chock full of biotin, a form of vitamin B, which research suggests is exactly what you need to help promote the appearance of shinier, thicker and healthier hair. Biotin works to thicken the hair cuticle and increase elasticity for silky, vibrant, red carpet-worthy locks. Finally!

As if that wasn’t impressive enough, Infuse also contains such natural ingredients as fenugreek, panax ginseng root, and the amino acids Arginine, acetyl tyrosine, citrulline and ornithine HCL. Fenugreek has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years to promote full, thick hair growth. Panax ginseng root stimulates scalp circulation, which enhances hair depth and thickness. And this group of amino acids works as the building blocks of your hair structure – just as Mother Nature intended.

What stuck out most for me about Infuse is the fact that it is completely free from harmful chemicals. I don’t know about you, but it just doesn’t make sense to treat thinning hair with harsh chemicals that have the potential to damage your scalp even further!

Thinning hair can be devastating for anyone, but women especially need all the help that we can get to bring that volume and life back into our hair. I’ve been using Infuse myself along my hairline because I have to admit that I’ve overdone it with a few too many hair weaves and chemical treatments over the years. And it’s really made a difference. It’s no wonder that Infuse is so popular with my female clients in my salon – it can finally make you feel like yourself again.

Click here to check out Infuse for yourself. Plus, if you decide to make the change for more voluptuous hair today you can get Pure Radiance’s own wood comb FREE with your order, for a limited time!

Keep on Stylin’!

Anesta Dawkins

[Ed. Note: Anesta Dawkins is Owner and Founder of Salon Hottie in West Palm Beach, Florida, and is an accomplished hairstylist, platform artist, and instructor. With over 20 years’ experience in the industry and a satisfied network of clients, Anesta is dedicated to keeping you current with the latest and most innovative products in the beauty industry.]

I’ve been a hair stylist for over 20 years, and I’ve seen it all when it comes to thinning hair. Lots of guys and girls who come to my salon have this problem. Especially as they get older. And believe me, it can be devastating.

They come to me full of frustration. They’ve tried everything – from hair extensions to all kinds of gooey hair products that only fake the funk.

Thinning hair and balding are much more common than you might think. You may be guilty of trying some of these trendy solutions yourself.

But after all that pulling and tugging, it can leave you with a very unhealthy scalp and hair. And even more frustrated than you were before by all your efforts to make your hair look full and sexy.

Let’s face it, gals, isn’t that all we really want? Sexy, lustrous locks!

With more and more of my older female clients looking as bald as their husbands, I decided to do my own research. There just had to be a solution.

So I decided to ask Dr. Sears about it…

Turns out, in most cases, there’s a hormone culprit at the root of the problem. An imbalance of this hormone is usually the case with the guys, but can also happen to women. It gets even worse as we age, and that’s exactly what I was seeing in my salon!

But to explain why that’s happening to us women, I have to get a little more technical…

Now, are you ready for this? The hormone has a big, fancy name, “dihydrotestosterone.” But don’t let that bother you too much. We’ll just call it “DHT” for short.

The point is, if women with the pattern of a receding hair line and hair thinning over the crown were to get tested, the results would most likely show a high level of DHT in their blood.

Ready for the good news? Dr. Sears has a solution. It’s called Infuse…

Infuse is a spray-on strengthening and thickening formula that blocks the deteriorating effects of DHT. It also helps to replenish your scalp and hair by redistributing vitamins and minerals that are necessary for the growth of vibrant hair. It literally feeds new life into your hair follicles, revives your scalp, and brings your hair back to life.

Studies on Infuse show that it:

• Reduces the appearance of hair loss
• Gives you thicker, stronger, silkier, shinier hair
• Helps diminish scalp irritation

So there is hope for us all!

I’ve been using this product myself, especially on my hairline, which has been abused by chemicals and hair weaves over the years. I can’t tell you the difference it has made to my life. My salon clients refuse to go without it.

I’m sure it will work for you as well.

Here’s how you can try it yourself…

Keep on Stylin’!

Anesta Dawkins

She was surprised when I told her I have a new solution that I’ve used with my patients. I’ve seen their hair look fuller, more luscious, and silkier than ever before.

Of course, losing your hair isn’t life threatening. But that doesn’t mean it’s not important.

My female patients tell me they feel younger and more beautiful when their hair is thick, silky, and full. One of my patients told me, “Before Infuse, I just couldn’t get over my thinning hair. It seemed that my hair was going down the drain every morning in the shower. Now my hair has more body than ever, and it’s no longer going down the drain.”

It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman, thinning hair can be a devastating problem.

The formula I use in my practice, Infuse, contains vitamins and nutrients that reduce thinning hair:

• Fenugreek – Chinese traditional medicine has used Fenugreek for more than 2000 years. Fenugreek can stimulate your blood circulation and promote the appearance of a full, luscious head of hair.
• Panax Ginseng Root – Increases scalp stimulation, enhancing hair depth and thickness
• Articum Majus Root – Helps block DHT
• Arginine, acetyl tyrosine, citrulline, and ornithine HCL – These amino acids are the building block of hair structure
• Biotin, Niacinimide – B-vitamins that help block the conversion of testosterone to DHT and regulate cellular nutrition
• Zinc Gluconate – Teams with the B-vitamins to block DHT
• Panthenol and Hydrolized Soy Protein – Proteins to shine, thicken and moisturize hair

Studies of Infuse show that it:

• Reduces the appearance of hair loss
• Gives you thicker, stronger, silkier, shinier hair
• Helps diminish scalp irritation

Now, this formula may not work for everybody. There could be other underlying reasons for your hair loss. But I’ve had a lot of success with it. You can see if it works for you.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD