Fluoride in Drinking Water

Written by Alfred Jones


Are there any benefits to be obtained from drinking water that has Fluoride added? Well,repparttar jury seems to be out, and they have been out for a very long time, without producing a satisfactory answer as to whether it is beneficial or harmful.

Scientists have discovered that there is a Toxic interaction between Fluoride and Aluminium, which can lead to Alzheimer's Disease. Others say that Fluoridation is a corrosive poison that will produce serious effects overrepparttar 115072 long term.

A large number of local authorities, worldwide have included Fluoride inrepparttar 115073 Cocktail that is called drinking water, for many years, whilst others have steered clear of inflicting this onrepparttar 115074 public, without their consent. Some authorities feel, that if parents want their children to have Fluoride, they can obtain tablets themselves, some authorities even provide them free, if they are required, as cost is not usually a problem, Fluoride is not an expensive chemical.

It is very difficult not to use Fluoride, as most brands of toothpaste contain this chemical, though if you readrepparttar 115075 labeling on products, you will find that there are a few around, that are free of Fluoride, perhaps this is what you should be looking out for if you put any value on your health, of courserepparttar 115076 choice is yours.

Fluoride is supposed to help prevent teeth problems in growing children, it appears from a number of reports that it makes very little difference torepparttar 115077 state of childrens teeth, large numbers of Dentists are very much in favour of fluoride inrepparttar 115078 water.

Follicular Unit Extraction vs. Older Methods of Hair Transplantation

Written by Dr. Robert Jones


Punch grafts, scalp reductions, scalp extensions…

Inrepparttar past, asrepparttar 115071 names of these earlier procedures indicate, undergoing a hair transplant was a painfully unpleasant process. Men with receding hairlines and balding scalps often resorted torepparttar 115072 unnatural-looking, and often ridiculed, toupee to avoidrepparttar 115073 pain, slow healing, and scarring of a transplant.

Because of this,repparttar 115074 hair transplant business was staggering inrepparttar 115075 late twentieth century. Surgeons knew that hair restoration techniques needed to evolve.

Fast forward intorepparttar 115076 beginning ofrepparttar 115077 twenty-first century…

Thousands of bad comb-overs and strip incision scars later,repparttar 115078 new technique that hair restoration surgeons were waiting for was finally perfected. The hair transplant community eventually embraced follicular unit extraction (FUE). Surgeons praisedrepparttar 115079 method and potential patients were curious about it.

But what exactly is follicular unit extraction? And is it really more effective and beneficial than older methods of hair transplantation?

Follicular unit extraction involvesrepparttar 115080 removal of small groups of hair follicles (usually between one and four) fromrepparttar 115081 donor site and their reinsertion intorepparttar 115082 receptor site. These small grafts allow for equal distribution of hair inrepparttar 115083 balding area ofrepparttar 115084 scalp and produce more natural-looking results. In fact, oncerepparttar 115085 receptor site has completely healed, it is virtually impossible to detect that any sort of hair transplant procedure has taken place.

The differences between FUE andrepparttar 115086 older methods of transplantation are noteworthy.

Firstly,repparttar 115087 FUE procedure is quicker and less painful than any other hair restoration technique. FUE is performed with a punch-like scalpel that cutsrepparttar 115088 skin aroundrepparttar 115089 follicle. This facilitatesrepparttar 115090 removal of about one to four follicles fromrepparttar 115091 donor area atrepparttar 115092 same time. Also,repparttar 115093 advanced method of follicular perforation™ allowsrepparttar 115094 surgeon to make a shallow punch onrepparttar 115095 surrounding tissue, ensuring thatrepparttar 115096 graft be released fromrepparttar 115097 tissue with minimum traction and with better ease. The extracted follicles (called grafts) are then inserted into small slits that have been cut inrepparttar 115098 recipient area. These slits do not need suturing, heal quickly, and are completely undetectable oncerepparttar 115099 new hair begins to grow in about seven to ten days.

Secondly, FUE is beneficial becauserepparttar 115100 recovery process is much faster and less painful. In most patients,repparttar 115101 grafts become fully secure in about eight days after surgery andrepparttar 115102 surgical wound inrepparttar 115103 donor area usually heals within one to two weeks. Some discomfort may be present, but usually analgesics like Tylenol or codeine will help. Generally, normal activity may be resumed one to two weeks afterrepparttar 115104 procedure. In older methods of hair restoration, bleeding, suturing, and bandaging were parts ofrepparttar 115105 long and painful recovery process.

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