Heat and Hair Loss

There are some people who get very much affected due to hot surroundings. Some people have more sweating on the scalp than others leading to itching and scratching on the scalp, resulting in hair loss. Itching and hair loss may also result due to higher heat levels during summers. Here are some precautions one can take against itching scalp:

1. Keep the scalp very clean.

2. People who have high scalp sweat should wash their head twice a day and it is nothing wrong in doing so.

3. Do not apply oil as it will worsen the situation.

4. If you have the habit of wearing helmet, tie a scarf and then wear your helmet to prevent hair loss due to excessive sweat.

5. Keep a check on your diet. In stead of drinking artifical cool drinks, have natural drinks like tender coconut.

Home Remedies to have beautiful lips

Here are some home remedies to keep your lips beautiful:

• For dryness of lips and cracks, apply 1/2 tsp of milk cream with a pinch of turmeric powder and massage gently. This will make the lips soft and oily.


• For cracks on the lips, you can apply butter or apply mustard oil.


• If there is deposition of crusts on the lips, applying almond oil at night will help.


• For black lips, mash the petals of rose flower with gycerine.

• Groundnut oil is a good medicine for cracks in the lips. Regularly applying will help to remove the cracks.

Home Remedies to remove scars on face

There are many home remedies to remove blemishes and scars from face. Some of these home remedies are as follows:

1. Sandalwood is best for removing scars from face. Rub sandalwood with either milk or with rose water and apply to face. Wash your face after an hour using cold water. This helps to remove the scars and blemishes from your face.

2. If you have many scars in your face, drink lemon juice without sugar 2 to 3 times a day for 15 days.

3. Soak 2 to 3 almonds in water and leave it overnight. In the morning peel the skin and mash it. Mix little rose water and apply to face. This helps in removing scars and blemishes from face.

4. If you have wrinkles on your face, you can use radish seed paste. Applying this paste helps to remove scars and wrinkles from face.

5. Potato is also very useful to remove scars from face. Potato contains minerals like potassium, and sulphur and applying raw potato juice helps to remove scars from face.

Home Remedies for fair complexion

• Soak few almonds early in the morning. Peel the skin and grind with 2 tsp of milk in the evening. Apply this paste to face and leave it overnight. Wash your face with cold water in the morning. Repeat this for 15 days to get a very good complexion.

• Applying the paste of gram flour gives a smoother and fairer skin.

• Applying cow's milk or buffalo's milk also makes the skin fair.

• Apricot can be mashed and applied for a bright face.

• Add 2 tsp of milk with gram flour. Make this into a paste and apply this paste to face and leave for 15 - 20 minutes and wash. Repeat this procedure for 2 -3 times a week to get a smoother and fairer skin.