Hair age/ hair health on Dr. Oz.........

[marikamt]

Dr. Oz was talking about how hair can be 'older' than our chronological age by the bad things we do to it..... he talked about heat styling, chemical color, etc, showed frayed cuticle, how what we eat, supplements etc can make our hair healthier..... most of the women were 10-15 older in their hair.......

one of the solutions he gave for damaged hair was an oatmeal and banana mask-

pretty cool to see 'mainstream tv' talking about this.........

He even mentioned a link on his website for a quiz that will tell you your 'hair age' (haven't looked it up yet)

ETA- Link for hair quiz http://www.self.com/beauty/quizzes/hair_age/hair_age
Quiz wasn't as great as I thought it would be, but again, cool that they are mentioning some of the stuff we all already know......

[Dars]

My hair is 13, cool :D Thanks for posting that. And I had oats and chopped up banana for breakfast LOL

[Yozhik]

Meh . . . my hair is one year older than me :)
I guess I should be more protective when outdoors, but I haven't been part of this community in the hot summer outdoorsy months, so we'll see how it goes :D

[Hay22]

My hair is 7 years younger than me. Now if only I could stop aging, too...

[Copasetic]

My hair is 17 :)

Dr Oz has also talked about how you don't really need to wash your hair every day. Thats pretty crazy for a lot of people :P

[RoseRedDead]

My hair was 11-years-old. Haha. That's hilarious, because my hair is in much, much better condition now than it was back then.

[Cailie]

9 years younger, good news (:

[Bethie]

My hair is 23... wish I were 23, closer to 20 than 30 sounds like where I want to be.

[NuclearMosquito]

My hair is almost nineteen. :) I hope some of the stuff Dr. Oz talks about catches on with the public! I still need to convince the boyfriend (who has shoulder-length hair already) that he doesn't have to wash every day.

[KySue]

My hair was also 1 year older. One of my favorite things to do with long hair is drive around with my sunroof open and hair blowing around. I guess I'm not super-protective of it, but I also don't damage it with chemicals or heat.

[Arctic_Mama]

My hair is 17, so 6 years younger than me. I lost points because I don't trim - but who needs to with catnip preventing pretty much ALL splits on me? LOVE that stuff!

[MissMandyElizab]

My hairs under 30 wish i was!!!!!!

[BonnyJ]

I'm 52 but my hair is 49. :cheese:

[aef231]

Mine is one year younger... Not too bad :) Now if I could just kick my need to dye... :rolleyes:

[ambism]

My hair is 12 and I'm 20. At least we act the same age!
I also lost points because I haven't trimmed in 1+ year.

[Juliannaissance]

My hair is 2 years younger than me...It's 18 years old...:) I'm fine with that, if only it was much younger though.

[vindo]

<H2 id=qpTitle>How old is your hair?

FIND OUT HOW YOU DID

Your score: -17



Add or subtract that number from your actual age to get your hair's age. (If you're 31 and your score is +5, your hair's age is 36.) Is your hair younger? Older? We'll show you how to keep it healthy.



27 - 17 = 10

My hair is 10 years old :D

And yes, my mom (52) has a beautiful, youthful head of hair, just like when she was young and only 10 greys. I was happy to give her credit for that.

[Keildra]

Yay my hair is 14, I cut my hair to pixie at 14

[Noctifer]

My hair is appertly 4 years younger. sounds pretty godd to me

[tokidokichi]

My hair is 25, so that's 5 years older. I just recently quit bleaching and blowfrying though.. It will get younger ;)

[countryhopper]

my hair is 7 years younger.


I betcha it was the "outdoors with no hat" question that got me...

*countryhopper runs off to find some cute hats...*

[Gypsy]

6 years younger.
:)

[patience]

My hair is 6 years younger. :)

[TXbarbie]

My hair is 2 years younger than me! Guess highlights aren't too terrible for my hair since I don't use the blow dryer or flat iron :cheer:

[Heavenly Locks]

8 years younger :) Yay!

[Rhiannon7]

My hair is 17 years old, now if i could just get back to that age in my own years! I had such fun at that age.....and was so thin! :( when will science find the fountain of youth? ;)

I am so glad to know that mainstream is also worried about hair and how to care for it better, plus the good habits to not only care for it now, but in the future.

[Purdy Bear]

Mine is 6 years younger! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[ilovelonghair]

Interesting topic, but I couldn't open that link, I'll try tomorrow again (when my connection is faster)

I find that when people are not taking care of their hair, their hair often looks 'old', often you can judge someone's age by their hair without even seeing their face. But that is not possible with LHC members!

[BunnyBee]

My hair is 17 :) Although at that age it was chin length and dyed black every 3 weeks :uhh:shudder:

[camara]

Teehee! my hair is 28. That was fun, and it is amazing that they claim hair to be younger if you don&#180;t cover your greys!

[Clarisse]

My hair is 6 years old (9 years younger). My hair was see-through at that age :P

[marikamt]

Interesting topic, but I couldn't open that link, I'll try tomorrow again (when my connection is faster)

I find that when people are not taking care of their hair, their hair often looks 'old', often you can judge someone's age by their hair without even seeing their face. But that is not possible with LHC members!


I agree.... I also think this may be their is such an aversion to long hair on 'older' women (by that I mean over 30 or 40, and yes, that is sarcastic, :) ).... when you are young, no matter what you do to your hair (for the most part) it looks good.... when you are older, if you don't take care of it, it looks crappy. I think if people saw HEALTHY, beautiful long hair, they wouldn't be so against it.......

[embee]

Heh. That was interesting. My hair is 11 years younger than I am, which is ancient.

The fact that I let my hair grow until I cannot stand it was the Very Bad Thing.

[grmn-rpnzl]

I took the quiz and my hair is 11 years old, a 13 year difference from my age! yippy

[GeoJ]

I got -5. I think the diet question hurt me ( I picked the "try" option in the middle), as well as the stress question. So, my current age is 34, which makes my hair age 29.

[grmn-rpnzl]

I kinda didnt like the food question, because i dont eat meat, and i was wondering if that affects my hair in any way

[redneckprincess]

-3 from my actual age...:cheese:
I was surprised to find
(as of when I took test)....with every question I was in the highest % (ei. 14% smokers / 85% nonsmokers)
EXCEPT one...how often you get your hair cut....most cut every 3-6 months, I but untill I cant stand it...
it was fun thanks!!

[Nae]

-6 Here!! YAY!

[MissCoco]

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[MissCoco]

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[heynormy]

+4 :o
Being a slave to my heat tools is what got me!! Oh and the semi-unhealthy diet!
Must achieve younger hair!! I'm off to deep condition! :D

[*Aoife*]

My hair is a year older than me. So my hair is 18...

I lost points in not cutting my hair and I think I lost marks to do with my mam's hair. I don't see what her hair has to do with mine. My hair texture is closer to my dad's than it is to my mam's.

[ilovelonghair]

I kinda didnt like the food question, because i dont eat meat, and i was wondering if that affects my hair in any way

I don't eat meat either (I'm vegan) and most of my friends don't but have good hair. If you have a balanced diet, hair will be healthy.

I scored -3, I think my hair is better than that :D

[deviantkitten]

WOW! Am I the only one whose hair is their exact age? -/+ 0
Yeah, I smoke, and I am middle of the road when it comes to diet, I only cut my hair whenever it needs it- be that 1/4 inch every 8 months, or 1 inch a year, and my hair has always been fine, but hey, that's genetics. Everyone in my family has fine hair. I do take amazing care of my hair tho!

[ninelifewriter5]

Me too, I'm vegetarian and had to pick the first answer because I eat healthy food about 98% of the time, but I wish there was an answer option for us... as for how eating no meat affects hair, I think it's okay as long as you eat plenty of other foods with protein and iron sources (tofu, soy, lentils, green vegetables, etc).

Yeah, I agree. I picked the second option, purely because my diet isn't always healthy (whoops). I wish there was a veg*n option. Would've made the test a bit easier.

My hair is one year younger than me, which is pretty good. Better than older, I guess!

[-j-]

My hair is 22 and I´m 30.
Not bad :)

[chopandchange]

My hair is nine years younger than me!

Thanks! That was a fun quiz!

[Carrie Ingalls]

I got -3, but I also don't really see what my mom's hair has to do with mine, we have completely different hair types and thickness (even comparing to when she was "my age").

[grmn-rpnzl]

Me too, I'm vegetarian and had to pick the first answer because I eat healthy food about 98% of the time, but I wish there was an answer option for us... as for how eating no meat affects hair, I think it's okay as long as you eat plenty of other foods with protein and iron sources (tofu, soy, lentils, green vegetables, etc).

The funny thing is, i feel like my hair is better overall being a vegan than it was when i wasn't!

[Laylah]

-6. But six years ago, my hair was crap.

eta: agree, a veg*n option would be nice too.

[MissCoco]

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[Messyhair]

Wooo! 9 years younger! Although I do a lot of stuff to it that you folks frown upon... but it all works for my hair, because it looks happy and healthy and no splits happen until at least BSL.

[naomimcc]

My hair is three years younger than me. Suhweet!

[Alun]

one of the solutions he gave for damaged hair was an oatmeal and banana mask-



So, how does that work? You wear it so you can't see your hair, right?

[countryhopper]

bump :)

Has anyone made any changes so their hair will be younger? I still have a hard time wearing hats. They make my head feel hot. Same thing with sleeping with socks on. I feel like I can't breathe :D

[Lianna]

Mine's 5 years younger. I wonder if they consider highlights and running under the sun/not trimming the same "value" in the quizz.

[VintageBrooklyn]

I think it was a good idea for this quiz, hopefully it will help alot of people that don't usually think about their hair to understand heat and chemical damage isn't doing them any favours! My hair was only one year younger than me, so I have much improvements to make too!
:)

[white line]

mine is 2 years younger. thanks for the link!

[JenniferNoel]

6 younger, probably a little older because I went through some stressful times but still, I'm productively and quickly working on improving that too. I'm on the right track! :D

[Loreley]

Mine is 12 years old! Yay! :D
8 years younger than me.

[RavennaNight]

My hair is 28, 3 years younger:)

[BritishBraider]

my hair is three years younger than me.. weird

[Magicknthenight]

Their wasn't always the right option for me so i had to go with something else sometimes but got Your score: -3 . About to turn 19..So i guess my hair is 16 years old. That's pretty good XD. I probably lost points on trimming and stuff..but i don't need to that often! It'd be cool if their was one especially made for us LHCers lol
Am i the only one who went back and answered all the questions to see what it said when i put in *bad for your hair* answers?:p Apparently it can get up to 14 years older then yourself. It is pretty cool it was on TV. Usually a lot of bad information comes with the good. Usually trying to make you buy something..or having a few things wrong and some right. Lately though I've noticed people are leaning more towards natural products. Their even coming out with "low sulfate" shampoos and conditioners with oil in them. :thumbsup: Its a start eh?
I still like how theirs a uniqueness of having long hair now though :D because not so many people do.

[VitaR86]

My hair is 29 :rolleyes:

[kettle]

One year younger... I'm happy with that! Though I don't see how being hatless is so bad if I'm wearing a nice protective bun...

[cobblersmaid]

20, two years younger.

[mira-chan]

My hair is 14. It's 11 years younger than me.

[feralnature]

I'm 54 my hair is 53. It was interesting reading the results of the test, the stats and all.

[Deborah]

My hair is 10 years younger than me.

[Rivanariko]

4 years younger, so my hair is 19. I'm trying to wear more hats in the summer, more for my skin than my hair though.

[jane53]

I'm 56 years old and my hair is 42.

Whatever that means!

[NiAosSi]

My hair is 6 years younger.

[rachelily]

My hair is 8, I am 19 :) That is good news! I am sure that five years ago, my hair would have been 100. I cut back so much damage!

[MissManda]

Interesting. My hair is 8 years younger than me. Sweet! :cheese:

[jasper]

I wonder if we skew the poll results by having that link from here. I thing the number of people who just air dry looked pretty high.

[rosek]

My score was negative 11, making my hair 8. Which is actually pretty acurrate - at this length, I estimate the age of the ends to be 6 or so.

[kristymarie87]

IT just said my hair is 6....it says to add or subtract but it doesnt say +6 or -6, just 6?

[sarahramen]

yay i'm 5, but i think i cheated a little.:p i counted henna as natural, how did others count it, since i've heard how its actually good for your hair?:confused:

[grmn-rpnzl]

my hair is 10 years old. YaY!!

[Igor]

My hair is 20 :lol:

[sugarpixie10988]

My hair is 9 years younger, so it's 12! :cheese:

[Sammybunny711]

My hair is six years younger than me! YAY! I'm 21, so that makes my hair 15.

[FullMoonTrim]

Has anyone tried a banana hair mask? Dr. Oz recommends it. I have tried it once and it was a mess because I didn't blend the banana until it was smooth so pieces got stuck in my hair. This time I blended it with olive oil and a bit of mayonaise. It's on my hair right now! :)

[Carolyn]

Has anyone tried a banana hair mask? Dr. Oz recommends it. I have tried it once and it was a mess because I didn't blend the banana until it was smooth so pieces got stuck in my hair. This time I blended it with olive oil and a bit of mayonaise. It's on my hair right now! :)Be very very careful with a mashed banana hair mask. I tried it and had dried bits of stinky banana in my hair for several days. They wouldn't wash out. It was horrible. Since then I haven't been able to eat anything with banana in it. Just the smell makes me want to :puke: I've read on here that a jar of banana baby food works well. I don't plan on ever trying it but I thought someone braver than me might want to.