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So recently I have had several customers asking advice on hair loss products over the counter.

Well in UK, Regaine is the only option for female baldness and is not available on nhs prescription, they have to get a private prescription or buy them over the counter. It costs about £40-£50 to buy, which last for 3 months. It is still pretty expensive.

For men, there is another option – Finasteride, apart from minoxidil which is not available under NHS prescription as well. Other non-prescription items maybe obtainable from other countries, whether or not these other products have gone through clinical trial, it cannot be confirmed.

Does anyone know how to get rid of pimples overnight??

Eversince I came back to Malaysia, the hot and humid weather plus the spicy and fried food at home made it worse. I will be going to Malacca and Kota Kinabalu next week, and of course I want to look good in the pictures! ha-ha. At the moment I am using loreal’s concealer to hide the pimples, but I would rather get rid of it completely so I don’t have to use anything to cover it!

Any good product or method to get rid of it quick enough, feel free to share.

Recently I keep having headaches, most of the time; it affects my eyes, and makes it really tired, it also makes me shun sunlight. It is made worse when I look at the computer screen too long. Normally to get rid of it, I will have to sleep it off, but that takes up a lot of time.

Actually when I think about it, I think it is because I don’t wear my specs often enough. I just find specs unappealing and very inconvenient, especially when I am such an active person. I have also tried contact lenses; it just doesn’t work for me unfortunately. Urgh.

How about you? I have met some similar people who need to wear their specs but refused to. Are you one of them?

Ahh, the itch is killing me. I always get very bad itch on my legs especially behind my knees in England. But when I am home, it is fine. I hope it is just the cold and dry weather here that is causing my skin to dry up, and the lack of water in my body as well that is making my skin become scaly, itchy, it makes me scratch them until my legs are so awfully scarred!

At one point the itch was so bad, I thought I had eczema!! I really hope that’s not the case, or else I may have to start looking for eczema treatments! I bought hand cream, body lotion etc, but I just can’t get myself into the habbit of using it daily, but if the itch continues, I better be using it more frequently eh!!

Are you eating plenty of fruits and vegetables achieving your 5 a day diet? Well to be honest, I haven’t! I am trying to remember whenever I do my grocery shopping, to buy vegetables and fruits, but because of my work schedule, I am always tired when I get home, so I rarely cook proper meals anymore, and takeaway meals rarely have sufficient vegetables in them.

Sometimes when work is so busy, I can’t keep up with my 5 a day. What I normally do is, I buy cheap vitamins, and take one every day, to give my body what it is missing.

I also think these sweet corns will come in handy, I bought a dozen of them, you can just eat it as a snack, or add to your salad, or pasta, it makes up your 1 portion of fruits and vegetables a day.

Excessive use of mobile phones causing damage to the ears is a well known fact. My dad’s ears have been affected by the frequent use of mobile phone without using speaker or Bluetooth headset. He has always nagged me about it too, but like we always do, we ignore it. I do realise my ears been acting a bit funny, I get some ringing sound lingering in my ears after I hang up.. I guess I really have to take this seriously, start using bluetooth or speaker when I talk on the phone before any serious damage is done.

How often do you listen to what others have to tell you?? I have to admit, I seek for a listener more than I listen. This year it is going to be different. My new year resolution is to be a better listener, to listen without interupting, and to listen, process, and consider other’s suggestions and views before rushing into any actions or decisions hastly like I have always done in the past.

Today, I had a breastfeeding mom coming in to pick my brains on how to product more breast milk. I was stunned for a moment, as I have not encountered such a question in the past, and obviously I am not a mother yet, I have no clue. So, I could only be honest telling her I don’t know much about it, but I could look it up and give her a ring back. So here I am, spending some time to do some reading on this.

Basically low production of breast milk can be caused by various reasons, which include previous breast surgery, combined contraceptive pills, stress, being ill, or only allowing your baby to nurse for short time can also cause reduction in breast milk.

In order to increase breast milk production, breast feeding mom has to make sure all breast milk are used up during each feeding, if not then you will need to use a pump to get rid of the remaining milk, this will help to trigger the body to produce more milk. Mother getting enough nutrition is also vital. Mother should also allow feeding whenever baby wants to feed, this will help let the body know that it needs to make more milk. Some other measures to help with the production of milk include herbal and prescription medications, which I will spend more time on next time. Have you got any other tips to add?? Feel free to suggest.

Recently, I have had several queries on acne skin care products in the pharmacy. I reckon it is due to the over indulgence in chocolates during Christmas period. As I did get more spots recently due to the fried food, snacks and chocolates I had over Christmas and new year.

What remedy do you use for acne and spots?? Normally I would recommend any products with benzoyl peroxide like oxy 10 or panoxyl, however I realised these products causes over drying of the skin on application, and after several use, they are not as effective anymore. So I for one like to use different products after a few weeks to get the maximum effect. Tea trea oil is another great stuff for spots. What do you think?

Some people skip meals when they are stressed, but some eat a lot to release stress. Which one are you? Unfortunately, I am the latter. I realised recently I have put on so much weight especially after Christmas and new year period. I just eat non-stop.

I think if I don’t start controlling my diet, I will have to start taking slimming tablets to keep my weight down! I keep eating when I am stressed and unhappy, and I do eat more than usual. This isn’t good eh, especially when I am someone who indulges in food so much, and eats more than a normal portion for a female.

My appetite really scares me at times, every day after work I do get very hungry, but never as hungry as Wednesday night. It was after a manic day, when I did over 500 items of care homes check. So I ordered a medium sized pizza from dominos, thinking it could last for 2 days, at least it could save me from cooking for the next night.

No, that didn’t happen! I finished all 8 slices in a blink. How scary is that! My huge appetite makes me put on weight recently, I think I have to go to my friend’s place more often to use her precor elliptical machine, and have a good work out for at least 30minutes to lose some fats!