Move that shampoo and conditioner aside. The pursuit of luscious, shiny locks starts with fish, beans, bananas, and lentils. Indeed, a healthy diet is as good for the 150,000 hair follicles on your head as it is for your body. Having a balanced diet, while putting a little extra emphasis on things like protein and iron, gives your hair a boost. Protein, for example, is the building block of hair. If you don’t get enough, your mane will grow more slowly, and strands will be weaker. “Pump up the protein,” says registered dietician Dawn Jackson Blatner. “Include a small dose …

True Art and Science of Hair Restoration Procedures have improved dramatically in recent years. Like so many innovations, the initial introduction of a new product brings unwanted results—or side effects, if you will. It’s easy to remember the personal computer. The early years of its use were fraught with “crashes.” Gradually these were lessened and the overall product improved, modified, and diversified. The first hair transplants of the 1950s were manually done. The basic method was to do a “biopsy”—using a trephine (punch) —in an area of good hair growth and transplant it to an area of poor hair growth. …