I love it when someone massaging my head or scalp. Massaging the scalp helps keep your hair healthy and can also promote hair growth. Nourishment is sent to the capillary vessels in hair papillae to activate the hair cells. Not just that it will also helps to release tension:
> Take 10 minutes .... at your local hair salon to really enjoy your shampoo by having a scalp massage at the same time. I just did that this afternoon! 
> Take 15 minutes .... to give yourself a scalp massage at home. Start lightly at the front, then apply more pressure as you reach the hairline. Use your thumbs to move your ears towards your temples.
OR,
Start from the forehead hairline along the arteries in the front, side, and back of the head, making small circles with your fingertips. Work your way toward the top of the head as if drawing a circle.
> Then, gently tug at large sections of hair to bring the blood to the surface. I normally will have this hair pulling technique as part of the massage before my facial. It is said that the hair pulling technique is good especially for headaches (including migraines and sinus).
There are so many ways to perform scalp massage. What I just shared with you are those that I am familiar with during either my facial or body massage. I also found another tips of how to do scalp massage on this page.
Of course it is even better if someone is doing it for you! 
Your Keepers
By Author Unknown
I grew up in the fifties with practical parents -- a Mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it... A Father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones.
Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, dish towel in the other.
It was the time for fixing things -- a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep. It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, reheating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.
But then my Mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.
Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away... never to return.
So...while we have it...it's best we love it.....and care for it.... and fix it when it's broken..... and heal it when it's sick. This is true... for marriage...old radios...and old cars... and children with bad report cards... and dogs with bad hips... and aging parents... and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved away -- or -- a classmate we grew up with.
Who are the keepers in your life?
Americans, by contrast, do not agree on just one major worry - they spread their top concern among loss of energy, trouble caring for themselves, memory loss, and weight gain. And Egyptians face the oncoming years with aplomb, reporting relatively few concerns.
These are the findings of an international survey, conducted by GfK Roper Consulting, an international market research firm, that shed light on cultural differences in views of aging. Increasingly, scientific research shows that many problems that people associate with growing older can be postponed or avoided with proper health care, exercise and diet. But that has not stopped many people from worrying.
"There's fascinating global variation in what concerns people," said Michael Gusmano, a director of the World Cities Project of the International Longevity Center, which compares health and aging in New York, London, Paris and Tokyo. The results "really highlight the need to understand the institutional and cultural contexts of aging," said Gusmano, who was not involved in the poll.
Surprisingly, he said, people's expectations for their lives don't seem to match up with their nation's economic or health status. For example, nations with healthier populations and more financial resources might be expected to have fewer worries about aging, but that's not necessarily true.
More than 39,000 people in 31 nations, age 13 and older, were interviewed in person for about 70 minutes on a variety of topics related to consumer issues and lifestyle, according to Diane Crispell, executive editor of the consulting firm. On the aging question, they were asked to identify which of 18 conditions they worried most about. When the views of those 50 and older were separated out, they showed higher concerns overall about independence and mental sharpness, but less about appearance. For the most part, however, views within each country were similar across the age spectrum.
Concern about aging was widespread in several European nations, including Sweden and Spain, as well as in Japan. Gusmano found the Swedes' worries particularly surprising because of the overall health of the nation and its generous health care benefits.
Egyptians' lack of concern left researchers guessing. Crispell said the surveyed population in Egypt was more urban and upscale than in some Western nations, and may reflect the view that residents have the resources to ward off problems. Or perhaps a family-based culture and a relatively young population promotes a positive view, she said.
Gusmano had another thought: Perhaps Egyptians think problems with aging are inevitable, so why worry.
The survey also turned up interesting cultural quirks. In Belgium, 41 percent were concerned about incontinence, the highest level of concern in any surveyed nation about that problem. Brazil took the prize for most concern about losing sexual drive and losing teeth. The greatest concern about losing hair or having it go gray was recorded in India.
