Healthy Hair Tips

Everyone desires healthy-looking locks regardless of their texture, color, or style preferences. Luckily, some basic guidelines can help you attain and keep those desired locks healthy-looking for longer.

Regularly washing your hair is vital to healthy hair and preventing dandruff, but too frequent washings could result in dry and brittle tresses. Utilizing a gentle shampoo explicitly tailored to your hair type and scalp condition is vital to keeping hair healthy in winter, avoiding stripping of natural oils that help nourish hair follicles. A cold water rinse also plays an essential part in protecting healthy locks from potential damage caused by winter winds. Typically, it’s recommended that those with oily or normal hair should wash it every other day or every three days; if exercising frequently or dying your locks continually increases this frequency; women after menopause typically have less active oil glands, so should reduce how often they wash their hair, helping save energy costs by using less hot water for showering.

Utilizing appropriate haircare products is vital to keeping your locks strong and healthy. Products containing harsh chemicals, blow drying or straightening with high heat regularly, overexposure to UV rays from sunlight, and overtiring of hair may cause irreparable damage that causes it to appear dull, feel rough, break easily, or appear lifeless. When selecting hair products, choose those without sulfates, such as shampoos and conditioners that will balance out your scalp’s oil levels. Also, avoid washing it in hot water, as this strips away essential oils that help retain moisture in your scalp and lock moisture out. Finally, use a wide-tooth comb and gently brush through your locks every 6-8 weeks to avoid breakage and split ends, while trimming them regularly helps.

Heat styling can create stunning looks, but be mindful when using hot tools. Too much exposure to heat dries out the strands and leads to frizzy locks with brittle-feeling locks or breakage of locks. An effective way to mitigate heat damage is to use protective spray or other defensive products before blow drying, flat ironing, or curling your locks. Furthermore, styling when your strands are still damp is advised as opposed to once your locks have thoroughly dried out. If it is difficult for you to refrain from heat-styling techniques, limit their frequency. Try air drying or towel drying your locks after each heat styling session to replenish any natural moisture lost through heat styling. This helps restore lost hydration.

A scalp massage while getting your hair washed at a salon can relax your follicles and promote hair growth by increasing blood flow to them. Massage also reduces stress which has been known to contribute to hair loss. Regular scalp massage can reduce oil build-up on the scalp that causes dandruff or hair breakage and help balance pH levels on your scalp for healthy hair growth. Scalp massage tools can help provide you with daily scalp massage, but you could also do it using only your fingers. Such devices include brushes and handheld rubber massagers, which can be worked across your scalp like fingertips would.