Healthy and Fabulous
Damaged hair is one of the worst problems for women, since health issues with hair fibres lead to further hair troubles.
Find out how to determine whether or not your hair is healthy and what to Do in order to revitalize it.
Having healthy and radiant hair definitely makes us happier. Many times, the day to day rush, lack of time to spend on ourselves, and wind and cold become factors that contribute to our hair losing
strength and beauty. The first symptoms that show that hair is not at its best are a rough texture, dryness, and a tendency to break due to a lack of elasticity.
When hair is in this state, it tends to be more susceptible to frizz, and doesn't reflect light, making it look dull. There are tests that can be done at home to determine if hair is healthy. The most effective test is to hold your hair between your thumb and index finger at the roots, then slide your fingers downwards.
If the hair is healthy, when you repeat this, but moving your finger in the opposite direction, the feeling will be the same. If the hair is damaged, however, you will feel roughness or even hear a squeak, because the cuticles of the outer layer of the hair are broken, open, and raised.
The main thing to know is that an open and rough cuticle allows factors that threaten the health of the hair to easily pass through to the inner part of the hair fibres. The structure of healthy hair is characterized by an intact cuticle that tightly surrounds the cortex; when these are closer together, the hair is better protected from external damage.
So, broken cuticles are due to mechanical and chemical damage that come about from the use of dyes, products for straightening hair, and permanents.
The most common problems
One of the ways that we see damaged hair is in the form of split ends. Environmental factors as well as not cutting hair regularly with proper equipment are the cause of this. In order to solve this problem, it is necessary to go to the hair salon every 6 weeks for a trim.
Additionally, you should avoid using a hair dryer or hair iron on the ends, because excessive heat can cause them to split (and, of course, we don't want or desire that to happen).
Dry and rough hair is very difficult to style as we would like. Additionally, it is more likely to continue being damaged. In these cases, according to Tom Taw, Sunsilk's expert on the subject, it is almost a sin to use a hair dryer to dry hair or to use a hair iron, because this will only exacerbate the damage.
For this reason, it is better to use a good nutritive cream and shampoo and conditioners with ingredients sufficient to revitalize the hair.
One of the most feared hair problems is lack of shine, which is usually caused by hair fibres being porous, and therefore unable to reflect nature light as they should. Dust, pollution, and dryness are also causes of dull hair. The solution is to maintain the hair moisturized so that the cuticle does not break.
Dry hair gently with a towel, brush with care, and moisturize intensively using some of the hints for strengthening hair.
Getting down to business
It is always a good idea to get advice from a professional in order to rebuild the hair from the inside out. Before getting down to business, it is necessary to see the depth of the damage. To do this, it is necessary to determine whether the hair is nourished and if it has proper amount of proteins and lipids. Based on the results, a treatment can be implemented. As Taw explains, the majority of damage to hair is due to wear on the proteins that make up the hair, or from lack of moisture.
To fight wear on the hair, intensive long-term treatments must be implemented, using products that balance the necessary quantity of proteins and moisturizer, attacking the damage from inside and outside. This will give shine, movement, and elasticity to the hair, making it lovely to touch and look at, as well as manageable.
