What does hair health care include?

In fact, hair health maintenance is not as simple as "buying a better shampoo and conditioner" as everyone thinks. The core is a full-link care covering three dimensions: scalp ecological maintenance, hair shaft structural repair, and daily behavior adaptation. You can't maintain good hair if you miss any of them.

A while ago, I helped a friend with oily hair and hair loss adjust her care routine. The typical misunderstanding she had made before was "paying attention to the tips and not the roots". Every time she washed her hair, she applied three layers of hair mask, but her scalp was vigorously scrubbed with powerful oil-controlling sulfate shampoo every day. As a result, within two months, the scalp barrier was broken, and she suffered from dandruff, red bumps, and hair loss. Faquan came to visit me, and then I asked her to put her scalp care at the top of her priority list. She switched to a mild amino acid surfactant shampoo and only dared to use the oil-controlling shampoo once a week. She also added a soothing scalp essence for wet compress twice a week. In less than three weeks, she said her itchy scalp was gone and her hair loss was reduced by one-third. By the way, there is a lot of quarrel on the Internet now about "How often should you wash your hair?" Some people say that washing your hair every day will damage your scalp, while others say that oily hair must be washed every day. In fact, there is no standard answer? Just like a salesperson who works in the field every day in the summer, his hair is full of sweat and dust at the end of the day. Grease blocking the entrance of the hair follicles can easily induce folliculitis. You must wash it that day. ； But if you have dry skin and don’t get oily after staying in a heated room all year round in winter, it’s perfectly fine to wash it once every three or four days. If you try to force yourself on others, it will easily damage your scalp.

After taking care of the scalp, the "soil for hair growth", there are also many details that are easily overlooked in the care of the exposed hair shaft. Think about it, the hair shaft itself is made of dead keratinocytes. Once damaged, it cannot "heal" on its own, just like a split bamboo pole. No amount of paint applied on the outside can repair the cracks inside. Many people's hair is as dry as hay after being permed and dyed, so they try their best to apply expensive hair masks, but the results are still broken. In fact, the key is to reduce secondary damage first: don't turn the hottest setting on the blow-drying to the end of the hair, use a curling iron at most once or twice a week, and don't tie the hair too tightly. I used to have a colleague who wore her hair in a high ponytail all the time, and there were small gaps in the forehead. Later, she changed to a loose low ponytail, and dense small fuzz grew out in more than half a year. Oh, by the way, some people are confused about whether to use a hair mask every time they wash their hair. Some people say that using too much hair mask will make the hair oily. In fact, it all depends on the hair quality. For severely damaged hair, permed and dyed hair, you can use it every time. For healthy, neutral hair, one or two times a week is enough. There is no need to force the frequency.

In addition to these cares applied to your hair, your daily living habits are the invisible pushers that quietly affect the condition of your hair. Don't believe the nonsense that "eating black sesame seeds for seven days will help you grow black hair." If you stay up late until two or three o'clock every day, androgen will rise continuously, and no amount of black sesame seeds you eat can stop you from getting oily and losing hair. There are also many people who have no idea about sun protection for their hair. If they go to the beach for a day in the summer, the ultraviolet rays will make the hair cuticles stand up, and their hair will feel like hay when they come back. At this time, no matter how much hair care oil you apply, it is not as effective as wearing a wide-brimmed hat when you go out.

After all, hair care is really not a metaphysics, and you don’t need to buy a lot of expensive products. Find out your hair problems, adjust them from root to tip, and slowly find a rhythm that suits you.