How To Care Your Hair
Hair is a decoration, a great part of sexual attraction, an instrument of fashion and we probably spend more time and money on it than any other part of the body. Not only is it the first thing that people notice about you but it also offers you the most immediate prospect of change that you have beautiful hair is healthy and shiny and feels alive and bouncy-even though, of course ,it is dead from the second it leaves your scalp. Hair has amazing strength but lack of care shows very quickly .
The hair also becomes dull if the cuticle is starved of sebum –a condition caused by inactive or clogged sebaceous glands or by dandruff, which soaks up the sebum as it arrives on the scalp and prevents it from traveling along the hair.
At the base of each hair follicle is group of constantly multiplying cells known as the papilla, nourished by the blood vessels from which growth begins. Hair grows approximately 12 mm a month, slightly more in hot weather and is said to grow faster at night. Regular trimming after a month about one inch also help in growth. All hair gets finer as we grow older.
Hair color and texture is inherited but balanced and healthy diet also matters for each type of hair. B vitamins play an important role in hair health. First considered your diet and revised it where necessary, take extra wheat germ on soups, cereals, stews or salads or up to six tablets (one table spoon) of yeast a day to see if the condition improves.
Dandruff is the major problem in hair problems. Everything from emotional upsets , lack of fresh air and hormone imbalance, fatigue and hormone imbalance, and climate conditions have been put forward as causing dandruff, but some times what you might think is dandruff is really psoriasis of the scalp or even eczema. See your doctor if the problem is annoying psoriasis is treated with topical steroids.
Ordinary dandruff is treated with a dandruff shampoo. Before you switch to dandruff shampoo, leave hair sprays and setting lotions off your hair for a week or two. Sun light is good for dandruff sufferers. We all lose hair at rate of up to 150 strands a day and can all afford to lose hair at this rate. IT has been estimated that your hair needs to lose as much as 40to 50 percent of our area total before that area starts to look noticeably thinner.
So if you find dramatic quantities of hair on your pillow or hair brush don’t be alarmed; you will not go bald over night. If the hair loss continues consult a Trichologist. Splits ends dry and damaged hair is common problems and the best cure is to cut the splits of.
Use the conditioner and avoid back-combing, rubber bands, spiky brushes and combs, sharps hair Pins, and the spiky heated rollers. If you do use rollers put tissue round the spikes to prevent tangles. Comb hair through carefully when still wet with the conditioner, using the smooth – finished wide toothed comb. Don’t use a dryer too close to the hair.
