What does hair health care include?

Many people think that hair care is as simple as applying conditioner and regular oiling. In fact, true hair health maintenance requires simultaneous efforts from three dimensions: the growth environment of the hair roots, the care of the grown hair, and the daily living habits. If any one of them is missing, it is easy to get into trouble.

I used to help the girl I rented with to maintain her hair. She insisted on applying a thick hair mask every time she washed her hair for half a year. However, the top of her head was very oily, the ends of her hair were dry, and she even had small pimples near her hairline that hurt when touched. She also lost more and more hair. When I asked her carefully, I found out that every time she put the hair mask and conditioner on her scalp, it was like directly blocking the pores of the scalp. In essence, she did not understand that the maintenance logic of scalp and hair is completely different.

When it comes to scalp care, the most controversial topic on the Internet right now is whether you can wash your hair every day. Some dermatologists believe that people with oily scalps will produce more oil in summer and clog their hair follicles, which will increase the risk of seborrheic alopecia. It doesn’t matter if you wash your hair every day with a mild amino acid surfactant shampoo.； Many hairdressers believe that frequent cleansing will destroy the sebum film of the scalp and stimulate the sebaceous glands to secrete more oil. The more you wash, the more oil you will get. I have combination scalp, and the most suitable rhythm I have tried is to wash every other day in summer and once every three days in winter. When I have itchiness and dandruff, I use an oil-controlling product containing zinc pyrithione once. I usually use an ordinary mild moisturizing product. I haven’t had any scalp problems after using it for almost two years. In fact, there is no need to impose the frequency of others. If you wash your own hair without pain or itch, no dandruff, and normal oil production, it is suitable.

Once the "growth soil" of the scalp is smoothed, the new hair will basically be fine. All that's left is to take good care of the hair that has already grown. You must know that hair itself is dead keratin, and it cannot really be "repaired" if it is damaged. To put it bluntly, all hair care products fill the gaps in the hair scales and make the hair feel smoother. They are "camouflaged repairs". You don't need to buy too expensive ones, just suit yourself. I had my hair permed twice in a row last year, and the ends of my hair were as dry as hay that had been left out for half a month. Before washing my hair, I applied a layer of coconut oil for 20 minutes before washing it normally. After blowing it until it was half dry, I squeezed two pumps of hair care oil onto the ends of my hair. It became smoother in less than a month. It was much more cost-effective than going to the barber shop every week for hundreds of yuan of oil treatments. By the way, when blow-drying your hair, try not to use the highest temperature, and the temperature of straighteners and curling irons should not exceed 160 degrees. I used to clamp my hair at 190 degrees in order to change my style every day, and the split ends grew back within two months after I cut them. After lowering the temperature, there were far fewer split ends.

Don’t think that everything will be fine once you have completed the steps of applying it. You usually stay up late, eat heavy hot pot, and write down your hair one by one. I lost weight in the first half of last year and didn't eat red meat for two months. During that time, my hair loss doubled. I had to tie my hair in a ponytail twice. After a checkup, I found out that it was due to iron deficiency and insufficient protein intake. Later, I drank a glass of milk and an egg every day, and ate pork liver twice a week. Within a month, my hair loss dropped back to normal. Also, don’t tie your hair too tightly. My colleague used to tie her hair in a high ponytail so tightly that her forehead was completely hairless. The doctor said it was traction alopecia. Later, she changed to a loose hair tie. She usually wore her hair loose or half-tied. After half a year, a lot of small fuzz grew on her forehead.

In fact, there are really not so many fancy words about hair care. You don’t need to follow Internet celebrities and buy a bunch of useless products. You need to understand the condition of your scalp and hair quality and adjust it slowly. The results will be slow, but the best thing is to be sure.