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While we all have that friend, making hair look easy, achieving and maintaining healthy hair can be overwhelming and confusing. We all want to have lush, black hair, but we often unknowingly fall prey to common haircare habits that do more harm than good in our ever-present pursuit of fashion trends. As someone with curly hair, I have had many struggles learning how to take care of my hair. Years later, as a dermatologist, I observe and repair hair and scalp disorders on a daily basis and have seen many patients make some of the same mistakes I once did. Read on for an in-depth look at some of the common conditions I’ve seen in my clinic, as well as ways to take care of your hair and scalp health.
Hair Breakage We’ve All Been There
Hair breakage We’ve all been there- seriously whipping out your hairdryer, flat iron, or curling iron to look like the Folifort Hair Growth star-studde magazine cover. Sitting for hours at a hair salon just for a nice hairdo and our makeup for summer. The way we style and color our hair can affect the health of our hair, for example, a bad perm can lead to dry, brittle hair. Intuitively, we knew that putting 400-degree heat directly on fragile hair might not be great, but we did it anyway. So, how do heat and chemicals damage hair? What causes hair breakage and shedding? These traumatic injuries are thought to damage the hair shaft’s protective layer, the cuticle.
Shiny Hair That Breaks Easily
In turn, the protein structure of the hair is altere, leading to a condition call “acquire nodular alopecia,” a common abnormality Web Care Face of the hair shaft in which weak points of hair form along the hair and appear as frizzy, and hairless. Shiny hair that breaks easily at weak points. If you’re planning to use heat styling (and I know you will), here are some tips to help you reduce or even prevent heat damage: Use super low heat styling whenever possible to achieve your desire results – hotter doesn’t always mean better! Do your utmost to reduce how often you use your heat styling tool— three times a week is recommend instead of three times a day.
