It is very easy for your hair to become damaged, even through daily routines you might consider fairly harmless. As a matter of fact, even shampooing can dry out your hair and remove protective oils along with any dirt you might be washing out. If you blow-dry your hair or curl it every morning, this also contributes to drying it out and making your hair more brittle.
According to the Puig Hair Restoration Center (www.hairrestorationhouston.com), lengthy exposure to the sun will also cause damage, and if you like to color or perm your hair, these processes are major contributors to dry, brittle hair. Obviously there are a lot of ways you can damage your hair—but are there some ways you can help your hair as well?
If your hair should become thinned out to the point where it becomes noticeable and causes you significant loss of self-confidence, surgical hair replacement should be considered as an option. There are surgical and non-surgical solutions for hair replacement, and some are surprisingly affordable. Before you reach that point however, here are some remedial options you might want to try.
Change Hair-Washing Habits
Try to avoid washing your hair every day, because when protective oils are seriously depleted, your hair has no defense against any of those harmful agents described above. Two or three times per week would be better, and when you do wash use a very mild shampoo with a low pH, in the neighborhood of 4.5 to 5.5. At the end of your shampoo, rinse your hair out with cold water so that it closes the hair cuticles, and makes your hair shinier and smoother looking. Then apply a conditioner rich in humectants, which can be left in the hair and deposits valuable moisture in the cuticles.
Restorative Products
Damaged hair is a very widespread problem among both men and women of this country, and naturally a great many commercial products have been developed to satisfy the demand people have for restoring their hair to good health. One of these is a hot oil treatment that can help restore dry, brittle hair that has been exhausted by daily styling and washing. There are also a whole host of other kinds of oils available, but the general idea behind most of them is to add back in some of those valuable hair oils, which have been washed out and lost.
Mayonnaise Treatment
If you’re one of those people who loves to try home remedies, this is the one for you. It has been found to be an effective treatment for damaged hair, and it uses only ingredients that are commonly found in every home to accomplish its hair restoration. After combining two egg yolks with 1/2 cup of mayonnaise, mix it well and apply it with a spoon to shampooed hair, working it all the way from roots to tips.
The eggs contain an amino acid important for hair growth called L-cysteine, and many beauticians recommend mayonnaise for its strong emollient characteristics. Keeping this homemade concoction in contact with your hair for an hour at a time is essential for restoring the natural oils that it has lost over time. By repeating this procedure once a week for several months, a significant improvement should be noticeable in your hair. If you can tolerate the fact that it’s a bit messy and somewhat time-consuming, you will probably like the results that you obtain with it.