How to maintain healthy hair

The core of hair health care has never been about buying expensive imported essences or how many times of hospital care. The essence is to do two things: "maintain scalp environment stability + reduce physical and chemical damage to hair." Most of the anxiety about hair care is actually caused by marketing.

Two years ago, I had an attack of seborrheic dermatitis. My head was so itchy that I could wake up in the middle of the night with scratches. My hairline almost doubled in width. I followed the live broadcast and bought more than 2,000 Internet celebrity anti-hair loss kits. I applied essence and did scalp massage according to the tutorial. I struggled for a month without using anything, and later I passed the dermatology 15 The doctor said that I didn’t even get the water temperature for washing my hair right. I used hot water above 40 degrees Celsius all year round, which made my already sensitive scalp more fragile. So I switched to warm water around 37 degrees Celsius to wash my hair, and switched to a mild shampoo recommended by the doctor. Within two weeks, most of the itching on my head was relieved.

When it comes to shampoo, we can’t get around the “harmful theory of silicone oil” that has been quarreling for many years. I have been fooled before and specially bought thirty or forty bottles of niche silicone-free models. Later I realized that there is no absolute good or bad. There is no problem with using silicone-containing shampoo for a healthy scalp. The smooth feeling after washing can also reduce friction and breakage when combing hair. On the contrary, people who have a lot of oily scalps and are in the stage of seborrheic dermatitis or folliculitis can use silicone-free products to feel fresher and less prone to acne. There is really no need to spend several times more money for the "silicon-free" label. My best friend has a typical dry scalp. She followed the trend and used silicone-free shampoo for half a year, and her hair had split ends like broomsticks. She switched to the silicone-containing open-frame model worth more than 20 yuan, and it was smoother in a month.

As long as the scalp is taken care of, most of the damage to the hair is caused by oneself. In order to dye my hair light blonde last summer, I bleached it three times in three weeks. Later, when I combed my hair and pulled it a little, it broke. The ends of my hair felt like dried straw. Tony asked me to apply for a 3800 deep care card, but I didn't do it, so I thought about adjusting my habits: apply it to the ends of my hair for 10 minutes every time before washing my hair. Wash your hair normally with conditioner and blow-dry your hair until it is only 80% dry. Be sure to spray heat-insulating spray before using straighteners or curling irons. Do not use a plastic comb to pull out knotted areas. First, squeeze some hair care oil and slowly comb it out with your hands. More than half of the broken hair has been reduced in more than two months. The cost is less than a fraction of a hospital care.

There are also many people arguing about whether eating black sesame seeds and black beans can nourish hair. It really depends on the situation. My mother firmly believes that black sesame seeds can make hair black, so she cooks black sesame paste for my dad every day. My dad has hereditary androgenic alopecia. After drinking it for three months, his hair did not turn black. Instead, his scalp became so oily that it became frizzy even if he didn’t wash it for a day. He was almost ready to fry an egg. I went to the hospital for a review and the doctor said that androgenetic alopecia is a problem of hormones and hair follicles. It doesn’t matter how much black sesame seeds you eat. On the contrary, the extra oil intake will increase the burden on the scalp. But when I was on a diet to lose weight, my hair was as yellow as dead grass and broke when I pulled it. I went for a check-up and was told that I was deficient in protein and trace elements. The doctor asked me to eat nuts, black sesame and other grain supplements every day. After two months of eating, my hair quality has indeed become a lot brighter. To put it bluntly, it is still symptomatic and cannot be generalized.

I have been growing my hair for almost three years now, and the hair volume is almost one-third more than before. The money I spent on hair care products is not as expensive as the internet celebrity serum I bought before. To be honest, there are not so many fancy ways to raise hair. Just stop messing with it and give it a suitable environment, and it will naturally grow well. If you really have problems with hair loss or itchy scalp, go to a dermatologist first. It is much more reliable than buying random products worth thousands of dollars.