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Summer has begun, which is the one time of the year when excessive hair care is necessary to make your hair maintain its elegance. The biggest cause of hair damage is the sun’s harmful rays, which cause dryness, brittleness, and thinning of the hair. In this write-up, the explanations for hair defiling and its prevention will be explained to help you preserve or restore your hair’s natural beauty. Grab your pens and notebooks, and carry on reading.
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Easy Hair Care Tips For Summer
We have a few tips for you that you can follow at home with ease:
Shampoo with care
One of the most common misconceptions is that applying shampoo in large quantities to your hair regularly will improve its health. In reality, the opposite is true. Applying shampoo to your hair every day in large volumes will not only weaken your hair but also be a cause of drying your hair and scalp.
Amongst the most important myths about hair, washing is that over-shampooing causes the hair to fall. In reality, it is not the practice of washing your hair that weakens it. It is just that the chemical-based shampoos that are most commonly used today are the ones that cause the hair to become dry and brittle, thus falling off.
To combat this, shampooing your hair should be limited to around 3-4 days a week, and using the amount of shampoo proportional to the length of your hair. Another way to make this more effective is to use sulfur-free shampoos, as sulfur removes the essential oils from the scalp and is one of the main reasons for scalp dryness.
Investing in Conditioners
Conditioners are used after a person has shampooed their hair and washed it. They reintroduce moisture back into the hair after shampooing and make the hair soft, smooth, and shiny. It protects the hair and scalp from becoming dry and de-moisturized.
One of the biggest contributions to the drying of the scalp and hair comes from the sun’s harmful UV rays. These rays penetrate the hair shaft at the roots and might cause damage to the hair protein and structure of the hair. This protein is responsible for giving your hair its natural elasticity and making it bounce. Hence, hair exposed to the sun for too long might become duller, drier, and more brittle.
The best way to deal with this is to invest in conditioners, especially ones with sunscreens, to protect the hair from sun damage and restore any lost moisture that may come as an after-effect of excessive sun exposure or shampooing. For people with drier scalps, this should be a holy grail as using it after shampooing, or ideally, between washes, their scalp will slowly regain its moisture content and restore its moisture barrier.
Increasing water intake
Perhaps the most overlooked reason for hair and scalp dryness is less fluid consumption. Drinking water is one of the keys to maintaining the moisture of the scalp and protecting it from the sun’s harmful rays. No matter what remedies you use or what products you apply to your hair, even they would not be of any effect if you are not consuming the right amount of water, as it protects the hair from dryness and brittleness and preserves scalp health.
Ideally, around 3 liters of water should be drunk in a day. Without water, your body will not be able to function properly, and over time, the harmful effects of water deficiency will be seen. In the same way, if you are drinking less water, your scalp will start becoming dry, which will lead to the formation of dandruff and your hair becoming weak. Combined with the harmful sun rays, the damage that would be done to your hair would not only be visible to you but the people around you. Hence keeping water intake high (not too high, which becomes harmful to the body) should be a priority.
Lightweight Hair Oil
One of the most underrated hair care tips is to apply lightweight hair oil in the summer. The difference between regular and lightweight oils is that regular ones are mostly thicker. Due to this, its viscosity (resistance in a fluid) is higher. The way it affects the hair is that lightweight oils, which have a lower viscosity than thicker oils, also have a smaller molecular structure, which allows them to penetrate the hair more deeply and easily.
As mentioned before, it is better to keep away from the regular, thicker oils and instead opt for those which are on the lighter side. Avocado and rosehip oils offer hair nourishment and would not make your scalp feel oily.
The Takeaway
The essentials mentioned above serve the purpose to help you gain the most strikingly elegant hair possible, especially in the hot summer. The best part about it is that, as complicated as it may look, it is quite simple. Just following even two of the above-mentioned hair care tips will aid you in maintaining the best possible state of your hair. For more details on this, visit AdvisingMama, where these tips, and several others, are explained in greater detail.
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FAQs
Q) Should I shampoo my hair often?
As stated before, no, you should not shampoo very often. It is recommended to do so every 2-3 days to retain scalp moisture and health.
Q) How do I use a conditioner?
Traditionally, conditioner is applied after using shampoo and then washing your hair. To use a conditioner, you need to first wet your hair, lather it with shampoo, and then wash it off. After that, apply the conditioner to your hair and scalp and leave it on for about 2 minutes before washing it thoroughly with water.
Q) Why does my scalp get greasy often?
Sometimes, the hair becomes quite greasy over a period of time because of the oils secreted from the scalp, which for some people are produced more than for other people. Another reason could be the use of too many oily hair care products.
