Hair fall is a problem that just never seems to go away, and many women are starting to feel discouraged. Relying on shampoo alone may not be enough — you also need to watch your daily habits to spot what could be making your hair fall out so heavily. Let's take a look at 10 hair-fall-causing habits and see which ones you do as part of your routine.
1. Washing your hair at night may risk hair fall
Actually, washing your hair at night may not be a direct main cause — as long as your hair is completely dry before bed. But if you go to sleep while your hair is still damp, that's the real problem, because it can lead to fungus on the scalp. And that fungus is nastier than you'd think: besides making you itch like crazy and causing dandruff, it also damages the hair roots so new hair can't grow, plus it causes hair fall and a musty-smelling scalp.
2. Washing your hair too often, a cause of breakage and hair fall
For girls who love being clean and like to wash their hair every day, or twice a day — morning and evening — you need to be careful! Washing your hair too often dries out the scalp and can cause dandruff. More importantly, it can eventually lead to hair fall and thinning. Ideally, wash just 3–5 times a week, or every other day is enough, to give your scalp time to produce the oils that nourish and repair the areas worn down by the body's natural mechanisms. But if you really can't manage that — for example if you sweat all day — washing once a day is enough.
3. Tying your hair too tightly, a root cause of hair fall
These days the tight slicked-back hairstyle like "Mother Chompoo" at Cannes is a huge hit, and many people want to do that tightly pulled-back look to show off a slim, pretty face, right? I want to say you can do it, but doing it only occasionally is probably better for your hair, because pulling it back too tightly tugs and yanks on the hair roots, making hair fall out easily and possibly pulling the hairline back until your forehead recedes. Try switching to a loose low bun like Korean girls — it looks cute too.
4. Piling on chemicals, damaging the roots, a root cause of hair fall
By chemicals here we mean various hair sprays, oils that make hair smell nice, mousse that holds your style, wax that stiffens hair, as well as shampoos containing chemicals and conditioners with silicone. The reason they're dangerous is that these chemicals build up in the layers of our scalp, and over long-term use the roots get damaged by them until they become fragile, making hair fall, thinning and breakage happen more easily. The best thing for all modern girls is to turn to caring for yourself by using haircare products made from natural ingredients, and read the label carefully before buying. The age of organic is coming back — goodbye hair fall problems.
5. Neglecting hair treatments leads to heavy hair fall
This one matters too. Just like skincare — if you don't apply sunscreen or moisturizer, your face naturally ages faster. Hair and scalp are the same: they have their own lifespan, and if you neglect them, the scalp naturally deteriorates faster, leading to hair fall, thinning and dandruff step by step. So a weekly hair treatment is important, but you should choose natural extracts such as egg, yogurt, honey and the like.
6. Brushing your hair roughly — yanking and tugging — causes breakage and hair fall
Our hair isn't as strong and tough as rope. Anyone with itchy hands who likes to brush and yank their hair hard should be ready to say goodbye to their hair before its time, because rough brushing damages the roots and makes hair break and fall easily. The best approach, when hair gets tangled — whether dry or wet — is to use a wide-tooth comb and gently work through the tangled ends first, then slowly move up toward the roots. (For how to choose a comb, read more in this article: http://bit.ly/2tj9dth )
7. Washing with hot water — hair is alive too, don't let it fall before its time
Girls who love very hot showers, or soaking in a super-hot bath like sitting in a sukiyaki pot — I want to say please stop, because very hot water can damage your scalp and the protein in your hair, making the scalp peel and the hair dry out. The right, suitable temperature for bathing is room temperature — and in Thailand that's easy, around 28–29 degrees Celsius. But if you live somewhere cold, you might raise it to be a bit warmer — just don't make it too hot, or your hair will fall faster before you know it.
8. Eating whatever you fancy can be a cause of hair fall
For girls who eat to live there may be no worrying problem, but those who live to eat — that's scary!! Because eating whatever you like, choosing only your favorites such as sweets, fried and oily foods, which have very few nutrients to nourish hair, means your hair doesn't get enough nutrition, which makes it brittle, breaking and falling out more easily. So food and nutrition are very important for your hair — especially nutrients like protein, beans, fish and various yogurts. Get them in fast!
9. Crash dieting recklessly, then suddenly your hair is breaking and falling
This one is similar to number 8, because some people lose weight by using pills, or some go on starvation diets, which is very dangerous to the various organ systems in the body, since the body doesn't get enough essential nutrients. And some weight-loss pills even affect your hair, causing hair fall and thinning too. Better to turn to exercise instead — you get a firm, toned figure plus you won't go bald.
10. Using products that don't suit your own hair type — when your hair falls, who can you blame?
Choosing haircare products that suit you is really important, because people with dry, oily or normal hair all have different care needs. For dry hair you should use a gentle shampoo with added moisturizing ingredients, and use conditioner every time after washing, for example. So if you choose the wrong haircare products, you risk wrecking your hair, girls. (For anyone who wants to read more about caring for each hair type, read the full article right here: http://bit.ly/29Ps0o1 )
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