Hair Care Basics
When it comes to hair sprays, gels, perms and any other type of chemical products and processes, they exist for one reason only, and that is to enable us to take control of our hair and force it to do what we want.
It is part of human nature to want what we don’t have, so if you have curly hair, you may want straight hair, and vice verse. However, hair has a mind of its own and also possesses built in characteristics which need to be overcome if you want it to do your bidding. The factors which can influence the appearance of your hair may include the following:
- The thickness of the hair shaft
- The density of the hair
- The natural stiffness of the hair – this keeps it from lying flat of the scalp
- The natural curvature of the hair
- How the hair relates to its neighboring hairs
- The cohesiveness of the hair – how it sticks to other hairs
In today’s thriving hair business, there are numerous products on the market which claim to be able to make your hair thicker, more dense and to shine like the sun. All these chemical products and processes can change the composition of your hair, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse, and sometimes for ever.
The majority of hair sprays on the market today are water soluble, so if your wash your hair every day after using hair sprays, then you will wash away any chemicals and bonds they form, therefore decreasing the chances of any damage being caused. Everyone of us will at some point, suffer from a bad hair day – this doesn’t mean that you have permanently damaged your hair, but are usually caused by a reduction in static electricity in your hair, generally this is due to weather conditions and not by anything you may have done to your hair.
If you don’t allow your hair to recover from any damage sustained from the use of various hair treatments by good washing and conditioning, then your only option is to cut away the damaged hair, which will allow you to obtain the healthy look that you are looking for. When hair is damaged it will look dull and feels rough. It will lose that silky feeling, however, with time, as hair grows out, you can cut away that damaged hair, and allow the younger part of the hair near the base if the scalp to grow and replace the old hair.
Find out more about healthy hair grooming practices.
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