Tips to Deal with Damaged & Dry Hair

If you are worried for your hair, you have damaged and dry hair then you are reading right post. Here you will get best suggestions to deal with damaged and dry hair.

• Avoid washing your hair on regular basis. Daily hair wash depletes natural hair oil and hair become dry.
• Shampoo your hair after one day.
• Minimize use of hair straighter and other hair gadgets on regular basis. Frequent use of hair gadgets make hair dry and cause stress on hair.
• You are advised to let your hair dry in natural way.
• You should use less acidic shampoo for health of your hair. Normal range of pH of a shampoo you use should range from 4.5 to 6.5.
• It is better to dilute shampoo with water before you use it. Always try that harsh detergents of your shampoo fail to damage your hair.
• Use shampoo with a conditioner.
• Keep your head covered when you are out in day.
• Use bathing cap while swimming.
• Eat healthy diet for health of your hair.
• Diet having too low proteins and fats cause hair damaging.
• Massage your hair with some oil for instance coconut oil, olive oil etc.
• Do the massage in scalps very gently.
• Using warm oil treatment is very good for hair.
• If you want to give highlights to you hair to look stylish, avoid using bleach but it will be good to use henna as a natural conditioner.
• Consult your physician if you still feel problem with your hair.

How to take care of your Dry Hair

How to take care of your Dry Hair

Hair on the whole has a moisture content of about 10%. If your hair's moisture content drops lower than this level the key is to raise the hair's capability of draw and retain moisture. This is accomplished by means of moisturizers.

Good ones include "humectants" that not simply restore lost moisture but actually catch the attention of moisture and keep hold of it in the cortex of the hair. Essential fatty aids (EFA's) are great moisturizers. One of the top and most cost effectual essential fatty acids is safflower oil. It is the type you can buy to cook with and it is very rich in EFA's. The scalp produces the top EFA's called sebum. The problems is once the hair grows past the neck line or does not have straight contact with the scalp the scalps natural oils can not be used right through the hair shaft.

You can manually restore the lost EFA's by:

* Placing 1 or 2 drops of safflower oil in your palms and massage them together.

* There should only be enough to make your hands "shine" in the light.

* Cautiously take your hair (while dry) and "scrunch" the small amount of oil to the ENDS first and work toward the scalp.

* Leave this in your hair.

* 1-2 drops of safflower oil on dry hair is as a result small, you won't see it is there. 

By doing the above as often as essential will make sure your dry hair will have the proper amount of humectants to pull towards you and retain moisture. The key is to facilitate a small amount will go a long way.