How to maintain healthy hair

If you really want to take good care of your hair health, the core is never to stock up on a bunch of ladies’ shampoos and go for expensive hospital care regularly, but to do the basic daily actions that are most easily overlooked, and not to mess around is the first step.

In the past two years, I went through countless pitfalls in order to save my hair, which was prone to getting oily and falling out every time I washed it. I bought a drawer full of imported anti-hair loss shampoo worth a few hundred yuan a bottle, and also applied for an annual scalp care card worth more than 2,000 yuan. I spent thousands of dollars, but the more I washed my hair, the more dandruff I washed. It was so itchy that I couldn’t help but scratch my head at work. Later, I went to the dermatology department for registration. The doctor took one look at my scalp and said that it was all my own doing: I stayed up until two or three o'clock every day to catch up on my hair, permed and dyed it three times in half a year, and got up early every day to put on straight boards.

In fact, there are a lot of controversies about hair care on the Internet. Take the frequency of hair washing as an example. Some people say that it must be washed every day to be clean, while others say that washing too frequently will damage the scalp. In fact, there is no unified standard. I have naturally oily skin, and when I go out for a walk in the summer, my roots become oily and frizzy. It’s no problem if I wash my hair with a mild amino acid surfactant shampoo that day. Oil clogs the pores, which makes it easy to get acne and hair loss. ； But my best friend has a dry and sensitive scalp. I heard from a blogger that washing every day is healthier. I washed my scalp for half a month, but my scalp became red and hot and there were fine dandruff. I changed it to washing once every three days and it slowly recovered. Speaking of which, the scalp is actually the same as the face. If you have oily and acne-prone skin, it is normal to cleanse your face every day. If you have dry skin, using strong cleansing every day will definitely ruin your face. The most important thing is to adapt to your own condition.

Some people used to argue with me, saying that expensive perms and dyes do not damage my hair at all. Last year, I did not believe in evil and chose the most expensive "vegetable perm" in the store. I permed the wool curls twice in a row. The ends of my hair were as dry as sun-dried hay and felt prickly to the touch. In the end, I cut off five centimeters to finish the bad area. Later I learned that no matter what the price of the perm and dye is, as long as it changes the structure of the hair, it will damage the hair cuticles. It is a safer threshold not to perm and dye more than twice a year. If you really want to change the style, occasionally using a disposable curling iron is better than frequent perm and dyeing. When using it, remember to turn on the low temperature setting and apply some heat-insulating essence first.

I once stepped into the trap of washing my hair. I just rinsed twice in a hurry in the morning and it was done. All the shampoo foam remained in the hair roots. During that time, my head was itchy very frequently. Later, I made a point of washing my hair at the roots for three minutes every time to rinse away all the foam. Within two weeks, the itchy scalp problem was much better. There is also the popular topic of "Brush your hair 100 times a day to maintain your hair." I have tried it. I use an air-cushion comb to slowly comb out the knotted ends of my hair and gently press the scalp. It is really comfortable. If I use a fine-tooth comb to scrape my scalp vigorously, not to mention 100 times or 20 times, it will tear out several good hairs, which is not worth the gain.

Now that I have been using it for almost a year, I have long since lost a handful of hair when I wash my hair. I only lose a dozen strands each time, and my scalp is not oily the next day. Friends around me also ask me if I use any black technology products. In fact, there is no black technology. It is just changing the bad habit of messing around with my hair before. I stay up less late, mess with my hair less, and choose a shampoo that suits me. It is more effective than how much money I spend.