Hair shine, softness, easiness to comb, a silky touch are largely related with the state of the cuticle. And yet hair grows about one centimeter each month. The end of hair which measures thirty centimeters is thus thirty months. In other words, two years and a half of all kind of aggressions during which the aspect of the cuticle change a lot! We then talk about dry or sensitized hair.How can you recognize dry hair? It seems dull, rough touch, brittle hair and sometimes split ends.Causes can be natural, by lack of secretions of the sebaceous glands (see article about greasy hair first episode), or after various external attacks: water, sun, chlorine, different styling, and too much chemical actions.Dry hair can also notify a weakening or an iron deficiency mainly.
Dry hair: gestures and adapted products
Before choosing products, your hairdresser will first have to make a diagnosis in order to guide you towards adapted haircares. If your hair is dry, so much that the body of the hair (cortex) is fragile, you will have to start by a treatment aimed at rebuilding the hair matter. As if you wanted to “seal off” the chips. There are several special ranges for that:
Résistance by Kérastase, to reinforce from the inside the weakened hair.
Pro-keratin refill by l’Oréal professionnel
Extreme by Redken
Once the cortex is out of danger, your hair will not be directly soft by touch; you will have to use nourishing or moisturizing ranges.By the way, do you know the difference between a nourishing hair care and a moisturizing hair care? The first one gives you fat substances in order to help you to rebuild the hydrolipidic film. The second one is for the daily water loss and contains additional moisturizing ingredients. To nourish or moisturize; here are some advisable products:
Nutritive by Kérastase with the usual three steps:
bathing (the shampoo), treating (the hair care) and texturizing ( hairstyle products)
All soft by Redken
Hydra repair by l’Oréal professionnel
In anycase, using always a haircare after a shampoo like a capillary mask. Remember also to protect your hair from heat of the devices used for the styling (hairdryer, iron, curling iron). A small trick to boost the efficiency of the mask: cover your head with a hot and damp towel. The active principles will thus penetrate better the hair.Another important point, hair color and other highlighting have now become real fashion accessories, thus you must respect the time between two applications: ideally, four weeks regarding the oxidative hair color and three months for the highlighting. Even the daily styling can dry your hair. To make you better realize, it has been estimated that a person with natural hair who has a daily blow-dry, can have sensitized hair at the end of a year.Finally, remember that a balanced diet is essential for the beauty of hair...
