10 common hair myths

Beautiful and healthy hair is the dream of every woman. Of course, there are lucky ones among them, whom nature has awarded with a luxurious mane, but with the wrong care, soon nothing will be left of it.

Many women damage their hair every day. This is not about the impact of electrical appliances and styling products, although this undoubtedly affects the appearance of hairstyles, but about popular advice and beliefs that women generously distribute to each other.

Meanwhile, science has long proven that many hair care rules are of no practical use.

Below is a ranking of the most popular myths about hair.

10 Straight hair cannot be given volume.

Some girls dream of growing long hair, but the trouble is, they are straight. And the truth is that such a hairstyle does not look very beautiful, there is not enough volume.

Girls do not try to do anything, because they have long known that it is impossible to add volume to straight hair.

This is not true. The truth is you have to work hard. First you need to visit a hairdresser.

The master will select a multilayer haircut that will keep the length and create a visual volume.

Of course, you can not do without styling. Do not save, give preference to a proven manufacturer. Choose fixing sprays, leave mousses to owners of other types of hair.

After washing your hair, you need to dry your hair with a hairdryer, pulling the strands up. Another secret: when drying, it is better to lean down. Then the volume will not be lost, and the hair will look natural.

9. Stress causes hair loss

This myth is perhaps the most widespread. There is probably a certain amount of truth in it.

Experts in this field, after a series of studies, have concluded that stress can exacerbate existing problems.

If a person eats well, receives the necessary amount of vitamins and nutrients, his hair will not fall out if he is fired from his job or abandoned by his significant other.

If he is very nervous and worried, refuses food and water, then problems will arise not only with hair, but with the whole body as a whole.

8. To keep your hair beautiful, you need to comb it as often as possible.

To make their hair look beautiful and well-groomed, girls try to comb it as often as possible.

In fact, frequent combing even harms the hair. They don’t “like” being touched often. The comb disturbs the scalp, the active work of the sebaceous glands begins, the hair gets dirty faster.

Still here the quality of combs is of great importance. It is best to choose brushes made from natural materials. They will do your hair much less harm. Just do not forget to wash them periodically, many people ignore this rule.

7. Rinsing your hair with ice water makes it shiny

For a very long time, women have believed that cold water gives shine to hair. It is believed that it perfectly smoothes the scales of the hair, protects them from damage. Hair becomes smooth and shiny.

But few people think that the balm does an excellent job with this role, and temperature changes are completely unhealthy for hair.

If you still trust “grandmother’s” methods, then rinse your hair not with ice, but with cool water. At the same time, make sure that water does not get on the scalp. Otherwise, instead of benefit, problems with hair will appear, they will begin to fall out.

6. Regular shampoo changes help strengthen hair

Another truth that millions of women unconditionally believe in. Many of them have found a shampoo that suits them, but next time they definitely buy another one, because “the hair is used to it.” In fact, they can’t get used to it.

Hair is constantly changing under the influence of various factors: dyeing, new styling products, weather conditions. This fact has not been confirmed, so it’s not worth buying up half of the store because of another myth.

Find a product that suits your hair at the moment, and use it without any worries.

5. Coloring causes serious damage to the hair

Maybe once coloring caused great damage to the hair, but not now. Modern paints have a rather gentle composition. They harm the hair much less than the frequent use of curling irons and irons. If you dye your hair in a salon with a good master, then you should not be afraid.

After staining, do not forget about care. It is better to use shampoo and balm for colored hair, make caring masks. Of course, it cannot be said that both coloring and bleaching affect the hair with the same force. It all depends on the qualifications of the hairdresser and the quality of the products used.

4. To wash your hair well, you need to shampoo twice.

This rule has many supporters, and even eminent masters adhere to it. They explain this by the fact that during the first wash, dirt and grease are washed off, and already with repeated lathering, you can wash the scalp and hair.

They may be partly right, but we should not forget that shampoos disrupt the natural balance of the scalp. Hair becomes dry and lifeless. Add oily roots to this problem.

If you wash your hair a couple of times a week and have thick, dense hair, you can follow this rule. If more often, one application of shampoo is enough.

3. Frequent haircuts speed up hair growth

Girls who dream of long hair try to cut the ends as often as possible. To do so is advised by a hairdresser, mother and friend.

Hair grows an average of 1,5 centimeters per month. The intensity of their growth is influenced by genetics and the state of the body, and not by frequent haircuts. If you still feel that after frequent visits to the hairdresser, the hair began to grow faster, do not let yourself be fooled. This is not the merit of the hairdresser, your hair grows at the same pace, just now the ends have stopped breaking off.

This also applies to the widespread myth that children under one year old must be shaved so that their hair is thick and grows quickly. Everything that is laid down by genetics cannot be corrected either by haircuts or shaving.

2. If you pull out a gray hair, several gray ones will grow in its place.

The strangest myth that many people still believe. Therefore, many are afraid to even touch gray hair. Think how this can happen? It’s impossible.

In place of the plucked gray hair, exactly the same gray hair will grow. If this rule worked, women would not think about how to strengthen their hair, would not care for them, would not go for procedures. They would just pull out the gray hair.

What would happen if this myth were true? Crazy volume, density, though periodically it would be necessary to dye your hair, but for women this is not the worst problem.

1. The right remedies help heal split ends

Women believed in this myth after the advent of television. Every day they are promised that miracle shampoos will help to cope with their problem, whether it be split ends or dandruff. Various hair products are a temporary measure. They will be able to mask the problem, but not get rid of it. After a while, it will manifest itself with renewed vigor.

To prevent split ends, you need to trim them regularly and do not abuse the iron and thermal curlers. The shampoo cleanses the hair, the conditioner closes the scales after washing, and the masks nourish and moisturize. No remedy can make damaged hair healthy.