Why does hair break? Do I need to follow a special diet for hair growth? How often should you wash your hair? Answers to these and many other questions of the Healthy Food Near Me editorial staff were given by the author of the Telegram channel about hair care and the owner of long multi-colored hair “Rapupupunzel”.
Channel author Ekaterina
To understand how to preserve and even increase your wealth, namely hair, we discussed the most important issues with the author. in Telegram, Ekaterina, who has tried a fair amount of different care products and techniques on herself and knows firsthand how to start being proud of her hair.
Healthy Food Near Me: Tell us, for what reasons can hair fall out? And what to do with it?
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Many women have experienced hair loss, regardless of lifestyle, occupation and diet. It’s just that one day the amount of hair on a comb, clothes and in general all surfaces around it becomes impossible not to notice, and at the same time on the head they become less and less. Of course, such changes cannot but scare, but do not rush and run for vitamins or masks for hair growth. To begin with, it is better to understand the reasons for the loss, because there are a lot of them.
The most common cause of hair loss is stress.
These can be problems at work or in personal life, the loss of a loved one, illness, childbirth, sudden weight loss or a change in living conditions (switching to an unusual self-isolation mode is also considered). After 3-4 months after the onset of stressful conditions, hair may begin to fall out, and this process stops itself after a while, if the cause has been eliminated. In this case, various remedies for hair loss or stimulating hair growth cannot stop the process, but stimulants can slightly speed up the appearance of new hair.
If the cause of stress has long been eliminated, and the hair continues to fall for months, it is better to contact a trichologist to find a solution to the problem.
Another reason for hair loss can be hormonal changes. Sometimes, as in cases of childbirth or some diseases, you don’t need to do anything specifically for the hair, it is enough to wait for the hormonal balance to normalize. In other cases, you should contact an endocrinologist to prescribe the correct treatment for hormonal problems, and only then watch what happens to your hair.
When everything seems to be in order with health, but the hair is thinning, you can suspect alopecia – hair loss – under the influence of the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Such alopecia should always be treated under medical supervision and in no case should you self-medicate. The doctor will help you choose the optimal drug and dosage, which will allow you not to waste invaluable time on independent attempts to stop hair loss.
You can see that almost always with an abnormal loss, it is recommended to see a doctor, but are there various vitamins and masks? If the body does not have a deficiency of any vitamins, trace elements and minerals, then taking drugs chosen at random will be a waste of money. Considering that deficiencies in the body are not always the cause of hair loss, trying to heal with one pill can turn out to be a waste of time for useless actions. Various masks, including self-preparation, lotions and ampoules, in most cases are designed to increase blood circulation in the scalp in order to improve the supply of nutrients to the hair follicles. These treatments can help new hair grow a little faster or denser, but they can’t do anything directly about hair loss caused by stress or hormonal causes. At the same time, they can be used in combination with other measures of influence on the hair, the doctor can choose the best combination.
Healthy Food Near Me: Are there special diets to prevent hair loss?
E .: Having touched upon the topic of micronutrient deficiencies in the body, one cannot but raise the issue of nutrition. There are no special diets on which the hair would get clumped, although it would be very convenient. Hair thinning and not growing below the shoulders? Here’s the routine and food conditions. But no, there are no such universal solutions. Each organism is individual and reacts differently even to the same stress: someone’s skin condition worsens, someone suffers from the gastrointestinal tract, and someone’s hair falls out. We all have different heights and weights, different living conditions, and food preferences are different. With these introductions, you can choose a balanced diet for everyone, but it will not be the same for everyone. And also it will not guarantee that the hair will not fall out, and only minimizes the risk of hair loss from vitamin deficiencies.
Healthy Food Near Me: How often should you wash your hair? Does this affect the process of hair loss and the appearance of grease?
E .: One of the common myths affecting the problem of “hair loss” is supposedly the need to wash your hair as little as possible. It is believed that the skin can be accustomed to a certain regime, while the most rare washing will be better. But this is not the case. First of all, the oiliness of the skin is regulated by hormones, and this cannot be changed by any shampoo. The preservation of the hydrolipid mantle on the surface of the skin and the epidermal barrier also affects the amount of sebum secreted, and shampooing can already influence these factors. Too aggressive shampoo will irritate the skin, forcing it to restore its own defenses, releasing even more sebum. The result of this effect is a quickly get dirty head and hair dry with shampoo. The solution is simple – a milder shampoo that does not cleanse the head until it squeaks, but gently flushes away dirt. With insufficient cleansing, which may be when using too gentle shampoos or when trying to wash your hair as rarely as possible, excess keratinized skin, dust, and its own sebum will accumulate on the surface. Impurities can cause inflammation and dermatitis, and new hair can start growing immediately thinned and damaged under these conditions. That is, a rare or frequent shampooing cannot be the reason for loss, but it will easily affect the quality of the hair.
Healthy Food Near Me: If you need to style with hot appliances (hairdryer, curling iron), how can you protect your hair? Give advice on how to choose the right styling tools?
E .: Hair dryers, curling irons and irons, even the most expensive ones, damage hair, so they need protection from high temperatures. The principle of operation of thermal protection is simple – a film is created on the hair that poorly conducts heat and thus prevents the hair from “boiling”.
The main rules for using hot tools: we work at minimum temperatures, do not get stuck in one place, we always use thermal protection and never do not use a straightener or curling iron on wet hair.
When choosing a hair dryer, we focus on the possibility of drying with cold air, and the straightening and curling tongs should have a smooth surface that evenly distributes heat, for example, from ceramics. “Overcooked” hair can also fall off, even at the roots, which may look like falling out, it will take years of patient regrowth of new hair to restore the hair, so you should not neglect the precautions.
It would be strange to tell so much about leaving and not tell anything about yourself. I have straight dyed hair to the waist that tends to get frizzy. I wash my hair every morning, then blow dry them. After shampooing, I use moisturizing conditioners, alternating with masks every time. On wet hair, before drying, I use thermal protection in the form of a spray-conditioner, I apply smoothing agents to the ends according to my mood, and I also like to use thickening leave-in products. Due to the severity of the hair without styling, I do not have root volume, so I use mousses, they can sometimes “wrinkle” the hair along the length. I color the roots once a month and always use Olaplex to maintain the quality of my hair. My favorite home hair care products:
Rumble Bubble Shampoo
Desert Essence Coconut Conditioner
Indelible serum DSD de Luxe 4.5
Evo Hair Macgyver styling mousse
Rumble Rinse Conditioning Mask