What is dry and damaged hair?
Dry hair is hair that does not have enough moisture or oil to keep it healthy and shiny. Dry hair can be caused by a variety of factors, including improper care, over-washing, using too many hair products, or frequent exposure to heat. Dry hair can be sensitive and prone to breakage, breakage and split ends. Damaged hair, on the other hand, is hair that has been damaged in various ways, including chemical treatments such as coloring, using excessively hot styling tools, combing, or using too many silicone hair products. Damaged hair can be brittle, dull, prone to breakage and split ends, and is often difficult to shape and style.
A few things that can make your hair dry:
Over-washing or using harsh shampoo strips your hair of its natural oils
Blow dry your hair too often
Avoid alcohol-based products
Use a hair straightener or curling iron
Exposing your hair to full sun, wind or dry air
Application of chemical treatments, including dyeing, highlighting, bleaching and hydrogen
Nutritional deficiencies
Contact with chlorinated water
Use harsh hair products
All causes of dry hair can be divided into three groups:
The influence of the external environment
It works when you live in a climate with a hot and dry climate, spend a lot of time in the sun and wind, swim too often in chlorinated or salty water.
Habits related to hair care
- You wash your hair too often. Read how often you should wash your scalp.
- Use aggressive shampoos, conditioners and other hair styling products.
-Dyeing and other chemical treatments such as bleaching, straightening, minival
- Constantly blow dry your hair
-You use electric hair curlers, irons
Health issues
In some cases, dry hair is the result of some health problems that manifest as the inability of the hair to retain moisture within the hair shaft. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that leads to poor nutrition. This further leads to dry and brittle hair simply because the body is deprived of important nutrients. Always keep in mind that hair, skin, nails are on the periphery of the body, they are the last to receive nutrients when all other organs are satisfied. That is why the lack of vitamins, minerals, proteins and other important nutrients first manifests itself in the hair. Thyroid gland disease that produces too little parathyroid hormone, which leads to a decrease in the level of calcium in the blood. Calcium is a key mineral for healthy hair, bones, teeth and other tissues. Menex syndrome is a rare genetic disorder when cells do not absorb enough copper. Low absorption of copper affects the health of the hair and causes its dryness.