Hair breakage is a phenomenon common to every lady, we have either gone through it or are currently going through it or may someday go through it if you haven’t (that is rare of course).
Hair breakage occurs when the protective layer or cuticle of a hair strand weakens, and experiences stress until it breaks.
Is your hair breaking?
Here is how to know if you are experiencing hair breakage:
- Short hair strands on comb while combing or styling
- Whitish spots on hair strands
When your hair begins to break, the first point of action should be to check and analyze your hair routine. In your hair routine, there are many factors that could be responsible for your hair breakage and the key to effectively treating it is to first identify the factor responsible.
Let us walk you through some possible factors responsible for hair breakage and how to treat each factor.
Conditioning
If your hair is dry, under-moisturized or under-conditioned it will be stressed and eventually break. Conditioning regularly is important to maintaining a healthy hair. Regular conditioning strengthens your hairs protective layer.
Treatment
• Condition routinely after every wash.
• Use conditioner as directed by hair professionals.
• Use suitable conditioners only for your hair.
Bleaching and dyeing
The process of bleaching and dyeing leaves the hair dehydrated and opens the hair’s protective cells up to receive dye making the hair delicate and fragile.
Treatment
• Take long breaks between each dye session.
• Condition in-between dye sessions.
Overheating and rough styling
It takes high temperatures to successfully style your hair using curl irons and other heat machines. Sadly, extreme temperatures from using heat machines too much or incorrectly will damage hair cuticles and this leads to breakage. Again, aggressive styling also stresses the hair and makes it susceptible to breakage.
Treatment
• Ensure to use ceramic versions of heat styling tools.
• Take breaks from using heat styling tools at least twice a week.
• If your hair is wet, comb gently using wide, smooth combs.
• If your hair is dry, comb edges first to detangle.
• When blow drying, wait until hair is partially dry before blow drying.
Twisted and tangled hair
Sometimes you wake up in the morning to find out that your hair has tangled up because you went to bed without properly securing it. Sleeping without securing your hair is a disastrous move if you do not want to lose your hair to breakage.
Treatment
• Sleep on silk and satin pillow cases.
• Secure hair in silk and satin sleep caps.
Healthy diet
Not eating healthy affects your hair health in no small way. Certain nutrients are important to keep your hair healthy and prevent them from breaking.
Treatment
- Eat more of proteins
- Fish oils
- Vitamins and supplements containing, silica, folic acid and sulfur
Hair breakage can certainly be treated and reduced greatly just by maintaining a healthy routine. Check out these list of trendy hairstyles.
If you are in need of further guidance, our team of willing and able hair professionals in Abuja is waiting to guide you on how to win this battle against hair breakage. Start here to save your hair!
