Balance your diet
The health of our hair is directly influenced by our diet. Since proteins make up 65% of human hair composition, it is crucial to include high-protein foods in our daily rations. Leafy green vegetables, beans, curds, low-fat fish, seafood, and white meat are ideal sources of protein nourishment.
Use coconut oil to massage your head
It is proven that massage helps to normalize blood circulation. When it comes to massaging your head, it is highly advisable to use coconut oil — a vital source of nutrients and vitamins that nourishes the skin and acts as a natural hair conditioner. Such massages are guaranteed to stimulate your skin and make your hair lush and durable.
Trim your hair regularly
This may sound illogical, but the more often you trim your hair, the better it grows. Without regular trimming, hair ends become thin and brittle. Of course, you shouldn’t cut your hair too short — a few centimeters will do just fine. Making it a custom to visit the hairdressers at least once every three months will keep the problem of split ends at bay and ensure that you’ll always look your best.
Don’t wash your hair too often
Some women feel certain that the only way to keep their hair beautiful and healthy is to wash it with shampoo every day. In reality, such frequent use of shampoo leads to your hair losing the greater half of the essential natural oils that are vital for preventing dehydration. As a result, hair becomes excessively dry. To ensure that this doesn’t happen, you shouldn’t wash your hair more than 3-4 times a week.
Avoid excessive combing
Another popular misconception is that frequent combing is good for your hair. Sure enough — the process of combing stimulates the skin and frees up natural oils as well as helping to spread them along the length of your hair. But you should be careful not to overuse the comb, especially when your hair is still wet from washing. Excessive combing can cause hair loss. Try to make sure that your daily combing sessions don’t last more than 5-10 minutes.
Reduce your stress level
Are your best hair care efforts failing to produce results? Heightened stress levels might be to blame. Nervous tension is a common cause of hair volume reduction and hair loss. To help your hair grow to its full potential, try to avoid stress. You should also consider practicing yoga and meditation.
Change your pillowcases
If your aim is to grow lush hair in a short period of time, you should make use of all the things that can help you in this difficult quest — no matter how trifling some of them might seem. For example, you’d be wise to replace your ordinary cotton pillowcases with silk ones. Since silk is smoother than cotton, it causes less friction. This should prevent your hair from getting tangled during sleep and, ultimately, reduce hair loss.
Take vitamins
For all of us, food is the natural source of vitamins and nutrients. But, all too often, we’re not getting enough of them with our everyday meals. In order to attain healthy and beautiful hair, you’ll need to increase your vitamin intake by means of special pills and supplements. Don’t forget to consult a doctor to choose a vitamin plan that will suit your personal requirements.
Try using natural hair masks
There are many types of natural hair masks you can easily make at home. Such masks have great moisturizing effects. They also stimulate hair growth and make your hair smooth and silky. Try different recipes to find the ones that suit you best. We advise you to use the following ingredients: gooseberry, onion juice, coconut milk, honey, lemon, avocado, and olive oil. Treating your hair to nourishing masks once a week will help it grow and flourish.
Don’t forget to wear a hat
The benefits of protecting one’s hair from the elements might seem obvious. And yet, you’ll be surprised to hear that the majority of women choose to avoid covering their heads regardless of the weather. This is a serious mistake — hats and headscarves protect our hair from dust, dirt, wind, rain, and sun.
Use hair conditioner regularly
For some reason, many women tend to underestimate the importance of using hair conditioners. This is a shame, since a good conditioner performs a multitude of vital tasks including replacing lipids and proteins inside the hair shaft, providing a moisturizing effect, and ’sealing’ split ends. Also, conditioners speed up hair growth, increase hair volume, and add shininess.
Drink more water
Drinking water is good for the whole body. It’s a great way to get rid of toxins and normalize bodily functions. Since the state of our hair depends on the overall state of our health, it is important to keep our body well hydrated.
Don’t wrap your hair in a towel to dry
Drying your head by wrapping it in a towel ’turban’ might be very convenient, but this method is hardly beneficial to your hair. Wet hair is very fragile and tends to snap easily. To avoid damaging your hair after a shower, use the towel sparingly and don’t leave it wrapped around your head.
Use quality hair dyes only
Most hair dyes contain ammonium — an industrial bleaching chemical. Ammonium can cause significant harm by rendering your hair dehydrated and lifeless. Also, excessive use of dyes can damage hair follicles, which in turn leads to hair loss. We advise you to switch to natural dyes, such as henna, coffee, or cinnamon powder.
Don’t wash your hair in hot water
You should avoid using excessively hot water when washing your hair, because hot water leaves the hair parched and brittle. Use cool water instead — this will help make your hair smooth, soft, and pliable!
By Saba Murtaz
