7 Healthy Hair Tips, Myths and Misconceptions

Our glorious hair. It’s shaved, layered, blow dried, permed, heated, straightened, frizzed, dreadlocked and colored. To take care of it we buy hair care products by the bag. On top of that the world is awash in healthy hair tips, myths and misconceptions. Let’s discuss a few.

Myth #1: If you want shiny hair rinse with cold water.

Truth: Cold water rinsing doesn’t make hair shinier. Sure some may suggest this as one of the healthy hair tips. But as long as you avoid extremely hot water, which is damaging, to wash your hair, it really does not matter how cold the rinse water is.

Myth #2: It's smart to change hair shampoo regularly.

Truth: This is makes me laugh. Your hair is unable to remember or recognize what shampoo was used on it last. It’s basically just dead cells. So how’s it gonna know what kind of shampoo you’re using? But your hair will respond to shampoos formulated to its specific hair type. So get the right shampoo for your hair type rather than worrying about which one to use next.

Myth #3: Shampoo twice if you want really clean hair.

Truth: Actually over use of shampoos can be damaging to your hair. Unless your hair is extremely oily shampooing once should suffice.

Myth #4: If you want your hair to grow faster get it trimmed more often.

Truth: Everyone’s hair grows at its own rate. How fast it grows certainly is not dependent on how often you trim it. All trimming it does is to make your hair look neater as it gets rid of the split ends. Still many women trim their hair regularly because they believe hair grows faster that way.

Myth #5: Brushing your hair 100 times a day is wise.

Truth: This is a really famous myth that’s been repeated from mother to daughter for decades now. You will see it mentioned in hair care books too. Yet you never want to brush your hair except to style it. Over brushing like this tends to weaken and damage your hair.

Myth #6: A stress filled life leads directly to hair loss.

Truth be told we're losing hair daily. Regardless of whether we are stressed out or not. On an average between 40 to 130 hairs fall out every day. Sure you might lose a few more if you're super stressed. But unless you are pulling your hair out by the roots, it will grow back!

Myth #7: A good stylist can generally repair your split ends.

Truth: Cutting away the splits is the only treatment that works. Alas there is no way to repair a split end.

So there you have it. Seven healthy hair tips. Yours for the taking.

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