How to wash your hair to prevent hair loss in winter

When the air is cold, dry, and low in humidity, the oil glands are less active, causing hair and scalp to become dry and fall out easily. Is there a way to wash your hair to limit hair loss?

1. Washing your hair incorrectly can cause hair loss.

Common mistakes when washing hair that lead to hair loss and dryness that you need to pay attention to:

- Washing hair too often: Many people have the habit of washing their hair every day. However, washing hair too often can remove the natural oil layer. This oil layer plays an important role in nourishing and protecting the hair. When lost, the hair will easily become dry, lose its natural shine and break easily.

- Wash your hair with hot water: In cold weather, we tend to use hot water to bathe and wash our hair, but hot water makes the scalp dry, prone to dandruff and loss of natural moisture, affecting the shine and health of the hair.

- Do not massage the scalp: When the weather is cold, not only do you need to use hot water, but you also tend to scratch vigorously and the time to wash your hair is also faster. Washing your hair like that and skipping the massage step is also not beneficial for the scalp and hair. The massage process helps stimulate blood circulation and cleans the scalp better. If you skip this step, it will make the hair nourishment process worse.

Brushing wet hair makes it vulnerable to damage...

- Do not use conditioner: Because they want to reduce the time spent washing their hair, many people skip the step of using conditioner for their hair. Conditioner helps to add nutrients, moisturize the hair, and make it smooth. If you do not use conditioner, your hair will easily become tangled.

- Using the wrong shampoo: Many people are easy-going so they can use any shampoo. However, each type of hair, hair quality, and hair style will require a suitable shampoo. Oily or dry skin types need different shampoos. Damaged hair, natural hair, hair that has been chemically styled... also need different shampoos.

If we use any shampoo, it will greatly affect the quality of our hair. Using the right shampoo will help clean the hair effectively without losing natural moisture and without causing irritation to the scalp.

2. How to wash your hair to prevent hair loss

- Brushing hair: To prevent hair loss, do not brush your hair when it is wet. Wet hair is very vulnerable to external forces. Therefore, you should brush your hair when it is dry, and brush your hair before shampooing.

If you want to brush your hair when it is wet, you should use your fingertips to gently run through the roots and then slowly untangle it, or you can use a wide-toothed comb to gently untangle your hair. You should divide your hair into several sections and then lightly untangle it from the hair shaft to the tips (about 7-10cm from the scalp).

After detangling this section of hair, continue brushing from the scalp down to reduce damage and breakage due to strong pulling force.

- Use only warm water to wash your hair: Do not use cold or hot water to wash your hair in cold weather. Washing your hair with cold water will have a negative impact on your health, while using hot water will make your skin dry and your hair dry, so you should only use warm water. The appropriate water temperature is equal to or 1-2 degrees Celsius higher than body temperature, that is, the water temperature is from 37-38 degrees Celsius.

Warm water helps remove dirt and excess oil on the scalp easily, without affecting the hair. You should also rinse the water in the direction of the hair to avoid tangling and hair loss...

Avoid using heat to style your hair regularly.

- Don't wash your hair too much: In the summer when the weather is hot and sweaty, we can wash our hair 3 times a week, but the appropriate number of times to wash our hair in the winter should be 2 times a week.

When the weather is dry, the scalp will often be itchy, more dandruff, but we need to avoid scratching the scalp hard to satisfy the itchy scalp, because scratching hard will damage the scalp and hair. Specifically, when the scalp can be scratched, causing the skin to regenerate slower than normal, moreover, it also irritates the scalp, leading to damage and hair loss.

In addition, do not shorten the time and steps of washing your hair because of the cold weather. In winter, you need to use conditioner to help your hair smooth and tangle-free. While using conditioner, you need to combine scalp massage to stimulate circulation, remove small residues left on the hair, and help clean the scalp better. Then, you need to rinse with plenty of warm water to remove shampoo and conditioner remaining on the hair.

You should use a hair mask once a week to provide moisture and nutrients to your hair. You can use a hair mask with your shampoo and conditioner or use a homemade hair mask made from honey, coconut oil, etc. Hair masks help soften, moisturize and increase shine.

- Dry your hair properly: Do not use a high-temperature dryer to dry your hair quickly. Use a clean, soft cotton towel to absorb water and let your hair dry naturally. Then use a dryer at medium heat and a moderate wind speed to dry your hair.

After drying your hair, use hair care oil and apply it evenly on both hands, then gently run your hands through your hair, stroke and squeeze lightly to let the oil penetrate each hair strand.

- Limit heat styling: Winter is also the season when women often style their hair, but when hair is styled with chemicals, it makes the hair weaker. If we use high-temperature tools to style our hair every day, it will make our hair more susceptible to damage. Therefore, we should limit hair straightening or styling in winter.

CN. Quynh Huong

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