8 things you did not know about your hair
Will trimming your hair makes it grow faster? Will more grey hair sprout out if you pluck one? All these and more as we “comb through” the strands of intrigue in differentiating between truths and myths of hair care.
1. Trimming your hair will make your hair grow faster
Truth: Your hair is not a plant. Cutting your hair will make your shorter and not encourage it to grow more. This conclusion was probably drawn from observing men’s facial hair, but hair on your head and facial hair will grow almost around half an inch per month. Trimming only eliminates split ends and makes your hair look neater.
2. Your hair will fall out if you are stresses
Truth: Do not be alarmed because as many as 50 to 120 hair strands fall out daily. You might lose a few more strands of hair if you are much stressed or have major life changing event.
3. Brushing your hair is good
Truth: On the contrary, brushing your hair will pull out your hair out of their follicles, possibly weakening the strands, contributing to split ends and hair breakage. You can groom your hair, but once it is in style, stop.
4. Pluck one grey hair and more will sprout out
Truth: If this method is true, men going to bald can start throwing away their hair re-growth tonics and start pulling out their hair by the fistfuls. Granted this is not true, but plucking your hair is a bad habit as it will damage the roots of your hair, cause infection or leave scars on your scalp.
5. Sleeping with hair tied into bun
Truth: Do not sleep with your hair tied up, as doing so will result in your hair roots being strained, which will cause hair loss!
6. Switching shampoos can make your hair look healthier
Truth: This might seem true but it is not. Your hair cannot tell the difference between brands or products. Your shampoo will work the same every time you wash your hair.
7. Hair coloring will severely damage your hair
Truth: Technology today allows the hair dye product both at home and in the salon to be gentle enough not to weaken your hair. There are even some hair dyes, which contain extra conditioners for your hair, which will make your hair more manageable than before.
8. Split ends can be mended with the right products
Truth: A split end is just that, a split end. The only thing that can be done is to trim them off. No amount of right products can “un split” the split end. However, the effect can be made less noticeable by applying a product containing silicone or beeswax, which will temporarily seal the ends together.
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