Healthy hair is strong, manageable, and less prone to damage. Plus, it is so soft that you cannot stop touching it. Everyone desires this type of hair. However, achieving this requires a lot of work since your tresses have to bear the brunt of environmental stressors and styling, which get in the way of sporting healthy hair. Hair damage can be challenging, but with some tried and tested ways, you can always reverse the situation and strengthen your tresses.
Before we deep dive into tips on how to strengthen hair, let’s get familiar with hair breakage.
What causes hair breakage?
Damaged hair is rough, dry, has a frizzy texture, tangles easily, and has split ends. And do you know what follows hair damage? Breakage. Several factors cause weak hair that is highly susceptible to damage. These are:
• Heat-styling: Hair dryers, curling wands, rollers, and flat-irons give you beautiful and manageable hair. However, even thick hair cannot withstand prolonged exposure to heat as it weakens the strands. The moisture in your hair literally ‘cooks’ under the heat from the styling tools. This causes your hair to open and allow the steam to escape, making your hair dry and parched.
• Colouring and other chemical hair treatments: Bleaching your hair or frequently colouring can change your hair’s structure. Chemical straightening and perming your hair can also alter the structure of your hair and reshape it, making it weaker.
These are the primary causes of weak hair. But your diet, hair products, and your hair care habits too have an impact on your hair health.
