Hair Care: Tips and Easy Strategies

Hair care strategies are generally of two types. It usually requires a combination of both to have that shiny texture in your hair, be it cropped or flowing. One of the strategies to take intense care of the hair is to check its texture. The other depends on the season. Astutely used, these are ideal and easy means to have that soft crowning glory on your scalp. The tips are also effective against hair loss, dandruff, lice infestation, hair split and premature graying of hair.

SHAMPOO TYPE: Never use a hard shampoo or one that has alcohol. Go for a mild one that is alcohol free. Alcohol stops the hair from drying. Rub the shampoo into the hair shafts and deeply but softly into the scalp.

RINSING METHOD: The shaft ends will get cleansed when you rinse the hair. Rinse with a cream or a conditioner. The cream takes care of the tangled hair while rendering it soft and accords the hair a shine. The conditioner softens the hair and adds nutrients besides giving it the extra shine.

If you are suffering from lice infestation or dandruff, you can use an anti-lice conditioner-cum shampoo or anti-dandruff conditioner.

NATURAL DRYING: Natural and manual hair-drying is an art. So, don’t hurry through the process. Spread out the hair and let it dry by itself, at least partially. Then, dry it slowly with a cotton towel.

Nylons or artificial fabrics should be avoided as they harm the hair while the hair with a synthetically prepared towel generates magnetism that hampers the healthy growth of hair. Do it leisurely and carefully.

DIENTANGLING THE HAIR: Next use a hard-rubber or animal horn or a hard plastic comb that is wide-toothed to gently disentangle the strands. Don’t use any metallic ones as they break the hair.

For the people who used anti-lice conditioners, this is the best time to catch hold of the lice, dead or alive and also their nits (lice eggs). While you comb, bend down over a white spread of cloth. As you comb you will find the lice and nits on the cloth. Kill the live ones and dispose all. A dedicated regular process will get rid of the lice syndrome as well as the dandruff effect within a month’s time. However, you need to do it at least four times a week over 30 days.

It is only after this manual process that you should use the dryer, if at all.

BLOW-DRYING: You can definitely use a blow dryer only after manually drying the shampooed rinsed hair and disentangling the adamant strands. But hold the hair dryer at least 10 inches away from the head. Else, there is the possibility of the hair and the scalp suffering heat damage.