Damaged hair: what to do ?

Victim of a hair accident, a bleaching or a perm ? Nobody is protected from damaged hair. How can you recognize it ? Damaged hair is split, porous – the hair scales are opened –, broken, it lost its flexibility. So yes, to end up with haystack hair you can adopt the solution Britney Spears – a buzz cut. But before that, you can try something less radical. Better starting summer with happy and healthy hair !

Marie Signoret

1. Cut – just a bit We told you not to touch your hair but going to the hairdresser will be a good idea to get rid of these ugly split ends! Just a few centimeters away and your hair will be alive again.

2. Have a hair virginity
This piece of advice can be difficult to follow but – as much as possible – you must avoid the hair colors and the perms.
Avoid also the chemical treatments and let your hair have a rest. We can already hear you saying: even the hair colors without ammonia are prohibited.
Patience. It’s for the sake of the hair. You must also limit the use of the hair drier or the hair straightener and use a hair care product protecting from the heat.
Space out the shampoos. One tends to wash their hair every day. "It started to be a bit greasy." Mistake ! By wanting to do too much, you attack the hair and you dry it up even more – thanks to the scale.
2 to 3 weekly shampoos are sufficient. If days with shampoo get too difficult, the dry shampoo will save your day !

3. Take care of your hair
The products rich in Keratin are your friends! The keratin nourishes the hair in depth and restore shine.
Start with a mild shampoo, a hair conditioner special dry and damaged hair – applied just on the lengths in order not to make the hair heavy. You especially don’t give a miss to the masks for damaged hair: at least twice a week for the first phase.
You can even add another step to that routine: the nourishing oil. We like a lot the latest product by Hapsatou Sy, "Cas de force majeure !" - an attractive name and a nutritive and repairing rich in oil of the Incas and Olive oil.

4. Watch your diet
The care of damaged hair starts in your plate! The rehydration of the hair goes with the hydration of your body: drink water, have a balanced diet favoring the fishes and the food rich in iron. And you can even help nature with food supplements.
The « A bout de force ? » by Hapsatou Sy,rich in pure keratin to nourish the hair but also in zinc and biotin – two minerals which favor the production of keratin.

5. Style your hair
The damaged hair has a lack of flexibility… The hairdressing solution: The high les chignons and the plaits – the easiest way to give material and long lasting effect to your hair in convalescence.
But be careful: don’t tight too much your hairstyles and forget the hair ties with metal parts which uselessly damage your hair.