Hair Care
Hi,
The bad hair post in your blog , Chitra, gave me this idea. I have been going through lots of books, magazines and blogs about this, since I also had problems similar to this. With that I had to save my hair too which had gone to almost nil with the beautician's treatments (??? !! ??). Now I am pretty much happy with the condition of my hair. I thought I'll share with you all, what I have learnt all through these days.
Shall I ask you all one or two pertinent questions?
1. Do you at any time either winter or summer use hot water for your hair?
2. When you use shower do you ever bend forward and wash your hair or just stand straight with your hair on your back?
If you answer yes to the first question, then it is very bad for your hair. Use water that is just slightly warm not even luke warm. Even luke warm water will give you this dryness problem and the hair will look spiky and uncontrollable.
If you want to use luke warm water for your bath then apply a few drops of oil into the ends of hair and spread it all over just after you wash your hair. You'll be able to manage your hair better.
If you ever stand straight, with your hair at the back, you tend to pour hot water down on to your hair also. This will spoil the hair and sometimes you tend to lose lots of hair too. Always bend and put the hair in to the front and then give it a wash. Once you have cleaned off the shampoo, tie it up in a separate towel on to the top of your head. Then finish your body bath.
You can dry your hair after that with the towel starting from the scalp to the ends. Give it a try and tell me how it is. Leave it to dry in open air. Do not use the hair drier, since it'll make the hair more drier.
Drink lots of water and fruit juices to keep your hair and scalp hydrated and this will help lots in getting the problems right.
The bad hair post in your blog , Chitra, gave me this idea. I have been going through lots of books, magazines and blogs about this, since I also had problems similar to this. With that I had to save my hair too which had gone to almost nil with the beautician's treatments (??? !! ??). Now I am pretty much happy with the condition of my hair. I thought I'll share with you all, what I have learnt all through these days.
Shall I ask you all one or two pertinent questions?
1. Do you at any time either winter or summer use hot water for your hair?
2. When you use shower do you ever bend forward and wash your hair or just stand straight with your hair on your back?
If you answer yes to the first question, then it is very bad for your hair. Use water that is just slightly warm not even luke warm. Even luke warm water will give you this dryness problem and the hair will look spiky and uncontrollable.
If you want to use luke warm water for your bath then apply a few drops of oil into the ends of hair and spread it all over just after you wash your hair. You'll be able to manage your hair better.
If you ever stand straight, with your hair at the back, you tend to pour hot water down on to your hair also. This will spoil the hair and sometimes you tend to lose lots of hair too. Always bend and put the hair in to the front and then give it a wash. Once you have cleaned off the shampoo, tie it up in a separate towel on to the top of your head. Then finish your body bath.
You can dry your hair after that with the towel starting from the scalp to the ends. Give it a try and tell me how it is. Leave it to dry in open air. Do not use the hair drier, since it'll make the hair more drier.
Drink lots of water and fruit juices to keep your hair and scalp hydrated and this will help lots in getting the problems right.
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 | Dear Latha, Very happy to read this blog. I will follow both suggestions. My hair is giving me much distress (the word is not even concern or trouble). I was using Amalakesh from Vasudeva Vilasom which seemed to suit me. Then a beautician said that I am losing hair since I am applying oil to naturally oily hair. She made me stop all oil, and use a fenugreek based hair tonic. That was ok for my hair, but I developed cold after using it. Now my hair is falling rapidly. Can I brush 100 times a day? I am at the end of my tether. |
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| |  Vidya, Thanks for being the first. Is your hair oily? Just try it out. After usual shampooing, what happens after a day if you do not oil? If it gets very dry and breaks as soon as you put your comb to your hair, then your hair is very dry. If it stays normal and manageable then it is normal, if it is oily, ie sticky and greasy, that you would like another shampoo then it is oily. If your hair is very oily do not brush 100 times. That'll make your hair oilier. So find out to which type your hair belongs and then act accordingly. Ok |
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| |  Hi E, Your questions brought to mind something I had observed. Noticed a lot of skin problems on my relatives. The culprit being the hair dye's and the way they wash their hair. People should treat washing the hair same as cleaning some thing that is dirty. One does not allow the dirty water to run over the other clean parts when cleaning do they? We take all the care to see that the dirty water is directed out strait to the drain. In the same way when shampooing off the excess hair color, this water should not be allowed to touch the other parts of the face & body. In salons, hair is washed seperately taking care that the rinse water does not fall on to the face. Similarly at home one should wash their hair not when taking a body bath/shower but before taking care that face and body is not exposed to the rinse water. In the olden days organic products like soap nuts or ganji (starch made from rice or pulses) was used for washing hair, with no man made chemicals. God only knows what will be the adverse reaction to all these chemicals in one single shampoo leave alone the cheap hair dye's manufactures in tons. People who stopped using chemical dye's and went with the natural look observed a remarkable difference in their facial skin. |
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| | Hi Blondie, Welcome. I have also seen skin eruptions on the forehead of many. They're mostly due to the dandruff or to the chemical things which are used on the hair. Without going into the details I just mentioned these. We were taught from our childhood to wash our hair by bending and bringing the hair forward. Nowadays we can get shikakai powder but then Kanji is real hard to get. You have to make it separately. Isn't it? Anyway, it was very nice reading through your observations. Thanks a lot for your comments |
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| |  Lathaji, Thanks a lot will make use of your hair care tips and take good care of my hair. |
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| |  I will follow your tips, Lata! My hair is getting dry and most of the times, itchy. Will increase the intake of fluids too! sriniketan |
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| | Hi Rajmi, It is one month now since you wrote to me. How is your hair now? did you look after your hair properly? Is there any improvement? |
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| | Dear Bhargavi, Just apply ground tulsi leaves to your scalp. It helps very much in itching.. Even in the dry winter days, it'll itch. If it irritates you too much, then apply tulsi leaves or just do oil massage and have a nice shampoo bath. It should help you. Try it out and let me know . will you? |
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| | Thanks for this information, Lata! I don;t get Tulasi leaves. Is there any other alternative other than that? will do oil massage, as suggested by you! sriniketan |
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