Frequent use of a hairdryer and ironing, metal hairpins, staining and increasing leads to damage to the hair.They become dull, naughty, quickly break, hover and do not hold volume.
As a result, the question arises: how to restore severely damaged hair?To do this, various masks and balms are used, which are easy to prepare at home, products of professional cosmetics are developed, implemented in specialized stores.In advanced cases, trichologists recommend resorting to salon procedures.We will talk about all these methods.
How to wash your hair
When the hair rods - along the entire length or only the tips - are damaged, ordinary shampoos are no longer suitable.This is justified by the fact that the main detergent in most shampoos is sodium lauryl sulfate (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, SLS) obtained from palm oil.Penetrating under the raised scales of the outer layer of the damaged hair rod, SLS removes water from the layers lying deeper.As a result, the hairs become even more dry and brittle, and their tips seize.In addition, lairal sulfate has an irritating effect on the scalp.
Shampoos for restoring damaged and dyed hair should contain panthenol, glycine, collagen, nutrient oils, fruit wax, vitamins (especially nicotinic acid, B12, B1), ultraviolet filter.The composition of the shampoo should be focused on solving specific problems.So, if hair:
- Dry, in addition to the above components in the composition, should be present a lecithin-an emulsifier substance consisting of various healthy fatty acids.
- After a chemical curling or prolonged staining, buy shampoos with a silk protein content or other vegetable proteins.
- It is necessary to prepare for the subsequent summer vacation when salted water and ultraviolette are acted on them, select shampoo, in the ingredients of which not only ultraviolet protection is indicated, but also keratin.The latter, being an analogue of the natural component of the hair, will surround it with a protective film that protects against harmful effects.To enhance the effect, you can also use masks and serums, which include keratin.
- Not badly damaged, but you plan to constantly color them (for example, for camouflage gray hair), buy shampoos with extracts of medicinal plants: burdock, nettles, chamomile.
Therapeutic regenerating shampoos are now produced by many cosmetic firms.
The choice of the best shampoo to restore damaged hair from such a list is not easy - the effect will not come after one use and probes will not help here.Dry hair with a damaged structure needs additional care products: masks (home, semi -professional or professional), serums, oils, drugs in ampoules or in the form of lotion, and salon care.
Home remedies
At home, you can prepare many masks, decoctions and shampoos.The effect of the use of such tools should not be expected quickly: usually improving the condition becomes noticeable only from 3-4 weeks of constant use.
The masks listed below to restore the damaged hair structure are tested by women and received many positive reviews.They are used 2-4 times a week, 30-120 minutes before washing the head.After applying along the entire length, the hair is laid under a plastic cap or bag.Please note: professional hairdressers do not recommend applying masks containing only concentrated oils (coconut, linseed, argan oil) for roots.
Oil and yolk
Mix on a tablespoon of burdock and castor oil, heat, add chicken eggs whipped to foam.Maintain at least an hour and a half.To enhance the effect, add a bag of colorless henna, a tablespoon of honey and a teaspoon of alcohol to an already heated mixture.
Vitamin-oil
Ingredients: 40 ml of lemon juice, 30/30/50 ml of peach oils, sunflower and corn, respectively, 1 ampoule of vitamins A and E. Add vitamins to lemon juice.After that, mix with an oil mixture heated in a water bath.Keep 2 hours.
"Tropical"
Ture the avocado and banana in a puree, mix with a tablespoon of warm olive oil.Apply the gruel from the roots to the very tips, leave it under a hat for 40 minutes.
Strawberry
A handful of fresh strawberries, 5 ml of olive and coconut oils, a teaspoon of liquid honey.Pull the strawberries in oils and honey to the puree state, apply to wet hair.Exposition - 20 minutes.When washing off, shampoo can not be used - only warm water.
With Dimexide
The ingredients are sold in a pharmacy: burdock, castor oils, oil solutions of vitamins A and E in bottles, dimexide;You will need a 5 ml syringe and gloves.Mix all oil components in the following proportion: castor oil - 2 full syringes of 5 ml, burdock - 3 syringes, vitamins - 3 syringes of each.The mixture is slightly heated in a water bath, then add dimexide in a volume of 5 ml, apply to the hair in gloves.Hold for 50 minutes, wash off with shampoo.
The mask has a pungent smell, and for some time after its use this smell will be felt in exhaled air.There are contraindications for its use: pregnancy, liver disease, allergic diseases, lactation, a period after a stroke, as well as severe cardiovascular diseases.It is not recommended to use it often if the scalp is dry.
Despite these shortcomings, dimexide is one of the best conductors of beneficial substances into the hair and skin.This mask helps to restore damaged hair ends well.
Gelatin
This tool has a lamination effect.A tablespoon of gelatin without additives pour 100 ml of warm water, leave until completely swelling.After that, heat the jelly in a water bath, add 5 ml of castor oil, 10 drops of vitamins A and E. Her 40 minutes, rinse with warm water.
Also, home restoration of damaged hair involves rinsing the head after washing with decoctions of herbs:
- from the root of burdock, coltsfoot, sage;
- From nettle, calamus, chamomile, willow bark.
Professional tools for restoring damaged hair
Such funds are usually distinguished by a high concentration of nutrients and are applied in small quantities.
The most effective means to restore damaged hair rods are ampoules.In them, amino acids, zinc, keratin, vitamins, trace elements and extracts of herbs are contained in maximum concentrations, so such drugs can be used strictly according to the instructions (and this is the only way to count on the desired effect).
Salon procedures
Modern cosmetology has a large arsenal of procedures for the treatment of dry and damaged curls.So, in particular, hair restoration is carried out after bleaching, chemical curls, as well as in cases of trichology diseases (for example, Trehalase), when the hair rods are porous, dim, twisted.
At the moment, the following procedures are performed in the salons:
- Keratin recovery.In this case, defects in the hair rod are filled with keratin - a protein made of which the hair consists almost completely.The effect of the procedure is brilliant, smooth and straight hair, but it is short -lived (up to 5 months).
- Lamination (bio-lamination).In this case, the hair rods are clothed in a tool on pulp basis.The effect is similar to Ceratinine, but it lasts even less - up to 1 month.
- Glazing.Hair involutum glaze, rich in ceramides - substances that give strength.It not only makes the curls shiny, but can also change the color of the hair (color glazing) or make it brighter (colorless glazing).
- Caureerization.This is a procedure - something between lamination and Linitionem.It involves applying a mixture that, under the influence of heat, penetrates deep into the rod and saturates it with beneficial substances, "sealing" micro -transformations.
- Hot wrap.In this case, the hair is saturated with proteins (usually silk proteins), acquiring a healthy and shiny look.The procedure can be performed at home (for example, Consant Delight), but in this case the effect will be observed a maximum of 1 week.
- Cysteine recovery.During the procedure, the hair is saturated with cysteine - amino acid, from which they then independently synthesize keratin.The effect lasts only 3 months.
- Shinting.It, like the rest of the procedures, saturates the rod with useful substances.Recommended for slightly damaged hair.