What does hair health care include?

Nowadays, mainstream hair health care programs are essentially designed around the three core directions of scalp ecological maintenance, hair shaft damage repair, and hair loss intervention. They range from daily care that costs a few cents a time to customized hospital plans that cost thousands of dollars a time. There is no absolute "must-do list". What you choose depends on the actual situation of your own hair and scalp.

Last week, I accompanied my best friend, who has been suffering from male hair loss for two years, to go to the hospital for a scalp test. She originally asked for an anti-hair loss and hair loss fixing program when she came in. However, the consultant took an enlarged picture of her scalp. She could see that the hair follicle openings were completely blocked by grease plugs, and she also had mild seborrheic dermatitis. He said that she had to solve the scalp inflammation and cleaning problems first, otherwise no matter how much anti-hair loss serum she applied, it would not penetrate into the hair follicles. It was a complete waste of money.

When it comes to scalp care, the most common ones are scalp deep cleansing, dandruff soothing, and sensitive repair. However, the controversy over whether deep cleansing is an IQ tax has never stopped. People with oily skin, who are prone to folliculitis and dandruff in summer, regularly use cleansing gels containing salicylic acid and fruit acids for care, which can dissolve the solidified oil that cannot be washed away with ordinary shampoo. After two or three uses, you can obviously feel that your scalp is less itchy. ； But if you have dry skin and the scalp barrier has been damaged, frequent deep cleansing will only make the sebum film that protects your scalp thinner and thinner, which will aggravate the problem of redness and dandruff. I have friends with dry skin who follow the trend and clean their scalps every week. In the end, they were so sensitive that they couldn’t even use ordinary shampoo. It took me half a year to recover.

It solves the basic problems of the scalp. If you have problems such as damage from perm and dyeing, dry and split ends, or hair that breaks when you comb it, there are also corresponding hair shaft repair items to choose from. The keratin infusion, caviar hair care, and hair core restructuring that we often hear about all fall into this category. I bleached my hair three times last winter, and the ends of my hair were as dry as dry grass. When I combed them, a bunch of them broke off. I had three consecutive keratin treatments from the hospital. It felt much smoother, and there were fewer hair breakages. However, don’t have too high expectations for this type of project. It essentially uses nutrients to fill the vacancies in the hair scales. There is no way to "automatically heal" the split ends of the hair. If the split ends are serious, it is best to cut off a section first and then maintain it for better results.

If the hair gap has become wider, the hairline has receded, and the amount of hair loss has significantly exceeded the standard, you must choose a more targeted hair loss intervention program. Common ones include low-energy red light irradiation, drug introduction, and mesotherapy to nourish the scalp. However, it should be noted that mesotherapy with broken skin belongs to the category of medical beauty, and ordinary life-style hair salons are not qualified to do it. There are also great individual differences in this type of program. A friend of mine who has androgenic alopecia insisted on using a home red light comb for half a year, and the hair gap was indeed a little narrower. Some people have used it for a year and there has been no change. Clinical data also shows that the effectiveness of red light programs in treating androgenic alopecia is about 60%. It is not useful for everyone.

Oh, by the way, many people always think that they have to go to the hospital to spend money for maintenance. In fact, the lowest cost and most cost-effective maintenance items are all in daily life: choose a shampoo that suits your scalp type, don’t turn the air temperature too high when blowing your hair, don’t tie your hair in a tight ponytail for a long time, and do less frequent perms and dyes. These seemingly inconspicuous little things, if persisted for a long time, are much more effective than doing maintenance items that cost thousands of dollars every few months.