Hair damage is a serious condition. Damaged hair develops cracks on the cuticle, allowing the cuticle to stay open and leaving your hair open to higher chances of damage and being unmanageable. Hair damage can go from being dry hair to brittle hair to complete hair loss. If you want the smoothness and shine of your hair back, then you need to work from the middle shaft to the roots of your hair. Sometimes for certain hair textures, the solution is to chop off the hair but for others, it could be manageable with a little bit of self-care.

The real cure to bad hair is giving yourself time to treat the damaged hair. Damaged hair management is not easy if you do not have the right products. Research on what goes best with your current hair or go to a doctor for the correct treatment. Reasons for damaged hair could be umpteen. Sun exposure, chlorine, salt water, chemicals, serums are all reasons for having damaged hair. Let us look at a few simple tips on how to treat damaged hair.

• Shampoo : Choose the right shampoo which is formulated for your hair texture. Read the label before you buy the product. If you buy a shampoo that contains sulfate, there are high chances you will spoil your hair. Look for shampoos that are labeled as sulfate-free and have dimethicone as the major ingredient. This ingredient helps add smoothness and shine to your hair.
• Conditioner : After shampooing your hair, rinse it off completely and use a conditioner from the middle shaft of your hair to the roots. People use conditioner based on their specific hair needs. You can do it once in a week or once a month. If you have very dry hair, use a conditioner once or twice a week.
• Dry gently : Do not be harsh on your hair. Dry it gently with a towel or blow dry. Imagine your towel to be a woolen sweater. Swipe off your water from hair rather than squeezing it.
• Clean well : Damaged hair gets broken after a bath hence you have to wait until it is dry. Do not pull your hair excessively. Comb your hair carefully and slowly. It is always better to go for wide-toothed combs and brushes. Wide-toothed brushes do not tangle your hair and always give them breathing space. Detangle wet hair by using a round brush to avoid pulling the hair strands.
• Reduce blow drying : Limit using heat or hot air for your hair. Hair salons use cold air to dry your hair because they know that it is good to dry your hair naturally. Blow drying assures hair styling but it results in split ends. Heat is pressed on to hair and damages the middle shaft which is the strongest part of your head.