How Can I Repair My Dry, Damaged Hair?

*It is imperative to do a consistent healthy hair care routine. Use a good quality shampoo and conditioner. When rinsing the shampoo and conditioner out of the hair, stay away from hot water and use cool water. This will help the hair shaft lay down and keep the cortex solid, unlike hot water making hair fly away or frizzy and removing the nutrients and oil from your hair.
*Make sure you have an excellent quality hair serum. Serums will help shield your hair.
*Make sure you have your hair trimmed every 6-8 weeks. Make your next appointment before you leave the salon; this will help to keep the 6-8 week routine continuous.

• Having excellent hair oil and/or hair mask treatments, or you can have both at home to give your hair strength and protection. Make time to implement the oil treatment or hair mask repair twice a week. The reason for using either of these products is that they are designed to penetrate deep into the hair surface and fill in the holes due to damage giving your hair strength. The longer you allow a hair mask or oil treatment to stay on the hair, the more effective it will be. Hair masks and oil treatments continue to work and shield your hair after you have rinsed them out.

Leave-ins:

Leave-in hair treatments are designed to protect your hair. Leave hair treatments can be matched to your hair type. They can be matched to your hair colors, which will help keep your hair vibrant and last longer. The leave-ins will also tame wild frizzy hair, leaving you with bouncy, soft curls. Leave-ins will also help protect your hair from harmful UV rays. When applying a leave-in product, use a wide-tooth comb. This will ensure more coverage throughout.

Can I Regenerate My Hair?

Hair is a not living tissue which means it can not regenerate. But don’t feel there is no hope because there are ways to help mend and help stabilize your hair. This can be done by using conditioners, oils, along with hydrolyzed proteins, or you can use other ingredients to help coat the hair shaft. When you use, treatments will help repair stressed, weak hair.
Whether our hair is damaged due to the elements we go through every day or if it is from heat-styling hair coloring treatments and sun damage can cause havoc with our hair. When this happens, we are left with hair breakage leaving you with uneven out of, control hair.

Components of Damaged Hair

Due to stress applied to the hair will break down the fundamentals of what makes your hair. Your hair is composed of hair fibers that make up the cuticle. The cuticle is the outer structure of the hair fibers. Suppose you think of your hair cuticles as a straw. When the hair has been damaged, it is like having little holes in the straw, and when the straw has holes in, it won’t work. Like straw-stressed, weak hair would not hold any hair color or maintain its natural oils or moisture. Leaving you with a fly-away and brittle feeling.

We also have an article on Hair Products that work best on hair breakage. Check it out for more helpful information.

Damaged Hair.

Due to many of the world dealing with these issues, there have been many advances to create amazing hair straighteners on the market today to help rescue damaged hair. Hair products with glycerin, aloe vera, or you could use oil treatments with coconut, olive, or jojoba oils.
These treatments will help to treat peptides. Peptides are amino acids that form proteins. The proteins, along with bonding masks, will help fill in the holes in the hair shaft, making them whole again and giving your hair the strength it needs.

Being consistent:

You can easily give yourself treatments at home. Keeping a consistent regimen of giving yourself a treatment once or twice a week and keeping a schedule will provide you with excellent results within 30 to 90 days. Keeping your hair healthy and hydrated will keep it strong, resulting in people who color their hair; the color will last longer and appear more vibrant.
Many formidable products are on the market for building strong, healthy hair. We have listed a few.

K1 Leave-in Molecular Repair Hair Mask.

K18 is a hair mask that will reverse the damage done to your hair. This formula’s components will mimic the amino acid chains comprising keratin, which will reconnect and strengthen the hair’s broken bonds. Giving flawless-looking hair.

Oribe Hair Alchemy Fortifying Treatment Serum.

This is designed to be a leave-in treatment. The formula is formulated to repair weak, fragile hair. Oribe treatment serum has chia seed, bio-fermented bamboo leaf, along with plant-based protein. These ingredients will work on the hair’s cortex, making the hair resilient, which will give your hair strength.

Redken Extreme Length Triple Action Treatment.

The Redkin formula has castor oil, protein-rich biotin, and niacinamide, which will reduce split ends along with strengthening the hair. You will want to use it between color appointments.

Twist by Ouida Strengthen, The Bond Bond-Strengthening Hair Mask.

This can be used as an overnight mask or a fast five-minute treatment to restore your hair. The repair comes from TeraBond technology, which repairs hair from within the fiber to undo the damage. This lightweight treatment smooths the cuticle, giving your hair a smooth, bouncy look.

Unbreak My Blonde Shampoo:

Bond strengthening, sulfate-free shampoo for highlighted & damaged hair.

High Amplify Shampoo:

Cleanses to help boost structure of fine, limp hair.

Conditions fine limp hair.

Brass Off Blue Conditioner:

Nourishes and moisturizes dry hair.

Deposits blue-violet pigments to neutralize brassy tones.

Be Gentle with Wet Hair.

When hair is wet it is at its vulnerable. This is when your hair has the potential to become frade. When drying use a fluffy towel or microfiber cloth. You should never brush and pull through wet hair.  The safest way to is to use a wide tooth comb, this will reduce pulling and stretching your hair. Avoid using an elastic band on wet hair because the elastic band can cause breakage.

Use Your Tools at a Lower Temperature.

Having your tool is essential and we get that, but using these tools on high hot settings is extremely damaging. Believe it or not you will get the job done using your tools in a medium setting. Make sure you are using a top-quality heat protection product to help shield the hair from thermal damage from using a flat iron, curling iron, even when you use hot rollers.

Sun and Swimming Protect Your Hair!

Clorine, salt water along with harsh chemicals can dry out your hair making so fragile it will split and break. When swimming you should try to wear a cap and apply a hair mask on you to help protect your hair. After swimming you should immediately cleanse your hair and apply moisturizing conditioning treatment.