Most people pay more attention to the appearance of their hair rather than focusing on how healthy their hair and scalp are. Some of the ways your hair might be unhealthy are split ends, thinning hair, loss of body, and flakey hair.
1. Split Ends
Some may see it as just extra frizz, but split ends signal hair damage. This damage can be either mechanical or physical. No matter what the source, however, hair damaged by split ends should be removed and new hair growing out can be treated more “kindly”. This would allow for a smoother, shinier head of hair. Laser hair restoration combs or brushes can work with your current shampoo regimen to give the growing phase of hair a boost so that you will grow in those new hair shafts faster.
Mechanical means of hair damage occurs when we put our hair into braids or ponytails using rough elastic bands or twist the hair shafts too tightly. This causes friction and wears on the hair shaft, causing it to bend unnaturally and break or split.
Physical damage can occur when our bodies or physical means of providing the hair shaft with proper nutrients while growing from the scalp are lacking. This can occur from improper diet, medications, or stress.
2. Thinning
Hair comes in different thicknesses and hair follicles are spaced differently on every human head. However, we CAN optimize what we were given to have the best head of hair possible for our particular body. New technology available for home use is laser hair therapy for men and women. It’s use can ensure maximum blood flow and thus optimum “care and feeding” of each follicle treated. It is the best thinning hair treatment on the market.
Physically, when we are young, each follicle is running at optimum levels, and each produces a viable shaft of hair in cycles. As we age or face stress, dietary changes or add certain medications to our regimen these follicles start to falter. Mechanical means of hair damage such as wearing ponytails too tight, scarring from accidents, excessive scratching or rubbing habits also make a head of hair thinner.
3. Loss of Body
Body or fullness in our hair puts the Bounce in our step. Healthy hair shines, bounces, and looks full and lustrous. Many of us try all kinds of products to give a lift to our hair as we get older that we are missing. Actually though, these products often just weigh down each hair shaft and add to our woes in the end. The use of a laser hair brush for hair loss can not only bring back hair, but can also bring back that happy, bouncy hair.
Physically, hair can lose its body by the process of aging, hormone changes, hair changing texture as it changes color, lack of proper nutrition or chemical abuse.
Mechanically, those body building conditioners, mousses, gels, etc. can not only weigh the hair down, they can also clog the entrance to the hair follicles where the new growth should take place, thus stunting growth or blocking it out altogether. Even shampoos made for “body building” don’t get out all of the products you have put into your hair and in turn weigh it down even further.
4. Flakey Scalp
No one wants dandruff. It is unsightly and gives the appearance of one being “dirty” or unkempt. Actually, we may be caring for our hair and washing it frequently, but not in the manner it needs to be healthy.
Mechanically, just as above, the scalp surface can get a layer of goop on it, and when not removed on a regular basis, this layer can dry out and flake off. This inhibitor of true clean, healthy skin can be simple to fix by using shampoos without sulfites that will clean the skin and hair and not leave anything behind.
Physically, the environment, medications and harsh products can even cause chemical changes in your scalp tissue itself and dry it out so that the skin flakes and sheds. We all have a phobia about white specks on our shoulders…but the scalp may not be the only thing that is not in perfect health here. Flakey scalp can also be a sign that the follicles themselves are not healthy and therefore hair production is slowed or the quality of each hair coming out of each pore is not a terminal hair (one that is thick, darker and shiney) but only a vellus hair ( the peach fuzz we have when we start our lives as babies or start to go thinning or bald later in life). Continued use of a laser hair brush just 30 minutes every other day can help ensure that the hair you do grow looks its best.
Don’t live with an unhealthy scalp or unhealthy hair. There is help that can be received without the need for doctor visits or any type of medication. The Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser is here to help give you a healthy head of hair.
