4 Signs Of Damaged Hair That Most People Usually Ignore
Our hair is not endowed with the ability to raise its own problems with words. Yet, ETE Saigon - Hair Happiness finds the way to reveal the signs of damaged hair. It is a privilege for us to be on hair lovers' side in order to figure them out.
1. How to tell if your hair is crying for help?
Changes on hair texture derive from what hair experienced. By the look, the hair surface has no longer performed its rightful volume and radiance, commonly resulting from hairstyling activities with chemicals, and hair routine.
By touching, hair’s physical condition can be examined by taking a strand, then tenderly pull at either end. While pulling, if you feel none of the smoothness that your hair offers, this is one of signs of damaged hair that you need to pay attention to!
2. Specific signs of damaged hair
2.1. Split ends
Split ends resemble a knit of a long straight rope, but in the end of a hair. They start appearing amidst strands as hair gets none of its original moisture due to straighteners, curling tongs, or/and other styling tools.
Split ends
Split ends result from trimming or taking a haircut in 6-8 weeks. In some cases, this damage annoys you just in a week after shortening your hair length.
2.2. Color Fading
Fading Hair Color. Source: Photo by Vladislav Nikonov on Unsplash
Melanin and pheomelanin from the cortex are elements deciding hair color from brown to black. When these two pigmentations get impaired, hair can be not radiant as usual. This exemplifies a sign of damaged hair. Hair look, at this time, becomes weak and lifeless.
2.3. Matting hair
Matting hair obviously shows its problems on the hair surface. To be specific, it is time-consuming for you to reform your hair folds. Even when you use slippery conditioner, moistures, or any products benefiting for hair health, your hair stands tangled still. It means your hair curls are seriously damaged.
Matting hair
As the cuticles, whose function is to store nutrients for hair nourishment and prevent damage, are ruined. Your hair no longer reserves its beauty as before.
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2.4. Bad porosity-test result
You need to prepare a glass of water, then let a curled-up hair of yours into it and keep observing.
Porosity test
If your hair sinks at (approximately) the bottom of the glass, it wants to tell you that “I am seriously damaged, please care for me!”. Your hair gets damaged because of unhealthy cuticles. In this case, the cuticles are uncovered by lipids whose responsibility is to resist water,thereby quickly being absorbed by liquid. It is tired enough not to float on the water surface.
ETE Saigon - Hair Happiness wants to share with you the “illness" that hair may suffer in case of improper treatments or/and routine. These above-mentioned signs verbalise hair’s problems toward its lovers; thereby, comprehending what hair actually needs. Hence, we can prepare proper treatments according to different signs of damaged hair.
