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Secrets To Strong And Healthy Hair For Men

Having nice and healthy hair is any man's dream. Apart from being significantly attractive to the fairer sex, healthy hair actually makes you feel good. But bad hair can be a source of uninvited comments and can be extremely unappealing at times.

As men who wish to look smart and portray a good image in society, healthy hair is immensely essential. Our hair accumulates prodigious quantities of dust and germs over the course of a day. If dust is allowed to stay for long, it hampers the ability to maintain strong and healthy hair. Agreed is the fact that men usually turn a blind eye to a little dust that might have gotten accumulated. But the truth of the matter remains that dust can actually cause a good deal of damage, an extent to which not many of us would've expected.

Excessive use of chemicals is also a common phenomenon. Also, hair saloons have a lot in the offering. Opting for them too often will do your hair no good whatsoever. This article speaks about secrets for strong and healthy hair. Apart from a few mentioned points, it is essential to maintain overall hygiene if strong and healthy hair is to be maintained. Besides, the biggest secret to strong and healthy hair for men is adopting a healthy lifestyle.

Mentioned below are a few points for strong and healthy hair for men.

Do away with hair chemicals

Do away with hair chemicals

Using hair chemicals in limited quantities do not pose serious problems to healthy hair. In fact, if used limitedly, they can serve to make your hair smooth and appear nice. But too much of it is a cause for worry. Applying too many chemicals can destroy hair roots and make your strands fragile.

Shampooing your hair:

Shampooing your hair:

Shampooing your hair every alternate day is recommended. Apart from removing dandruff, a serious impediment to strong and healthy hair, shampooing your hair will render it smooth and strong. Hair roots are strengthened and strands appear more appealing when shampooed often.

Tight hats:

Tight hats:

Wearing tight hats can pose serious threats to your hair's strength and overall health. Tight hats rub against your scalp all too often and make your hair roots weak. Ensure that you wear hats that aren't too tight. In fact, wearing hats that aren't too tight can actually protect your hair and preclude unwelcome hair fall.

Drying your hair before using a towel

Drying your hair before using a towel

Most of us use a towel moments after a shower. Moisture content in the hair can damage strands when rubbed against a towel. Patting your hair before using a towel can help a great deal. By doing so, excess moisture can be eliminated and your hair roots will stay strong

Helmets:

Helmets:

Helmets can be another source of misfortune. In comparison to hats, helmets can be a source of relatively greater hair damage. By a common phenomenon called traction alopecia, hair strands are forced out of the scalp. Damaged roots in this case can be permanent.

Oiling your hair

Oiling your hair


Oiling your hair often is better than using hair gels or getting your hair done at a saloon. Oiling prevents hair loss to a substantial extent and keeps your hair strong and healthy.

A healthy lifestyle:

A healthy lifestyle:

A healthy lifestyle is perhaps the single most requirement for any of your body parts to be healthy. Exercising, eating healthy food and keeping a check on habits like smoking and consumption of alcohol can get you there without second thought.

Story first published: Monday, June 2, 2014, 18:57 [IST]
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