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What Causes Summer Hair Loss

Some of us do experience summer hair loss. What could be the reason? Is it the heat? Well, let us take a look at several factors that contribute to the sudden hair fall.

Well, most of us get ready to protect the skin with a sunscreen lotion and the eyes with sunglasses in summer but we tend to forget that even the hair needs protection from the harsh weather.

Remedies To Avoid Summer Hair Loss

Generally, hair loss can be due to many factors like genetics, diseases, environmental factors and also a person's lifestyle.

But in summer, the reasons could be a bit different. When the heat is too much and there is lack of nourishment, hair loss can be aggravated.

Another theory says that hair loss can also be due to the excessive sweating in the hot season. When the scalp is sweaty, the hair becomes weak and may start falling.

10 Homemade Hair Masks for Hair Loss

If you wish to know how to stop summer hair loss, it is first important to know about the reasons behind the fall.

Pools

Pools

If you are among those who would like to spend summer days in the swimming pool then this is for you. The chlorine in the water may be your hair's enemy. Try to wash your hair before and after you get into the pool.

Sun

Sun

The first and the foremost reason for summer hair loss is the scorching sun. Yes, excessive heat destroys skin and also your hair. The hair becomes excessively dry. How to prevent hair loss? Wear a cap, scarf or at least carry an umbrella with you to protect your hair.

Dryers

Dryers

Use those blow dryers in other seasons but not in the summer. They generally make your hair weak.

Chemicals

Chemicals

It is a fact that most of the chemicals used in the styling gels can make the hair weak. It is better to use them less frequently in the summer. Withstanding the sun and the chemicals from those products simultaneously would be too taxing for your hair.

Deficiency

Deficiency

Ensure that you don't suffer iron or protein deficiency during summer. Your hair tends to fall when it is not nourished in summer.

Stress

Stress

Research suggests that we tend to undergo more stress during the summer season for a number of reasons including the harsh climatic conditions. This stress indirectly contributes to the hair loss in summer.

Hairstyles

Hairstyles

If a particular hairstyle involves tightly puling your hair or roughly combing it, try to avoid it in summer. Your hair undergoes torture when it is pulled tightly that too in summer.

Story first published: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 12:55 [IST]
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