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Healthy Hair Beauty Supply Blog Series-The Last Question to ask yourself when you have damaged hair:

Question 3) What Kind of Damage am I doing to my hair shaft?

There are many variables that effect hair in a negative way. Today we will discuss three of them. The three ways in which the hair shaft becomes damaged is by chemical, environmental, and the overheating of hair. These three variables are the most damaging factors to face when trying to gain and maintain healthy hair. The negative effects can stem from hair thinning to overall hair loss. Less look more closely at these three variables.

Firstly lets start off with Chemical damage. Chemical damaging is one of the most damaging of the three elements due to the fact that it breaks down the disulfide bond in your hair. This is a change that cannot be reversed. The disulfide bond is what makes the hair curly. Because a relaxer weakens the hair, the overall hair is weaked and damaged. In a way it is a sort of “controlled damage,” the effects of the relaxer are put to a halt by the neutralizing shampoo once the desired straightness takes place. Though I do not recommend relaxers, the best way to offset this damage is countering it with a strong protein treatment as it is the only thing that will bond to the hair to make it stronger. Along with a strong protein treatment you must not overlap the relaxer because you are further weakening the already damaged hair to the point of breakage. Stretching your relaxer is a good way to help make sure that you are not overlapping your hair. Another great thing about protein treatments is that it thickens the hair over time as it bonds to the hair. Below are some good product recommendations:

Ahopgee Green Tea Reconstructor

Hydratherma Protein Treatment

Secondly environmental damage is another form of damage that can affect the hair shaft. Environmental damage can come in the form of sun, wind, harsh winter elements. These three factors cause dryness. A great to way to combat this problem is to provide your hair with as much moisture as possible and seal in the moisture. Not only is that possible, but there are products with humectants that not only hold moist in the hair but, attract moisture to your hair. One good humectant would be glycerin. Below are some good products that have humectant abilities:

Lacio Lacio Leave-In Conditioner with Mink Oil!

Lacio Lacio Leave-In Conditioner

Lastly, overheating the hair is one the last major damaging effects on the hair shaft. High temperatures as you may know, severely damage the hair by drying the hair and causing longitude damage along the hair shaft splitting the hair fibers. The best solution to this problem is to not use heat at all. But if you are like most people, that is not an option. So to combat this problem a combination of all of the above product suggestions for the first two damaging factors stated above would do wonders for you hair. Below are those products again:

Lacio Lacio Leave-In Conditioner with Mink Oil!

Lacio Lacio Leave-In Conditioner

Ahopgee Green Tea Reconstructor

Hydratherma Protein Treatment

In conclusion there are many things that damage the hair shaft. But, they all tie into three main factors, environmental, chemical, and the overheating of hair. If you proactively and reactively fight these main factors you are on your way to long hair!

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