I had been having pretty bad hair days lately. It started few months back with massive heartbreaking hairfall. It was so bad that my husband got scared thinkingΒ I was suffering from something seriousΒ and fixedΒ a doctor’s appointment. And my long hair made it look even more scary.Β I, on the other hand was distraught, afraid of combing my hair more than once. Imagine, how homelessΒ I must have looked during those days. Thankfully, the blood tests came out normal. The doctor only said that it could be a cycle that would be over after few weeks. Took about two months for the hairfall to stop. By that time I had changed most of my hair products and lost a good volume too.
Have you noticed how harsh the shampoos have become these days? Even the brands that IΒ had been using for a major part of myΒ life have started causing all sorts of problems. Take for example Dove. I hadΒ been a regular user of Dove products. But last year, I started suffering fromΒ regularΒ forehead acne after every hair wash. In an attempt to find the reason, this resulted in me limiting my dairy intake, changingΒ face wash and soaps, even pillows. But the darn acne kept coming back. And then I changed my shampoo. Tada … forehead acne stopped cropping up.
Frankly, hair care is becoming tough every day, specially for long hair. Sunsilk, Garnier, Tresemme, Pantene – all are crossed out in my list. They all work great for the first few months, but after that their effect starts wearing off and hair starts becoming rough and dry. Β I wonder if anyone else faced similar situation?
These days I wash my hair withΒ L’Oreal shampoo, and that, actually is one of the few affordable options left for me. The aisle in the supermarket looks so promising, it makes you envisage a dream of having gorgeous stress-free mane. I, myself, sometimes get dazzledΒ byΒ their glorious descriptions and hi-techΒ terminologies. Β But, at the end of the day, I come back home, warm some coconut oil and apply a good potion to the roots. It worked for me when I was young, and I really hope that it keeps working in future.
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DoΒ share your hair care tips in the comment section.
Oh, sorry to hear that. Although I didn’t suffer from harsh hairfall, but I did suffer from skin irritation, and like you, I discovered the reason was the shampoo I was using. Now I mostly use natural hair care products.
Coconut oil is great, but I also recommend you to use olive oil mask (even homemade), it really boost my hair growth and thickness.
You have such beautiful hair π
Tips? Well, I am the most careless with hair. Luckily, my genes have saved me till date. I don’t even comb. That’s how easy the maintenance is for me.
Shampoos are harsh but you need to find one that suits you – hard or mild, herbal or chemical.
I have heard egg is good to build strength but never tried π
you lucky you… I am so jealous… yeah shampoos have become very harsh these days. Difficult to pick a good one.
Thank you π
Oh! Raj… It felt as if you were speaking my mind! I have tried every product on the market, every hair serum, every natural ingredient but nothing works! And I am now trying to coming to terms with the fact that my hair quality won’t change. They won’t grow and maybe in some years, I’ll go balled!
You have such luscious thick hair! Take good care of them π
Touchwood..
Cheers
thank you Geetika. Yeah, even I have come in terms that my frizzy hair will remain so no matter what I do π
My hair falls a lot too, don’t know why. You have gorgeous hair – so sorry to hear about the problems. Oiling once in a while really seems to be the best way to go, to fix the issues caused by shampoos.
Thank you Sreeja, yes oiling helps as my hair is dry too.
I have been having sevre acne problems on my face last few weeks. NEver bothered to look into chaning my shampoo.. Looks like I need to do this!! But yes, all shampoos are the same and they do nothing but damage your hair over a period of time!!!!
yeah, check your shampoo too. It came as a surprise to me. Hope your acne gets cured soon.
You have such long lovely hair:-) Happy you found a good way to treat it. I.m happy with my hair too. And not a fan of wearing a cap or anything on it… love the feeling when the wind “grabs it” and feel lucky that it can. oil or hair-butter in the edges- that’s what I am depended of…
I love the feel too… except it gets really messy though π
I will read more on hair butter. Sounds really good. Thank you Eli.