What does hair health care include?

Hair health care actually covers three levels, from daily home care, professional hospital care to medical-grade intervention. The core is centered around the three core dimensions of scalp barrier, hair shaft health, and hair follicle activity. It is not just "hair washing and massage" as everyone thinks.

Speaking of which, I had misunderstandings about hair care before. I bleached my hair three times in the past two years. The ends of my hair were as dry as grass, but my head was so oily that I had to wash it every other day, and my hair kept falling out. At that time, I thought that an expensive shampoo would solve the problem. However, I spent thousands on various Internet celebrity shampoos, and my hair loss became more serious. I went to a hospital for a scalp test and found out that I had a damaged scalp barrier and extensive damage to the hair scales, which could not be repaired by just using shampoo for a short period of time.

In fact, the most basic maintenance items are cleaning, hair care, and scalp massage that everyone does every day, but many people do it wrong. For example, there is a lot of debate about whether you can wash your hair every day. There is still no unified conclusion in the industry. My friend who is a dermatologist said that if you have oily skin and strong sebum secretion in summer, it is perfectly fine to wash your hair with a mild amino acid shampoo every day. However, if you do not wash your hair for three or four days, the oil will block the opening of the hair follicles, which can easily induce seborrheic dermatitis and worsen hair loss. ； But if you have dry and sensitive skin, washing once every two or three days is enough. Washing too frequently will damage the sebum film that protects the scalp. I used to rub my scalp with a powerful oil-removing silicone-free shampoo every day. Later, I switched to lathering in warm water and gently massaging it with my fingertips for 1 minute. I also used a hair mask to wrap the ends of my hair for 10 minutes after washing my hair. After half a month, most of my scalp itching problem disappeared.

If after a month or two of adjustment at home, you still have problems with recurring dandruff, a significant increase in hair loss, and frizzy hair ends no matter how much you care for it, you can try professional care from a hospital. The deep scalp cleansing I did last time was quite comfortable. It was not a rough exfoliation. I used a weakly acidic dissolving solution for a few minutes to slowly dissolve the grease plugs blocking the hair follicles, and then gently rinsed it away with high-pressure water. After the treatment, my scalp felt lighter when I touched it, and even subsequent oil production was much slower. There is also hair shaft protein filling for permed and dyed hair. Don’t confuse it with the straightening protein correction. Nowadays, many people say that protein correction damages hair. In fact, they confuse the styling protein correction with the maintenance protein filling. Regular filling uses hydrolyzed small molecule protein, which can get into the gaps of the hair cuticles to fill in the missing parts. My previously bleached hair broke a handful when I combed it. After doing it twice, there was almost no breakage after combing my hair. Oh, yes, there is also the highly controversial scalp microneedle. Some people say it is an anti-hair loss project, and some people say it is purely an IQ tax. In fact, it is essentially a tool to "open the absorption channel." If you have androgenetic alopecia or alopecia areata, you need to use it with minoxidil or a special nutrient solution, which can indeed improve the absorption efficiency. However, if you just have oily dandruff, it is completely unnecessary to do this, and it may also hurt your sensitive scalp.

If you have obvious problems such as widening of hair seams or alopecia areata, you have to go to the dermatology department of a regular hospital for medical-grade maintenance, such as low-energy laser treatment, PRP hair follicle nutrition injection, etc., which are all effective projects supported by clinical data. Do not go to a beauty salon without qualifications. What are the "stem cell hair growth" and "ancestral hair growth injections" that the hospital does? I met a young lady during a follow-up visit at the dermatology department. She spent more than 30,000 yuan on the so-called stem cell hair growth at the beauty salon. Her hair did not grow back, but instead she developed several pustules on her scalp. It took almost two months to heal.

Having said that, it is best to do a professional scalp test before choosing a care program, just like getting a skin test first if you have allergies. Don’t follow the trend and buy Internet celebrity products or follow Internet celebrity programs. Only by adapting to your own scalp and hair quality can you truly take care of your skin effectively.