I looooove a good hair treatment. Give me the deep conditioning mask, the latest clarifying scalp treatment or a gloss coat, I want them all. It's actually surprising, given the amount of time I spend with a flat iron or hot tool in hand; I never tried a Keratin smoothing treatment.....until now. Two kids later and my hair developed a few "new waves" in unwelcome locations. I like my hair smooth and polished and the weird sections of frizz were manageable (until you stepped outside in humidity or rain), but annoying. When I arrived for my April cut- my stylist, Jovan had just finished a Saphira Keratin smoothing treatment on his guest, and her hair was enviably smooth and soft looking. He explained...
Water accounts for about 25% of the weight of a single hair strand.
Ensuring that you drink enough water energizes and supports hair growth all the way from the scalp to the ends of the hair strand.
Dehydration can cause hair to stop growing. Your hair roots, are the only pipeline that water is supplied from the body to your hair so to put it simply; if you want your postpartum hair to grow back; you need to be drinking enough water.
But how much is actually enough?
One of the biggest haircare mistakes (even if you didn't recently deliver and are experiencing unprecedented hair fall) is brushing wet hair. Over-brushing, in general, can cause breakage; but brushing hair that is wet, now that's one of the worst damage-inducing things you can do to your strands. Here's why: Hair is weakest when it’s wet, and wet hair is more prone to tangling. Postpartum shower scaries can already result from seeing hair fall; but to minimize breakage on top of that and to prevent shower-induced snarls, give your hair a brush before hopping in. Now if you are adamant and like to brush in the shower or feel it's the only way to detangle, then lather on the deep conditioner...
You may have noticed that your scalp started to itch during pregnancy or postpartum.
With hormone levels raised our scalps become engorged with liquids and this can cause a tingling, painful sensation in the nerve along with severe itchiness.
Sebum is the oil produced on our scalps and the increase in hormones can cause it to increase as well.
Those with greasy scalps postpartum are also more prone to sensitivities that include itch, and even some pain, as the hair shaft can become plugged.
Getting sebum production under control is important for relieving itchiness, and here's how to do it.
Straight to suddenly curly? Formerly the queen of curls and now left with a limp wave? Hair texture change can happen during or after pregnancy - and tbh no one is really talking about it so, what gives?
