Why hair aging occurs and how to deal with it

Why hair aging occurs

Check out this list and see if you have any of the signs of hair aging!
What to do if, after all the winter tests, your hair refuses to match the glossy ideal, becomes brittle and dull? What are the signs of hair aging to watch out for if you want magazine cover-worthy hair?

Loss of shine and elasticity

The first sign that you need to devote more attention to your hair is associated with skin aging. With age, the nutrition of the hair through the bulb decreases, micro circulation in the epidermis is disturbed and long hair loses its quality. In addition, the secretion of the sebaceous glands is also reduced, so long hair loses moisture more easily and can easily become dry and brittle, especially at the ends.

Of course, dry skin can begin not only due to any age, but also external factors, such as dry air from batteries in the winter or intense exposure to ultraviolet radiation in the summer season.

Gray Hair

Gray hair is the first to be associated with aging hair. However, how early and how much gray hair will appear depends primarily on genetics, the amount of stress and quality of nutrition, and only then – directly on age. Therefore, if gray hair appears in a significant amount before the age of 30, this is an occasion to reconsider your lifestyle and, possibly, contact a trichologist. In other cases, alas, there are practically no people who would eventually avoid the loss of hair pigmentation. Therefore, either accept these changes as another part of yourself, or choose the right dye for you.

When choosing a color, we advise you to take into account that bright shades basically do not paint over gray hair by 100% and are quickly washed off from hairs without pigment. Therefore, if you want to hide gray hair with high quality, your paint should contain an additional shade of the natural range: beige, light brown (numbers 0 and 7 in the paint color number).

Hair loss

Scientifically, a decrease in the density of hair is called alopecia. Unfortunately, sometimes this process falls on your head like a thunder from a clear sky, bald patches may even form. In this case, most often the cause is beriberi and stress, during which the body uses the incoming micro and macro elements where they are needed, ignoring the needs of the hair as not vital.

Hair loss occurs due to the fact that no more than 30 hairs grow from the follicle in a lifetime, while the total number of follicles does not change. Along with the change in the quality of the skin, the growing hairs also become weaker and less viable, more prone to breakage and loss.

The problem of alopecia should be solved by experienced trichologists who can analyze the results of tests for trace elements, hormones and, if necessary, prescribe appropriate vitamin complexes, hormonal therapy or physiotherapeutic methods of exposure (pulsed current) to activate new dormant follicles.

What to do to prevent all types of hair aging?

Get the right diet. “We are what we eat” is a saying that is relevant in all areas of health. With a variety of diets and an emphasis on low-cooked meals, you have every chance of getting most of the micronutrients you need in your diet, and quality fats in your diet are very important. In this case, even if some kind of stress befalls you, the body will be able to actively resist it without harming the hair.

Drink water. Yes, this advice seems banal, but it depends on the efficiency of the sweat glands in a sufficient amount of incoming clean water. The healthier your skin, the healthier your hair.

Limit exposure to blow dryers, flat irons, and hair styling products. It is no secret that all of them make the hair shaft more porous, heterogeneous, because of this, it easily loses natural moisture, dries out and breaks.

Do regular massage and hair masks . Both procedures will not take you much time, but will save you from many problems. Massages and scalp masks with active ingredients such as essential oils stimulate blood flow and improve microcirculation. And hair masks will help to “smooth” the scales of hairs, form a protective shell on their surface, acting as a barrier from aggressive external influences.