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Side effects of hair products on scalp and hair

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Most of us like using many hair styling products to stay updated and the hair to look beautiful. Hair sprays, hair styling gels, hair creams, various shampoo’s, conditioners, hair colors, hair straightening products, hair fibers etc. Today we will discuss how these products are quite harmful to our scalp and hairs. Our scalp is a sensitive skin zone which consists of hair follicles situated in the dermis layer of the skin. Its been noticed when we start using more of hair products on our scalp or avail services like hair straightening, re-bonding etc, we tend to loose lot of hairs and it becomes continuous due to the chemical reactions of the products on the scalp and hairs. Hair sprays helps us to manage the hair well providing a shining texture to the hairs due to the several chemicals used in the sprays, but the chemicals over a period of time start causing damage to the hair cuticles and also enters the cortex and the medulla part of the hairs causing hair breakage and lose of texture and life. The hair sprays also cause loss of moisture in the scalp skin and may sometime cause scalp itching and dandruff flakes. On the other hand hair styling gels are often seen to dehydrate the hair strands and makes the hair dry and frizzy like twigs which tends to break on minimum tensions or combing. Hair styling gels are also known for discoloring the hair strands and shows pre mature ageing and greying of hair strands. Hair creams used on the hairs are temporary hair moisturizers and need to be washed properly to prevent scalp burning and itching, sometimes it also causes redness on the scalp on regular usage. Shampoo’s containing more of sulphates to create more lather, dimethicone, formaldehyde and even chemical based artificial keratins tends to dehydrate the hairs making the hair drier and life less. Using sulphate free shampoos are better for scalp and always avoid perfume based shampoos and better to use natural herbal shampoos if you have a sensitive scalp skin to avoid side effects. Silicons used in form of dimethicone in the shampoos are known for clogging the scalp skin pores as stated by most of the Max hair clinic Aesthetic physicians. Using shampoo daily is not only harmful to the scalp but always for your hairs which tends to loose shine and texture and leads to hair fall. Undergoing Oxygen laser therapy, Cellpep PRP + and GFC Fibrin + procedures are the best remedies for healthy scalp, strong hairs, faster growing hair follicles and minimize hair loss. Hence use a mild shampoo and conditioner and never touch the condition post application on the scalp and rinse it off after a minutes time and undergo the essential hair loss and preventive treatments at all times to maintain your scalp and hairs. Always take an opinion from the Max hair clinic leading hair experts whether you should avail a hair straightening or coloring service to avoid unnecessary hair loss and scalp concerns.