Protect Your Hair While Experimenting With It (Styling)

There are various hairstyles like perm, color, curl and numerous haircuts, which give complete makeover to a person. In the modern world, people are quit eager to experiment with a new style. But at the back of their mind, they are apprehensive of its bad effects. These styling generally uses chemicals, which may damage the hair. Proper care should always be taken while experimenting with the new trendy style to stop the hair from getting damaged.

There are a number of equipments used on the hair, the most common of which is the blow dryer. It is used for drying as well as styling the hair temporarily. It blows hot air, which dries the wet hair and give a desired style, either curl or straight hair. But the use of blow dryer can be risky, and a few safety issues should be kept in mind before using it. While using the hair dryer you must always keep it 1 foot away from yourself. Setting should not be too hot as it may over dry the scalp, resulting in breakage of hair. While drying the hair, if you feel uncomfortable by the hot air, then it means that the setting is too hot and it needs to be readjusted. It is also important to keep in mind that before using the dryer, you must always condition your hair. Your hair becomes soft by conditioning and it becomes easy to manage it.

Perm is another style used very often these days. It is a process through which hair is curled. Some chemicals are applied to break the natural textural code of hair, which further alter the hair in such a way that its texture changes. The application of chemical is generally considered to be harmful for hair. It should be applied in as little quantity as possible. Moreover, it should not be applied on hair for a long period of time. There are a few other alternatives as well to get wavy and curly hair without the application of chemical, and should be used as much as possible to prevent any damage to hair caused by the chemicals. Hot rollers, waving iron and curling iron are some of the techniques that can be used safely for this purpose without causing any harm to the quality of hair.

Another style used quite extensively these days by people, especially women is application of wide range of color on the hair. There are various categories of hair color available in the market. Depending on the duration for which the hair color is effective on the hair, the types of chemicals used and its concentration vary. While applying the color, one should be extremely careful about the possible harmful effects of some of these chemicals.

Hair styling can do wonders to an individual’s personality, but if it goes wrong, it may damage the hair or even cause hair loss. While taking an extreme step in hair styling, one should always keep in mind that fashion keeps on changing and if the fashion conscious people are so obsessed with modifying their style with the every changing trend, it may eventually result in having no hair at all on the head.