Whether you realize it or not, there are various habits that actually can cause you hair loss.
The thing is we’ve might do it on daily basis without realizing the impact. If this habits continuous, it will lead and cause early hair loss.
So if you don’t want your loss to get worse, take a look on below habits that you should stop in order to stop hair loss!
1. Rubbing Hair Too Hard With Towel
In the wet condition, the hair cuticles will enlarge, making it more likely that the hair will break and fall out.
Therefore, be careful when drying and combing your hair. We recommend that you avoid drying your hair by rubbing it too tightly with a towel.
This will cause friction on the hair and towels which can damage the hair cuticles. It is enough to dry your hair by gently patting it, then wrapping it in a towel.
2. Take a Hot Shower
According to the research, taking a hot shower can reduce the hair’s natural oil, dry out the skin and pores of the head, which can lead to the hair root damage.
Damage to the hair roots will make your hair dry and brittle, making it easier for hair to break and fall out.
Therefore, try not to shower too often and wash your hair using hot water. If you have to take a shower with hot water, just pour hot water on your body. Meanwhile for your head, just use a plain water.
3. Tying Hair Too Tight
Tightly ponying your hair will put too much pressure on the hair follicles, which is certainly not good for the health of the hair follicles.
Even excess pressure on the follicle can cause injury which can cause permanent damage and prevent the hair from growing.
Therefore, you should avoid tying your hair too often and tightly, especially when sleeping.
Tying your hair while the hair is still wet is also not recommended as it will trigger the growth of fungi that can cause an infection on the scalp.
4. Use a High Temperature Hair Styling Tools
Do you use hair dryers, straighteners and hair curlers frequently? Notice that your hair always falls out?
This is because the heat generated by the styling tools can damage the protein in the hair, leaving the hair cuticles unprotected. This cuticle damage will eventually reduce moisture on the scalp and hair, which in turn makes hair more prone to loss.
We recommend that you reduce the use of hair styling tools that produce heat. Just use it for 2 or 3 times a week, and keep it at the lowest temperature. And don’t forget to always apply hair vitamins to protect your hair from drying out due to hot temperatures.
5. The Wrong Diet
The wrong diet will make the body lack essential nutrients which is protein. Due to a lack of protein, the body will take up the protein in the hair, which in turn will make the hair fall out and get thinner.
Even though you are on a diet program, you should still calculate and meet the nutritional intake you need every day. Foods that are rich in protein, such as fish and nuts, will keep your hair thick and avoid hair loss problems.
6. Scratching Your Head
Itching sensation that appears on the scalp sometimes makes our hands impatient to scratch it. But this habit can actually be the cause of hair loss.
Scratching your head can cause damage to your cuticles, which can lead to hair loss.
If your scalp feels itchy, you better look for the cause of the itching so you can handle it the right way.
If the itching is caused by dandruff, read this 14 Easy and Practical Ways to Remove Dandruff at Home
7. Stress
Mental health can also affects hair health. Usually, hair will start to fall out and thin out when you are under pressure and stress.
This situation is even more severe in men. When men experience stress, hormone production will increase, especially the hormones testosterone and dihydrotestosterone.
These two hormones will seep into the hair shaft and cause thinning. In the end, the hair becomes damaged and falls out, and can even lead to permanent baldness.
To reduce stress, check out 15 Effective & Simple Ways to Relieve Stress.
8. Too Seldom or Too Frequent Shampooing
Rarely washing your hair will cause the fungus to thrive on your scalp, which makes it easier for your hair to fall out.
In addition, the fungus that accumulates on the scalp can clog the hair follicles so that hair growth is inhibited.
Too often shampooing is also not good for hair health as it can reduce the production of natural oils in the hair. Eventually the hair will become dry and fall out more easily.
Therefore, just wash it once a day, no need to wash it every time you shower.
9. Combing Top to Bottom
This habit is probably the thing you do most often, and it cause hair loss!
It may seem trivial, but the habit of combing your hair from top to bottom will actually worsen your hair loss, especially when your hair is frizzy.
We recommend that you comb the bottom of the hair first until it is no longer tangled, then comb from the top. In addition, avoid combing your hair while the hair is still wet. Dry it first by aerating it.
10. Smoking
Apart from disturbing the health of the body such as the heart and lungs, smoking can also cause hair loss. This is because smoking will cause circulation in the blood vessels to not smooth so that blood production to the hair follicles is also obstructed.
If you’re struggling to quit smoke, read our post 10 Tips from Former Smoker on How to Quit Smoking.
Bottom Line
To sum up, that’s all the habits that will cause you hair loss. Let us know in the comment section, how many habits above that you frequently do? Well, you should reduce it by now if you don’t want to get bald soon!
