Splitting hairs over split ends?
Blame heat and chemical damage.
Snip them away, and prevent future
frays with regular trims and deep-
conditioning treatments.
a c c e ssib le tr e a tm e n t is m in o x id il,
a v a ila b le o n c h e m is t’s sh e lv e s in 2%
v e rsio n s. (M in to p is a p o p u la r b ra n d
in In d ia .) “B u t it is te m p o r a r y a s th e
r e s u lts la s t o n ly a s lo n g a s y o u u s e it.
You h a v e to u s e it re g u la rly , e v e ry day,
tw ic e a d a y fo r th e r e s t o f y o u r life ,”
say s D r D h ir. A lso , it ta k e s a lm o s t
six m o n th s b e fo re yo u s ta r t n o tic in g
a n y im p ro v e m e n t. (B e a r in m in d : a
m in o x id il s o lu tio n is a v a ila b le o n ly o n
a d o c to r ’s p re s c rip tio n .)
I n so m e c a se s, “L a s e rs a lso sh o w
p ro m is e in tr e a tin g th in n in g h a ir,”
say s D r D h ir. “ L a s e r tr e a tm e n t
in c re a s e s th e b lo o d su p p ly to th e
sc a lp , m a k in g it h e a lth ie r. B u t m in d
y ou, th is m ig h t sto p th e p ro b le m in its
tra c k b u t w ill n o t re v e rs e it,” h e ad d s.
C h e c k w ith a c e rtifie d h a ir c lin ic o r a
d e rm a to lo g is t fo r o p tio n s.
ISSUE FRIZZ
SOLUTION
F riz z re s e m b le s th e
b e a s t in a h o r r o r flick (cu e m e n a c in g
m u sic): w h e n y o u le a s t e x p e c t it,
h a ir s ta r ts to e x p a n d a n d ta k e s o n a
life o f its o w n . S o u n d fa m ilia r? T h is
tra n s fo rm a tio n c o m e s a b o u t b e c a u s e
y o u r h a ir is m u c h d r ie r th a n th e air,
a n d lik e a n a rid sp o n g e , it so p s u p
w h a te v e r m o is tu re it e n c o u n te rs .
T h e c o u n te r-in tu itiv e fix, th e re fo re ,
is m o re m o is tu re to m a k e s u re
y o u r h a i r is n ’t th irs ty . T h is m e a n s
u s in g c o n d itio n e rs w ith a m in o
a c id s ( p ro te in -ric h p ro d u c ts ) a n d
n o u ris h in g o ils (av o cad o , a lm o n d )
a n d a v o id in g p ro d u c ts th a t c o n ta in
alc o h o l. T ry K ie h l’s O live F ru it O il
N o u ris h in g S h a m p o o (R s 1 ,2 9 0 /2 5 0
m l) a n d O live F r u it O il C o n d itio n e r
(R s 1 ,1 5 0 /2 0 0 m l). T h e s e c o m e
e n ric h e d w ith a lm o n d a n d olive
e x tr a c ts —b o th g o o d fo r y o u r h a ir. T h e
fin a l s te p is to se a l th e c u tic le , lo c k in g
in th e m o is tu re w ith a fin is h in g
p ro d u c t su c h a s M a trix B iolage H a ir
S m o o th in g S e ru m fo r d ry , f riz z y h a ir
(R s 2 1 5 /1 0 0 m l). P ro fe ss io n a l in -s a lo n
s m o o th in g tr e a tm e n ts fro m re p u ta b le
lin e s, in c lu d in g L’O ré a l P ro fe ss io n n e l
H a ir S p a N o u ris h in g C re a m B a th ,
o ffe r lo n g e r-la s tin g o p tio n s fo r th e
friz z -p h o b ic . T h e tr e a tm e n t in c lu d e s
u s in g a m ix o f s p e c ia liz e d c re a m a n d a
c o n c e n tra te , a n d m a s s a g in g it in to th e
sc a lp o v e r a s e rie s o f sittin g s , till th e
h a ir c o n d itio n im p ro v e s. “S m o o th in g
tr e a tm e n ts c re a te a th in , p ro te c tiv e
la y e r a ro u n d e a c h s tr a n d to k e e p th e
h a ir fro m b e n d in g b a c k o v e r o n to
its e lf a n d friz z in g u p ,” say s B ritn e y
H u in k ie r, P re s id e n t o f B ra z ilia n
B lo w o u t, a h a irc a r e b ra n d in th e US.
ISSUE FLAT, LIFELESS LOCKS
SOLUTION
F act: in o u r 4 0 s, th e
d ia m e te r o f th e h a ir s h a ft b e g in s to
s h rin k , re s u ltin g in finer, m o re fra g ile
s tra n d s . C o u p le th a t w ith th e n u m b e r
o f w o m e n e x p e rie n c in g s h e d d in g
a n d th in n in g h a ir, a n d it c o m e s as
n o s u rp ris e th a t s to re sh e lv e s a re
c ra m m e d w ith v o lu m e e n h a n c in g
p r o d u c ts w ith lo fty c la im s. A n d
th e y w o rk .
.. u n til th e y d o n ’t. T h a t’s
b e c a u s e m a n y o f th e s e p ro d u c ts
c re a te v o lu m e w ith g lu e s a n d sp ra y s
th a t lift a n d h o ld h a ir. A s th e d a y
w e a rs o n a n d y o u g o o u tsid e , e x p o s e
it to th e e le m e n ts, p u t o n a h a t, e v e n
to u c h y o u r h a ir, th o s e g lu e s flake o ff
a n d h a ir d e fla te s. In s te a d , n o u ris h
m
m
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y o u r h a ir w ith p ro d u c ts m e a n t fo r
lim p h a ir. T h e B o d y S h o p P o p p y se e d
O il R e v iv in g M a sk (R s 7 4 5 /2 0 0
m l) u s e d o n c e o r tw ic e a w e e k w ill
s tr e n g th e n th e h a ir. O n a r e g u la r
b a sis, s e le c t a h a irc a r e re g im e m e a n t
fo r m a tu r e h a ir. O rifla m e H a ir X
A n ti-A g e in g S h a m p o o (R s 2 2 9 /2 5 0
m l) a n d C o n d itio n e r (R s 2 2 9 /2 5 0 m l)
a r e e n ric h e d w ith P ro V ita m in a n d
p ro m is e to s tr e n g th e n h a ir a n d a d d
s h in e a n d m o is tu re to it.
ISSUE ITCHING AND FLAKING
SOLUTION
I t m a y s o u n d in d u lg e n t, b u t
y o u m ig h t w a n t to re c o n s id e r sc a lp
m a ssa g e s. “P e o p le n e g le c t th e sc a lp
a n d fo c u s all th e ir a tte n tio n o n th e
h a ir,” sa y s P h ilip K in g sley , a n o te d
tric h o lo g is t e x p e rie n c e d in h a ir a n d
sc a lp h e a lth . “B u t th e tr u t h is: w ith
a h e a lth y sc a lp c o m e s h e a lth y h a ir.”
T h e sk in o n y o u r h e a d is so m e o f th e
th ic k e s t o n th e body, w ith o n e oil
g la n d fo r e v e ry h a i r follicle. A lth o u g h
flak e s a re o fte n a ttr ib u te d to d ry n e s s ,
K in g sle y says th e y ’r e a c tu a lly c a u s e d
b y oil. H e re c o m m e n d s tr e a tin g th e
a re a w ith a sc a lp m a sk th a t e x fo lia te s
(th e sa m e w a y y o u ’d s c ru b aw a y
d e a d sk in c e lls o n y o u r face) a n d
s tim u la te s th e h a i r follicle. L’O ré al
S e n si B a la n c e S c a lp C a re th e ra p ie s
a v a ila b le in sa lo n s m ig h t b e o f h elp .
T h e s e w ill c le a n se , p u rify , a n d
m a in ta in th e h e a lth o f y o u r sc a lp
rid d in g it o f flak e s a n d o th e r c o m m o n
p ro b le m s. A t h o m e , m a ssa g e y o u h a ir
w ith K a m a A y u rv e d a B rin g a d i H a ir
T re a tm e n t O il. E n ric h e d w ith n a tu ra l
in g re d ie n ts , it w ill lo o se n flak es fro m
th e sc a lp a n d re lie v e itc h in g . £b
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