Women who desire to be beautiful almost always start with their hair. There is nothing like a head of soft, fluffy hair that looks thick and full of body. Hair like that always catches the eye. Thin and lanky hair that lies flat against the scalp rarely if ever looks flattering.
To achieve this full-bodied look, women resort to using various products – shampoo, conditioners and styling aids. Subjecting the hair to chemical treatments like coloring, bleaching and perming also results to this. Blow-drying the hair also fluffs it out. Unfortunately, too much of these products and processes can lead to hair damage as well. Each strand of our hair is made up of cuticles covered with scales. These scales are responsible for protecting the hair from damage. Ideally, these scales are supposed to lie flat against the cuticle, but when the hair is permed, bleached or colored, the chemicals involved in the process open up these scales to treat the hair inside as well.
The open scales cause the hair to fluff out,
making the hair look thicker and fuller. This is also what happens when
the hair is exposed to heat from blow-drying or using hair irons and
curlers. The danger to having the scales of the hair open, though, is
added vulnerability of the hair to chemical build-up, as well as to
probable damage of the cuticle from ultraviolet rays, leading to
dryness, frizzing and split ends.
Perming and coloring may seem like a quick fix for thicker hair, but it will prove harmful in the end. Thick and fluffed-out hair is not beautiful hair if it is not healthy. So how does one get thick and full-bodied hair that is also glowing with health? The first step to this is using a good volumizer shampoo. Like the chemicals used in perming and coloring, voluminousness also enter the scales and cause them to open up and pad the hair with substance. But unlike perming chemicals and dyes, shampoos also have ingredients that are formulated to protect the hair’s cuticle. Having thick hair is not just a dream, and neither is it anexpensive and difficult reality. Be creative and keep your hairhealthy! Also see: Curly Hair Rules |