What to do if hair is dry and brittle

Few women will not worry if the hair will suddenly become dry and brittle. To hair regain density, elasticity and Shine, you need to reconsider your diet and delight your hair with additional care.

Food for healthy hair

Breakage and dryness of hair may indicate that your diet lacks essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Please note that on your table was often present cheese, milk, cottage cheese, sea fish and seafood, eggs, fresh vegetables, nuts, figs, bananas, grapes, cereals, citrus fruits, spinach, avocado, and beans. Drink more water – at least 2 liters a day.

Eliminate foods with flavor enhancers, chemical additives and preservatives. A large amount of sugar in the diet can trigger not only obesity and diabetes, but also hair loss. Dryness and fragility of hair also cause excessive consumption of alcohol and coffee, Smoking.

Caring for dry and brittle hair

Try to eliminate all the factors that can aggravate the problems with the hair. Do not expose them to low temperatures, but in the heat shield from the drying sunlight.

Hair comb, preferably wooden combs or brushes with natural bristles. Good for dry hair and silicone ridges – they don't electrify hair and gently massage scalp.

Wash hair with warm water, dry the hair in a natural way and at least temporarily refrain from styling products. Choose a shampoo with beneficial for dry and brittle hair ingredients: decoctions of herbs, oils of wheat germ and jojoba oils, vitamins, white clay, brewer's yeast, henna, lecithin, glycerin, silk proteins, aloe juice. And be sure to use a leave-in conditioner that restores the hair structure and creates a protective layer.

Hair treatment

Twice a week treat dry hair homemade masks. An excellent result gives a mask with honey and olive oil. 1 tablespoon liquid honey mixed with egg yolk and 2 tablespoons olive oil cold pressed. The mixture was spread over the entire length of hair and wrap head. Rinse after 30-60 minutes.

To improve the condition of the hair can help decoctions of nettle, Hypericum, calendula and chamomile. Prepare 100 ml of broth of one or two herbs, let it cool down, add the egg yolk and a tablespoon compressed yeast. In an hour, when yeast rises, add in the mask a tablespoon of burdock oil. Apply mixture to hair and wrap head. Rinse can in half an hour.

If to cope with skin dryness and brittle hair, call the beauty salon, which will offer you a range of treatments aimed at treating and restoring hair. Among the most popular and effective for dry hair – haircut hot scissors, pinafores (treatment by fire), ampoule treatment, laminating, ozone therapy.