Myths about hair
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1. Cutting Myths about hair
Myth: Cutting your hair frequently will make it grow faster.
Fact: Hair grows from the roots and not from the ends. Therefore regular or frequent trimming of hair will not have any effect on hair growth.
2. Washing Myths about hair
Myth: Hair should be washed everyday for hygiene and cleanliness.
Facts: Washing your hair too frequently will strip away all the natural oils from the scalp and result in frizz. This is also a great thing to remember while travelling to maintain your hair health.
3. Plucking Myths about hair
Myth: Plucking Grey Hair gives you more grey hair, to the point that soon all your hair would turn grey.
Fact: Plucking your grey hair will have no effect on increasing the number of grey hair. Number of hair follicles is pre determined.
4. Brushing Myths about hair
Myth: Brushing your hair for 200 Strokes will maintain its health and keep the blood flow in the scalp smooth.
Fact: Number of strokes do not matter. The goal should be to de-tangle the hair smoothly with the right brush and the right technique. Over brushing can cause hair breakage.
5. Shaving Myths about hair
Myth: Shaving your head makes hair grow faster and thicker.
Fact: It might feel like your hair is growing faster and thicker after shaving but it is just an illusion. There is no truth to this claim and shaving does not make the hair grow thicker.
6. Coloring Myths about hair
Myth: Coloring your hair will definitely damage it badly.
Fact: While this myth is not entirely a myth, there is some truth to it. The difference comes from the place from where you are getting your hair colored. There have been a lot of advancement in the hair styling industry. And now there are many ways of hair coloring that are not that bad for your hair.
7. Rinsing Myths about hair
Myth: Rinsing your hair with cold water will make it shiny and glossy.
Fact: There is some truth to this myth as well. Cold water can help seal the hair cuticles but it is not a miracle solution. The only long lasting way of achieving hair shine is a good conditioner or hair mask.
8. Oiling Myths about hair
Myth: Natural oils produced by your scalp are bad for you. They make your hair greasy and disgusting.
Fact: If you have a extremely oily scalp, your hair is most definitely going to look greasy but that can be fixed. However, natural oils produced by your scalp is very important for hair health. And a lack of it can cause hair damage.
9. Products Myths about hair
Myth: Using more products for hair health are good for your hair.
Fact: This is definitely not the truth. If you have the right product based on your hair type, the number of those products does not matter. IN fact, using way too many products can mess up your hair.
