1. Your hair is coarse and dull
A lack of softness and shine is often a sign of dry, dehydrated hair. The reasons? Hard water, harsh shampoos and styling products, or repeated use of heated appliances, which tend to make hair porous. Looser cuticles allow water to escape, giving it a rough, dull appearance.
The best thing to do is use moisturizing shampoos that lock in moisture deep into the fiber, especially those with aloe vera. Finish each wash with a treatment, conditioner, or mask that will provide nutrition, i.e., the lipids needed to cement the scales and ensure the hair's waterproofness.
2. Your scalp is irritated
Red patches, dandruff, itching... Pay attention to the condition of your scalp, the starting point for strong, thick hair. A protective barrier and thermal insulator, the scalp is like a factory, containing more than 100,000 hairs that grow at an average rate of 1.27 cm per month. The hair follicles that produce keratin ensure the fiber's strength, the bulb collects the nutrients and oxygen necessary for hair growth from the blood, and the sebaceous glands lubricate the hair shaft to protect it. The end result: the very young fiber is beautiful with tightly adhered scales from root to tip. The problem? Since skin renewal is twice as fast as the rest of the skin, it is twice as sensitive to imbalances caused by pollution, UV rays, combing, or chemical ingredients.
The good idea: provide the scalp with all the nutrients it needs through a balanced, healthy and varied diet , and a three-month supplementation based on probiotics, biotin, folic acid and rice protein rich in amino acids. Our favorite: Hair & Scalp Boost .
It's even better if you make sure to massage your scalp with a scalp brush while shampooing to remove dead cells and impurities while promoting blood circulation.
3. You lack volume
As we age, from the ages of 45-50, we often notice a loss of hair mass and a slowdown in the regrowth cycle. The reason is to be found in the slowing blood flow to the scalp and around the hair follicles. Less well irrigated, the bulb receives less oxygen and nutrients such as vitamins and trace elements arrive in smaller quantities.
Result: the hair fiber loses thickness and its diameter decreases. It is then necessary to plan to take food supplements internally to provide the body with a maximum of nutrients and antioxidants essential for good hair health .
Also, be sure to massage your scalp morning and evening to activate microcirculation, by using a brush that is both detangling and massaging, such as La Petite Brosse N°04 Aime x La Bonne Brosse. Made from 100% ultra-fine balled nylon fibers, it ensures gentle detangling of all hair types, even the most difficult. Its soft, massaging fibers are designed to stimulate the scalp's numerous blood vessels to nourish the bulb with nutrients, right from the root. Your hair, freed from dead skin and residue from styling products or pollution, is sheathed and vibrant with health.
4. You lose a lot of hair
It's normal to lose between 50 and 150 hairs per day all year round. This loss can also increase in the fall. The cause? Our hormones. In spring and summer, the sun's rays increase the secretion of hormones that ensure hair growth, so much so that by the fall season, the hair appendages that have reached the end of their cycle end up falling out. This is completely normal from a physiological point of view. However, if the loss persists beyond four to six weeks, seek advice from your hairdresser and your dermatologist, a skin and scalp specialist. Various factors can cause this phenomenon, from poor diet to stress to metabolic or hormonal health problems.
5. Your lengths are brittle
Small hairs of different lengths, split ends, frizz... What if your fibers were simply brittle? If your hair is around 30 cm long, know that your ends have reached the age of two and a half. Older hair is therefore more fragile. Over time and through repeated aggression, the hair cuticle gradually loses its lipids and in particular its ceramides. If we had a microscope, we would see the scales separating from each other. Inside, the cortex, less well protected, gradually cracks, losing its constituent proteins to the point of making the hair easily brittle. In the final stage, there are only bundles of keratin at the ends of the hair, hence the appearance of split ends.
The right thing to do? Trim your ends regularly, of course, but also systematically use a heat protectant before each blow-dry or blow-dry. A touch of oil on the lengths nourishes the hair while creating an anti-aggression shield on the surface.
