Beautiful long hair has always been a dream for every woman. Though short hair is easy to manage, it is always the long, thick and shiny hair that has won open and secret admirers. No wonder the sale of artificial hair and hair fixing industry is at an all time boom. Many people believe visiting hair salons regularly is the secret for well kept and healthy hair. Yes, hair salons with their experience, knowledge, oils, creams and massages offer good nourishment and support for the hair to grow.
Those who visit salons regularly have a well maintained hair. The experts can check the split ends, check for dryness of scalp or hair and condition, and moisturize the hair for a healthy growth. Apart from the comfort of the salon, hair care from home is not a difficult affair at all. The following are a few simple tips that will help your hair grow naturally healthy and lustrous.
Balanced diet, plenty of water intake and sound sleep is the secret for a healthy body. Your lifestyle and your food habits and sleep patterns affect your hair. Students who burn the midnight lamp, often complain of rashes and pimples on their skin and hair fall. One of the main reasons behind this is the improper sleep pattern, and unhealthy habits that keeps them awake during exam periods. Eating good food that is balanced with all the nutrients and vitamins (A, B, C, and K), minerals, iron and calcium is the best solution to trigger or stimulate a healthy hair growth. Your diet must contain green leafy vegetables, salads, fruits and milk. Drinking as much as 9 to 10 glasses of water per day helps detoxification. Removal of the unwanted toxins is a must for proper absorption of the natural nutrients that directly promote hair growth.
Moisturizing and massaging the scalp daily helps the pores to open and improve the blood circulation. You can use the hair oil of your choice. Many hair experts advice medicated oils. Tinctures of arnica, jaborandi, thuja etc are known for their action on scalp and hair. Adding drops of these tinctures to the hair oil and massaging on the scalp daily helps eliminate dryness of scalp, and dandruff for a clean and nourished scalp.
You can also apply a paste of yogurt and soaked fenugreek seeds. It is a good solution to treat dandruff. Egg is a good hair conditioner. Egg yolk is an excellent source of protein that is rich with essential fatty acids and vitamins to nourish the hair scalp and also prevent dandruff. It offers shine and glaze to the hair for a lustrous, smoother and softer feel. Hair care from home is simple and easy, and very cheap compared to hair care at salons.