The treatment of brittle hair
The right therapy is derived from its cause. If the hair or its sebaceous glands are too stressed by frequent washing, increased sunlight, heating air, hair dryer, etc., the glands should be given a break from time to time. Moisturizing shampoos and refattening agents are suitable for this.
In addition, the use of conditioner or hair conditioner is recommended as well as soft natural brushes. Furthermore, it is helpful not to wash your hair every day, because every wash degreases the scalp and hair. Doing without a hair dryer, straightening iron or curling iron is another measure to protect the hair from additional stress.
A regular scalp massage can also help, because it promotes the blood circulation of the scalp and thus indirectly stimulates sebum production. However, if the cause is not due to external stress, but is an expression of malnutrition, the symptom can only be eliminated if the respective deficiency is eliminated. If the body has too few B vitamins or biotin at its disposal, one should consume more liver, pulses, wheat germ, yeast, nuts and powdered milk, as these contain all the important vitamins of the B complex in particularly high amounts.
If necessary, drug therapy and biotin-containing preparations can be used. However, these vitamin deficiencies are practically non-existent in the western industrial nations. Exceptions are listed in the chapter “Causes”.
In the case of iron deficiency, the easiest way to replace (substitute) it is with tablets, but it is also contained especially in meat, but also in wheat bran, pumpkin seeds, linseed, sesame and generally in legumes. Foods that are particularly high in zinc include meat, cheese, milk and eggs. The zinc contained in cereal products is less easily absorbed from the intestines in low-protein diets.
If a medicinal administration of zinc is necessary, it should be borne in mind that the zinc utilization in the intestine is worse when iron preparations are administered at the same time. If there is a copper deficiency, one can try to get a grip on it by means of targeted nutrition. If this does not succeed, a drug therapy is recommended.
Copper is found particularly in whole grain products, oat flakes, wheat germ, pulses, dried fruit, nuts, sunflower seeds, liver and dried yeast. If one suffers from hypothyroidism, the thyroid hormones cannot be produced in sufficient quantities by the body and have to be supplied from outside by tablets. Unfortunately, there is no getting around medication in this case.
To counteract the brittle hair, hair treatments can also be made prophylactically from simple household remedies, which by applying over a constant period of time the hair gets its moisture back. The basic remedy here is oil, which has a refatting effect on the hair. It should only be used on wet hair, as oil alone dries the hair.
It is particularly suitable for the jojoba, argan, coconut or olive oil. This depends on the hair texture. On the damp hair the oil is massaged in and best left for a few hours to take effect.
Then the hair can be washed and the oil rinsed out. Especially effective are self-produced hair treatments consisting of various combinations of household products. These include: Basic means remains however always the oil.
- Honey
- Egg
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- Lemon.
