HEAT DAMAGE

What Is Heat Damage?

Heat damage occurs when aggressors  attack the protective outer layer of your hair leaving cracks in its exterior. 

Once cracked, the cuticle lifts causing your hair to look dull, dry, frizzy, or brittle, while also making it more prone to damage and breakage, thus continuing what can seem like a never ending hair nightmare.

 But not to worry all hope is not lost! 

While you may not be able to completely repair hair that is already damaged, there are still plenty of steps you can take to help prevent it from happening in the future.

HOW HEAT DAMAGES YOUR SCALP

Your scalp needs moisture to be healthy. 

 You can protect your scalp’s natural moisture balance by regularly washing  with a shampoo for scalp and hair.

Unfortunately,  heat damage from blow drying or straightening hair can quickly undo that good work.When you apply heat to your hair and scalp, the water in your skin starts to evaporate

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 Excess heat means essential moisture found there can be lost, making your skin dry out.

The dry skin is damaged, and “leakier” – allowing even more water to escape out, and more irritation-causing factors to get in.

 The more you use heat styling tools, the more your scalp dries out, eventually beginning to flake and itchy