Causes

1. Brushing wet hair and combing it too roughly. This weakens the hair and can lead to split ends and breakage.
2. If the perming solution is left on the hair for a long time.
3. Over exposure to sunlight.
4. Prolonged illness cause hair to become dry, and brittle and to break off close to the scalp.
5. An imbalanced diet deficient in calcium or protein weakens the hair.

Solution

1. Shampoo your hair by massaging your scalp with the pads of the fingers, not your nails. Work the shampoo from roots to ends gently.
2. Do not use an electric hair dryer or electric roller. Pat you hair dry with a soft towel never rub vigorously.
3. Don't brush your hair when it is wet.
4. Always cover your hair when you are in the sun or moving in cold weather.
5. Be sure your hair is in excellent condition before you have it permed, straightened, bleached or tinted.
6. Use a hair conditioner.

B. Dryness

Hair looks dull, lifeless and does not feel silky.

Causes

1. Tends to loose its natural barriers of oil and moisture when it has been over-processed or over shampooed.
2. Too long exposure of hair in the sun and wind causes dryness for different individuals who are affected differently in such conditions.
3. Chlorination due to salt water.
4. When hair has been over blow dried at high temperatures.

Solution

1. Use a mild shampoo formulated for your hair type, in small quantity.
2. Always finish with a moisturizing conditioner.
3. Let your hair dry naturally. If you want to use blow-dry, hold the drier at least six to eight inches away from your head and keep it moving.
4. After swimming in chlorinated or slat water, shampoo and condition your hair.

C. Dullness

Hair has no sheen. It may have many split ends. The color becomes extremely drab.

Cause

1. The light that hits split or broken hair is diffused and the hair looks dull.
2. Lack of oil contents in the scalp.
3. When the hair has not been rinsed thoroughly after shampooing.
4. Washing hair with hard water.
5. Application of hair spray of setting lotion, which leave a dulling film.

Solution

1. Use a protein-based hair conditioner.
2. If you do not have time to shampoo, dry-clean your hair. Pull a nylon stocking over a brush and give your hair a dozen strokes, it will took shiner in no time.
3. If the condition does not improve, consult a dermatologist. It can sometimes be related to illness or dietary deficiencies.

D. Lack of Body

Hair looks limp, does not set and lies close to the scalp.

Causes

1. Due to excess moisture in humid weather.
2. Over conditioning of hair.

Solutions

1. Try washing your hair everyday.
2. Use an oil-free conditioner once or twice a week to make your hair look thicker and increase its holding power;
3. Short style haircut gives you hair a body boost.

E. Flackiness

Itchy scalp and white flacks.

Causes

1. Caused by dandruff.
2. Due to very dry scalp.
3. Cold weather and winds.
4. If your diet is lacking in poly-unsaturated fat.
5. Using too much hair spray.
6. Do not rinse thoroughly after shampooing.

Solution

1. Use a medicated shampoo prescribed by a dermatologist.
2. Try washing your hair more frequently.
3. Add an extra tablespoon of safflower of sunflower oil to your daily diet.
4. Stop using hair sprays, setting lotions and conditioners.

F. Oiliness

Hair looks limp, too greasy and clumps together.

Causes

1. Due to oily scalp.
2. Psychological stress.
3. Wrong to over-using conditioner.

Solution

1. Shampoo daily with an oil free shampoo.
2. Do not use conditioner or use an oil free conditioner once or twice a week only.

G. Hair loss

Hair falls out in clumps.

Causes

1. Sudden hormonal change.
2. After a serious illness.
3. When running a high fever.
4. A deficiency of important nutrient in your diet.
5. Mental tension.

Solution

1. Brush hair gently with a soft, natural bristle brush.
2. Shampoo lightly with a mild shampoo.
3. Do not use hair blow dryer.
4. Stop using hot rollers.
5. Do not pull to twist your hair.