How To Care for Combination Hair Bethesda MD

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So you're one of the many people with a combination hair crisis. Your scalp is oily and super-sebaceous, but your hair remains dry as a bone. It's a particularly common problem for those of us with long hair or curly and frizzy hair. Or those of us who overwash, which is practically all of us!

Our body has a natural way of fending off dryness in the hair. It's called sebum! Sebum is the oil secreted from your scalp. Ideally, sebum would suffice in your efforts to combat dry hair, while at the same time not flow so prodigiously that it renders your hair totally greasy. Sometimes, for reasons within or beyond our control, that ideal escapes us. But if your have combination hair and want to normalize it to prevent the oiliness and dryness all in one fell swoop, consider the following tips.

1. Washing. It comes as little surprise that recommended washing habits for dry hair are different than for oily hair. But ignoring this fact is often what leads us to having combination hair difficulty in the first place. You've no doubt seen the wide array of shampoos aimed at different hair types. It's tempting to just nuke our oily hair with the harshest shampoo possible, while lubricating our dry hair with tons of oil. Watch your step though, because both measures could do more harm than good.
   
   
   • For oily hair. Don't use the strongest, most severe shampoo possible. Wiping away all of your sebum and drying out the scalp will only be temporary; your scalp, sensing its dryness, will just produce more sebum to make up the difference.
     
     Really oily hair can be washed every day, and the scalp should be kept clean. The best bet for your oily scalp-area hair is to massage regular shampoo (none of those shampoo-conditioner combos) into it, cleaning the hair closest to your scalp in the process. Avoid the dry lengths of hair as you do this. You can even let it sit on your scalp for a few minutes. Be sure to rinse completely when you're done!
     
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