6 ESSENTIAL TIPS TO AVOID CHEMICAL DAMAGE TO YOUR HAIR.

The aim of this article is to provide information that will help you take better care of your hair health, bringing comfort and improving your self-esteem.

Many people invest a lot of time, care, and money to ensure that their hair looks good. Unfortunately, if the hair is "over-processed," meaning it undergoes frequent overlapping of chemical processes such as straightening, coloring, highlights, or daily use of heat tools like a hairdryer, straightener, and curling iron, it will certainly suffer some type of damage.

We know that hair transformation procedures: perms, hair dyes, straightening treatments, bleaching processes, among others, contain various chemicals. When these products are applied by trained professionals, the damage can be significantly reduced. However, if the opposite occurs, i.e., without proper care and low-quality products, chemical damage can become irreversible, compromising hair resistance causing porosity, roughness, dryness, lack of shine, breakage, and worst of all, hair loss.

Planning to lighten, cut, straighten, clarify, color, or bleach your hair?

For the sake of your hair, we have separated 6 important tips:

1. QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS. The best way to find a good professional is still through word of mouth! Look for recommendations. Use social media: with just one click you can see a beauty professional's entire portfolio and see if their work resembles something you are looking for and would use, without damaging the hair.

2. QUALITY PRODUCTS. Look for updated and qualified places and professionals. Currently, there are accessories, techniques, and products compatible with hair health that do not damage the hair and provide a positive and satisfactory result.

3. IDEAL INTERVAL BETWEEN CHEMICAL TREATMENTS. Talk to your hairdresser and find out if your hair is in good condition to undergo another chemical process.

4. PROTECT FROM THE SUN AND AVOID THE POOL. In addition to the skin, hair suffers changes due to solar radiation. Do not expose the hair to UV rays without using specific sunscreens for the hair, as the dye and chemicals will oxidize more quickly, in addition to accelerating the process of hair dryness.

​​​​​​​5. INITIAL EVALUATION. Hair tests can help test the quality of hair strands, allowing an objective and targeted assessment for specific treatments and care to be taken. These tests will bring more security to you and the professional. Mention all the chemical history already performed, tell how you style your hair daily, and which products you use.

​​​​​​​6. STRAND TEST. Ask your hairdresser to perform a strand test on your hair, in case they do not do it. It is important to have a good understanding of how your hair behaves with each chemical procedure and to recognize if it is in condition to receive another chemical procedure.

So, did you like the tips? You can never be too careful when it comes to our hair, right?
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