Hair Care Guide

Hair care should start as early as possible, it won’t be wrong to say that hair care begins from school days. Specially for girls it should start very early since girls usually grow their hair longer and long hair require more maintenance and care as compared to short hair. During school days mothers generally avoid washing long hair of their daughters, they find it difficult to maintain it.

Though this is not good for the hygiene of the scalp but mothers avert frequent washing. We need to understand that the first step to c is to keep the hair and scalp clean. Children often play in dirt and mud, they also exercise during their Physical Training (PT) classes at school and are certainly prone to sweating.

When sweat accumulates with dirt and grime it affects the scalp and hair and causes dandruff and other scalp infections. Your school going child also needs a hair wash atleast twice in a week if not thrice a week. Also avoid tying very tight plaits since this can pull the hair and cause bald patches around the parting. Change the parting of hair every few days to avoid this kind of balding (alopecia). Give your child a regular trim to keep split ends at bay, also use a shampoo and conditioner meant for their age group.

Hair care should continue even in the teenage years and adulthood. During teenage it is important to keep your child away from hair products or severe hair treatments like perming, rebonding etc. Once adulthood sets in the concern for hair care will come naturally. Some home remedies can be used to improve the quality of your hair like application of Henna, curd, egg and hair packs. Masssage with hot oils is also known to stimulate blood circulation in the scalp and increase the production of natural oil.