Haircare for Children
November 20, 2008
Hair care is very important throughout our life, we need to take care of our hair in all the stages like infancy, teens, adulthood and old age. If we take care of our hair from childhood it will reward us aplenty. Some basic hair care tips are discussed here which should be adopted as a regime.
1) Hair wash - Wash your child’s hair with a mild shampoo which has their favourite fragrance, sometimes kids are more comfortable with the aroma they like rather than a strange fragrance. Also use a shampoo which doesn’t have tears. It is not necessary to use a conditioner at a young age so skip the conditioning, however you can use a serum after wash to detangle the hair easily. Serum will also avoid the pulling of hair. Alternatively you can use a natural product like shea butter on wet hair, it is an excellent conditioner.
2) Comb - Allow your child to brush or comb their hair on their own, you can just give a final touch. Like adult’s don’t use the age old technique of brushing the hair 100 time everyday, kids don’t need it. Use good quality comb or brush and teach them to divide the hair into sections to detangle them, also show them how to use gentle strokes. Whatever you teach at this age will remain in the long term memory.
3) Good habits - Children usually copy their parents, peers, celebrities or a role model like teacher etc. As parents if you use too much of styling products and heated instruments your child too will be tempted to use such products maybe out of inquisitiveness. So limit your usage of such products and teach them by example.
4) Hair oil - Oil your child’s hair before every wash, make this a habit and it will remain forever. Use an oil meant specially for kids, also check that the hair oil shouldn’t have too many ingredients 2 to 3 ingredients is good enough.
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