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What does unhealthy hair look like? Your hair may be unhealthy if it is particularly dry, brittle, thinning, falling out in clumps, shedding profusely (more than 100 strands a day), or contains dandruff.
Changes in your hair could indicate nutrition and health issues. A dry scalp or hair could mean you aren't getting enough healthy fats in your diet. Likewise, thinning hair could mean your diet lacks protein.
Both dry and damaged hair can appear frizzy and dull, and can feel brittle. You might notice stray hairs and split ends.
Tight hairstyles, frequent braids and hair extensions cause stress on the hair shaft and can lead to weaker hair. Dyeing, perming, excessive heat styling like straightening, curling and blow drying damage the cuticle [1], which is the outer protective layer of hair.
By sliding a strand, or a few, between your thumb and forefinger, you might be able to feel for the health of your hair. A smooth, easy slide, likely means your hair is healthy, while a rough and bumpy feeling means you likely have some damage.
The low bun is an absolute classic hairstyle for healthy hair. With that bun sitting nicely on the nape of your neck, gravity won't be tugging on your hair follicles anytime soon. If you've done a low bun before, you might like to create a ponytail before twisting your hair around itself.
Gently pull the hair at both ends and see how stretchy it is. If it's able to expand by around a third and then returns to it's original length, then you know your hair is healthy. If there is no give at all, then you have damage problems. Your hair needs a protein boost and some serious TLC.
When to wash. Rossi generally tells his patients they should wash their hair once or twice per week. But if you've had chemical treatments that can make your hair drier — such as bleach, perms or relaxers — you might want to wash it less than once weekly to avoid breaking or brittle hair or split ends, he said.
Why is my hair frizzy all of a sudden? If your hair is suddenly frizzy, it could have to do with your environment—for example, you may not have known you were dealing with dehydrated hair until you entered a humid climate. It could also have to do with a heat styling product you used, a recent dye job, or bleaching.
Unhealthy hair, on the other hand, will snap and break very easily. There are many reasons for this difference, all of which take place at the micro-scale of your hair anatomy, but, most often, it is due to dryness, brittleness, and nutritional deficiency.
Ultimately, the best thing for damaged hair and split ends is to get that trim. If that's not possible, you can combat some of the signs of damage with products. “For instance, if your hair is looking dull, consider getting a shine spray to help infuse shine back into the hair (shiny hair = healthy hair).
Damaged hair is when your hair feels matted or spongey when wet. In extreme cases you may have hair loss. Dry hair needs moisture while damaged hair needs protein.
After you wash your hair, pay attention to how it feels: if it feels mega dry after the wash process, flat and always seems to be greasy at the scalp or rough to the touch (even if you use products to smooth out your hair) you probably have dehydrated hair.