Bad part of fall

As much as I love fall, there is also one thing that makes me going crazy. I understand that seasonal hair loss is normal for most of us, especially women supposed to be much more prone to it then men. But anyway, every year it makes me sad and concern, my self-esteem drops again and I became obsessed with looking at how many hair did I lost during washing, brushing, styling, sleeping… sounds crazy or familiar? As I grow older I noticed that my hair is not so full ant thick anymore and that additional hair loss makes me worried that will be noticeable. I believe that it is, at least to me. Other of course says that is not. Maybe they just don’t want to hurt me. I know that my ponytail in thinner that it used to be, it’s true and I’m not imagining it.
I don’t consider myself to be depressed, just occasionally sad because of this. I try to console myself with pictures from the web. I’m not alone in this and many people have serious problems with hair loss, baldness… I just experience seasonal hair shedding. The problem is in my head and not on it.

What can you do for stronger and healthier hair and inner peace? This will not be professional advices for serious, health hair loss problems, but only for normal seasonal changes.
Don’t worry about it – this is the hardest part. How can you not worry? It’s about hair, which is very important and visible part of every person’s appearance. At least it’s very important to me. It’s my crown.

Think positive – it’s temporarily. It might seem that it lasts for a long period, but it won’t last forever.

Eat well – as we all know good, healthy choice of food has big impact on our health. We need to eat right to feel and look right. Also keeping a healthy lifestyle is very important, but I’m sure you’ve heard this so many times before. Here’s a list of food, which is great for your hair: fish (especially salmon), nuts, seeds, green leafy vegetables, carrots, eggs, yogurt, berries, beans, millet. It is necessary to drink a lot of water.

Take care of your hair – we should be gentle with our hair. That means that is recommended to keep your styling with hoot tools on minimum. You should avoid wearing tight ponytails and tons of bobby pins. Use elastics covered with fabric or that well known swirly, plastic ones. It supposed to be good to switch shampoos. For example, I’ve got oily hair and use cleaning shampoo once a week. Other times I wash my hair with gentle, hydrating shampoo. On this way I skip possible irritations, itchy scalp and dandruff. I personally doubt in high effectiveness of anti hair loss shampoos, but own one anyway. I think it stimulates my scalp and after I feel better. Try to use more natural products and don’t use too many products.

Keep your head away from the sun as much as possible; wear hats or at least protecting spray (yes, you can buy sunscreen for your hair).

Use oil as a hair mask; put it on at least one hour before you’re planning to wash your hair.

This advice might by strange but anyway – brush your hair. If you brush it regularly you will experience that normal daily hair loss. But if you don’t really brush regularly and then go to wash it after let we say four days, you will see how a four day shedding looks like and will scare you. Another important thing – don’t wash your hair too often.

*These advice are collected from browsing numerous web sites and some personal experience. I’m not an expert, just sharing my thoughts and findings.

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