We all know we need to take good care of our hair. Yet, many times, we are actually committing “crimes” to it without realizing it. There’s a survey which revealed that 8 out of 10 women have some kind of damage to their hair but only 2 out of those 8 women who are aware of this fact and do something about it.
These are some of the common ones that we do almost everyday:
- Rubbing wet hair with towel. This is an absolute no no as hair is at its most fragile state when wet so rubbing it with a towel can cause breakage. You should just gently pat the hair dry after you wash it to get rid of excess water.
- “Combing” your hair with fingers or brushing your hair too often, which can worsen hair loss
- Blowdrying, especially when you yank and stretch your hair while doing it. I’m most guilty of this!
- Using hair accessories, such as hairband, scrunchy or elastic band that are too tight. Not only that the hair strands that get caught in the band can break, tying your hair too tightly or too long can weaken your hair because it pulls hair away from the roots. Scary!
- Applying tons of gel, mousse, wax or other styling products. Yes, we know this is bad for our hair, yet some of us are guaranteed to have a permanent bad hair day without these products, right?
- Coloring hair. Most hair coloring products contain peroxide which will break down the waxy protective layer of hair
- Using hair straightener or curling iron. Yes, there are some products that can protect our hair from the heat of these tools but prolong use of them is still damaging your hair. It is recommended that you only iron your hair once a week using only iron with ceramic plates. Can you do it?
Chances are, you do one or more of the stuff I mentioned above. You may or may not know that it’s causing damage to your precious hair but we can’t really avoid them, can we? I know that if I don’t blowdry my hair, it will look flat and limp. And I know some of my friends who have to color their hair every few months because they believe it completes their total look. In fact, a recent study showed that most women spent about 4 hours everyday to care for and style their hair, and 30 minutes of that time are spent to do above mentioned activities that actually damage the hair.
I think I’m beginning to suffer from the effect of all the ‘hair crimes’ that I’ve been doing all these years because for a few weeks now, I’ve been having hair fall problem and some split ends
How about you girls? Which of the hair crimes do you commit regularly and how do you think they affect your hair?
kejahatan utama adalah bleaching and coloring my hair akibatnya rambut kering dan jadi lebih ikal, sehinggaaaa harus disetrika..belum lagi kl bad hair day yg sering bgt kejadian lgs pasang bando..jdnya sekarang rambut kering banget dan rontok, mungkin kl bisa ngomong dia udh teriak2 toooloooonggg…
uhmm.. gue trakhir ngecat rambut tahun 2006, abis itu i basically did nothing bad (ga pernah gue cat, i also dont own any hairdryer or curling iron to prevent tempataion to ‘abuse’ my hair) tapi rambut gue pada akhirnya tumbuh kecoklat2an.. it never returned as black as it was prior to my years of experimenting with hair color (i dyed, i bleached, you name it!). sedih.
dari smua dosa2 yg disebut di atas, yang gue lakukan adalah ngiket rambut pake karet rambut..
“…a recent study showed that most women spent about 4 hours everyday to care for and style their hair,…”
yang boneng, ini siapa yg disurvey? tay2 di keluarga bakrie?
i spent about 10 minutes per day. at most, half an hour on days i do the shampoo and hair masks. and amazingly, my answer is none of the above until a few weeks ago, actually, when i tried one of those foam coloring system *unsuccessfully*
gw nih dosa segede gede nya ma rambut mulia dari pernah nge cat rambut tiap 3 bulan sekali, sampe blow dry tiap hari. Sekarang rambut gw tambah tipiiis deh. Udah free dr coloring tp masih harus usaha uat balikin dia seperti dulu. Dimulai dengan usaha minumin rambut pake santen. Heheh
I plead guilty buat poin nomor 2 dan 4. Yang lainnya, kayaknya ngga, soalnya aku ngga blow dry atau pakai curling iron. Ngga perlu juga pakai hair spray karena rambut cuma setengah jengkal..
dosaku sungguh besaaar pada rambutku :’(
dulu pernah jadi model hair color,dicat blondeeh…dan itu pengalaman terburuk rambutku…crush,patah2,rontok,molor kalo ditarik..nightmare banget…
sempet dosa berat pas mau manjangin rambut lagi aku kuncir setiap ari…tightly..dan rambut rontok parah T^T
dosa lagi pas aku perm my hair…akhirnya aku blow dry tiap ari..and aku pake curling iron tiap ari…
skarang aku ingin berdamai ama rambutku..tapi aku ga bisa kalo ga ‘comb’ my hair with my finger…
shel, gue bacanya sampe deg2an, beneran war situation yo. rambut loe sekarang bagus lho nurut gue, tebel panjang, dan ikalnya cantik….
combing your hair is oklah *termasuk dibelai yayang* as long as you don’t do it too often kan
iya len…pokoknya ga lagi2 jadi model coloring…biaya and proses penyembuhan and pegembalian rambut lebih dasyat daripada gajinya…
nah rambutku skarang smoothing’an len…abisnya dulu bekas perming jadinya kaya pudel…jadinya skarang ga diapa2in…cuman kalo special occation masih pegang2 curling iron..
ah sama,terakir coloring,tapi yang semi permanen *toning*..lagi ga berani ngapa2in rambut ama warna..
sering banget len aku ‘comb’ my hair ama jari..entahlah..kebiasaan kayanya
tapi setelah baca artikel ini,semoga imanku kuat untuk ga ngapa2in rambutku…at least 1 tahun.. *amiiin*
kalo aku buat ngehindarin crime yg pemakaian hair straightener/ curling iron jadinya men-digital perm rambut 6 bulan sekali (sekarang udah yg kedua). sblm kenal digital perm, yg 6 bln sekali itu smoothing/bonding. jadinya rambut jd kering sih, tapi udh kecanduan.
kalo ngewarnain rambut baru seumur hidup baru sekali ini, tapi so far ga jadi makin kering kok rambutnya (atau efeknya blm keliatan)
aku keramas en nyatok setiap hari. perawatan rambut cuma pake masker seminggu sekali. sekarang mo potong rambut pendek aj biar gak sering2 catok.
wah… gimana dong.. rambut keritingku ini sering dibilang tidak rapi… jadi maunya smoothing… dan cat karena dah ada uban.. tapi setelah di cat kok ternyata lebih banyak uban yah?