Restoring Hair After Summer: Essential Tips

As another summer vacation draws to a close, memories of carefree relaxation, exotic beaches, and the sea linger in our minds, bringing us back mentally to those beautiful places where we spent our summer blissfully. However, there's one significant drawback: dry, unruly hair that has lost its shine and refuses to cooperate. This can seriously dampen our mood and make us worry about our crowning glory – our hair. So, what can be done? How do we restore beauty to our locks? Let's delve into this timely topic today.

The main issue with our hair during summer is dehydration. The abundance of sunlight and high temperatures disrupts the hair's keratin layer, causing the hair shaft to lose moisture rapidly. As a result, hair becomes dry, brittle, dull, and prone to breakage, fading, tangling, split ends, and an overall lackluster appearance. If we add swimming in salty seawater to the mix, which further aggresses against our hair, the outcome can be even more disheartening. In the euphoria of summer vacation, we often overlook precautionary measures, and by the end of our break, our hair desperately needs urgent care.

How to Restore Your Hair After Summer
The best option, of course, would be to visit a hair salon and undergo a professional hair restoration treatment. However, with a bit of dedication, it's entirely feasible to take care of your hair's beauty at home.

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Severely damaged hair will need restoration for at least a month, and this must be done systematically rather than sporadically. With perseverance and patience, you can soon take pride in your hairstyle again. You just need to follow a few rules and show a little patience.

Rule 1: Avoid Coloring

Forget about dyeing or chemically perming your hair for at least a month after returning from vacation. Your dried-out and brittle hair simply won't withstand such treatment. Instead, opt for a tinted shampoo or conditioner to refresh your hair color slightly.

Rule 2: Trim Split Ends

Get rid of split ends. Strands tangle due to split ends, and when you comb your hair, you lose a lot of it. Refresh your haircut or trim the ends of your hair with a hairdresser.

Rule 3: Choose the Right Shampoo

Find a gentle shampoo that won't harm weakened hair. It should be free of sulfates (SLS, SLES), silicones, parabens, and mineral oils. Your shampoo should contain natural oils, extracts, keratin, proteins, and bioactive complexes.

It's crucial to regulate the water temperature during hair washing. It should not be hot. High water temperature makes already damaged hair even more vulnerable and weak. Slightly warm or even cool water is ideal for washing weakened hair.

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Rule 4: Intensive Care

To neutralize the damaging effects of sun exposure and salty seawater on your hair, regularly apply moisturizing and nourishing masks every 3-4 days for 5-6 weeks. These masks should also be free of parabens, silicones, and mineral oils. They should contain hyaluronic acid, coconut oil, natural plant oils and extracts, panthenol, vitamin and protein complexes, keratin, collagen, and so on. All these components will help restore normal moisture levels, elasticity, repair damaged hair sections, smooth keratin scales, and restore hair structure.

And don't expect instant results. True restoration requires patience, time, and consistency.

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Rule 5: Valuable Oils

After each hair wash and intensive care treatment, apply cosmetic oils to the ends of your hair. They actively fill damaged areas of the hair cuticle. This will instantly give your locks a well-groomed and healthy appearance, as well as a pleasant aroma emanating from your hair. Choose from argan, coconut, jojoba, almond, peach kernel, and wheat germ oils.

Rule 6: Avoid Heat Styling

During the hair restoration period, refrain from using hair dryers, curling irons, straighteners, and similar devices. Let your hair dry naturally. Within a week or two, you'll notice improvements in your hair's texture.

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Rule 7: Adjust Your Diet

Ensure your diet is balanced. Consume seafood and fish. Omega-3, proteins, vitamin B12, iron, and zinc found in these foods have a beneficial effect on the appearance of your hair, restoring its health and shine.

Dark green vegetables (spinach, broccoli, Swiss chard, cucumbers) are essential for normal sebum production, a substance that protects and restores our hair, acting as a natural conditioner.

Eat carrots – a source of provitamin A. This product positively affects the condition of hair and scalp.

Legumes and whole grains are a source of protein, calcium, iron, zinc, and biotin. They help our hair become strong and beautiful again.

Walnuts and almonds will help restore shine to your hair and prevent hair loss due to their content of omega-3, zinc, and selenium.

Meat products and eggs are a source of protein and several important vitamins and minerals essential for our hair.

Dairy products are an excellent source of calcium, the main structural component of our hair. Cottage cheese, yogurt, and kefir should be on your table daily.