How To Take Care Of Your Scalp Every Day

If you want to have a healthy and beautiful hair, you must take care of your scalp! In this article we tell you how you can do it.

Hair strands are born on the scalp. Therefore, if you want to have shiny and beautiful hair, you must pay attention and take care of your scalp every day! Read on to learn how to protect it and have the most beautiful hair in the neighborhood.

Caring for your scalp = beautiful hair

To have a hair like fresh from the beauty salon you don’t have to spend too much on products or treatments.

First of all, you have to take care of your scalp. Keep in mind that if the “starting point” of the strands is damaged, nothing will work for you to get beautiful hair.

Dryness, excess oil, dirt, sun exposure and lack of care are the direct causes of most hair problems: baldness or alopecia, dandruff, thinning hair, itching, seborrheic dermatitis, etc.

If you really want to have beautiful hair, then first you have to pay attention to the scalp, to “attack” the root problem (pun intended).

Tips to take care of your scalp

The following bases to have a healthy scalp will be very helpful. Pay attention!

1. Cleaning

Even if you may not have realized it, remember that the scalp accumulates a large amount of impurities (dust, dead skin, shampoo residues, etc). Washing is a fundamental step.

The pores become clogged and do not allow the hair follicles to be nourished, so the hair “suffocates” and becomes weaker and more brittle. Our recommendations are:

• Find a balance between washing your hair every day or once a week.
• If you wash every day, you can be washing away all the essential nutrients and also preventing the hair root from drying out completely.
• It is best to wash your head every three days and, if possible, with natural shampoo and conditioner (such as oatmeal, avocado or honey), so that the scalp can generate its own natural oils.

2. Massages

Another good way to take care of your scalp is to do a good massage.

• Every day make circular movements with the tips of your fingers (never with your nails) to promote blood circulation, oxygenation and nutrients.
• This will remove the dust that accumulates.
• The pressure should be light, and you can use some essential or olive oil if you have dandruff, for example.

3. Masks

Look for homemade options to make your scalp look beautiful. Masks can help you in a natural beauty routine. Every week, apply a mixture of:

• 1 natural yogurt.
• 2 tablespoons of honey (60 g).

You will obtain a kind of paste that you must spread all over the scalp and let it act for about 15 minutes. Then rinse with plenty of warm water. It is an antiseptic, revitalizing and regenerating mask.

If the skin is very dry, you can substitute honey for aloe vera pulp, as it helps us keep it strong, shiny and healthy, as well as  helping with its growth. This is shown in this study by Marc Schweizer on the different uses of aloe vera throughout history.

4. Food

Beauty begins inside, never forget it. Natural masks, creams or shampoos will be useless if you eat poorly. Your diet should be full of fruits and vegetables, seeds, legumes, nuts and whole grains.

If your body is lacking in nutrients, this will affect how you look on the outside. Don’t forget to add the following ingredients to your eating routine to take care of your scalp:

• Celery.
• Alfalfa.
• Carrot.
• Seaweed.
• Fish like salmon.
• Walnuts.
• Almonds
• Milks and vegetable oils.
• Avocado.
• Olive oil.

Scalp problems

Psoriasis, dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis are the three most common alterations that occur on the scalp. They are usually most visible behind the ears, forehead, nape, and hairline.

Dandruff

In the case of dandruff, it is due to an excess of dead cells, in the form of somewhat unsightly flakes. It can be treated with a herbal medicine shampoo, for example.

Psoriasis

People who have psoriasis of the scalp have more severe flaking  and there is usually also inflammation in the area. If that’s your problem, don’t brush it too often, and every time you brush it with a soft bristle brush.

Do not scratch or pull the scales, wash your hair very gently, do not use a hair dryer or apply very strong products.

Stress or nerves

Pay attention to stressful or nervous situations that you are going through, as that may be the reason for an increase in white scales on your scalp.

Bad habits

Scalp problems can be due to habits when washing your hair or using certain beauty items.

Remember you should avoid:

• Tie hair too tight or when wet.
• Use perms.
• Dye the hair.

To take care of your scalp, we advise you to take seawater baths to level the oils produced by this area and massage with olive or arnica oil.

Pay close attention to the signals that this area of ​​the body gives you and, above all, change the habits that damage it and cause inconvenience. This way you will have much more beautiful hair, as you have always wanted.