The Salon industry certainly has gone through some major changes in the past 30 years. One of my favorite developments is the fact that today we have so many customized hair care products that make it much easier for our clients to make their hair look as good at home as we do at the salon (or almost as good).
Our clients often complain about having difficulties duplicating what we do in the salon. We solve this problem by teaching them what styling aids to use and how to use them properly. In the 70's, when I started in this industry, there was just pomade, mousse and hair spray!
These days, we can give lift at the root with a Root Booster, and shine throughout the ends with finishing products. We can make thick course hair feel finer, and make thin hair thicker without looking greasy. Build up removal products are also very popular in our salon. Professional salon products leave very little if any build up on the hair.
Some products on the market, however, do leave build up on your hair. Product build up and mineral build up (shower water) on your hair can leave it very flat and dull looking, and can even cause discoloration. Tap water from older, rusty plumbing pipes is especially brutal, and I recommend installing a water filter in your shower to remedy it.
Another area that has made dramatic advances is hair coloring. An amazing new product called Magma is able to run through previously colored hair and it's color, but it's doesn't contain any ammonia! Usually only bleach is able to do that with previously tinted hair, and even then the ends don't come out as the exact same color as the roots, or the midshaft area.
I have switched over many clients of mine from bleach to Magma and the results are amazing. The color result from Magma is far better then bleach, and provides a nice, even color from the root all the way to the hair ends. There are some important guidelines with this color, and your stylist needs to know them to ensure a full success.
So when you get your next color done, make sure to ask your stylist about the latest color techniques and products. IN this way you don't have to wonder why that blonde you saw at the check out stand has such wonderful blonde highlights, but without that damaged and dried out look that usually comes with bleach!
Hair Color For You
Your natural hair color does not make you more prone to hair loss than somebody else with a different hair color. When it comes to hair loss, it is color blind and blind to a person's race. Blonde, brunette, redhead or black, all heads of hair (male and female) are prone to hair loss of one sort or another. However, coloring your hair too often can encourage baldness.
It's In The Genes
If you are a man, you are probably wondering whether you are going to go bald - and if so, how bald? To save you from an unwelcome surprise, try and remember or talk to someone who knew your maternal grandfather (your mother's father). That's the bloke who gives you the balding gene. If your maternal grandfather lived to a ripe old age and had a full head of hair, then the odds of you going bald are practically nil.
If you are a woman, you might also wonder if you are prone to male pattern baldness. Although this does not happen to all cases of women with significant hair loss, many women with male pattern baldness also have female relatives with the same problem.
The Eighties
There are a lot of forty and fifty year old men and women running around today who have gone prematurely bald and can't entirely blame their maternal grandfather for it. They went into the big, spiky hair styles of the 1980's when they had a lot of hair. Using a lot of sprays, styling gels, coloring and curling irons can damage hair to the point where it just gives up and falls out.
Take It Easy Up There
According to the Food and Drug Administration, the most product complaints they get concern hair straighteners and hair dyes. The complaints include everything from "not working" to emergency room visits. But one of the most complaints about these products is that they can cause hair loss.
The FDA recommends that you do not use any hair product if you really don't need to. Other medical complaints about hair dyes, hair coloring kits and hair straighteners include burning sensations, itchiness and redness. There is a possibility of an allergic reaction to these products, which can be deadly. Allergic reactions include difficulty breathing, face swelling and intense itchiness.
If you want to keep your hair, try to ignore what color it is and be happy you have whatever color of hair you were born with. In this way, you are sure to avoid unnecessary hair loss.
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