Last Updated on June 27, 2021 by Ellen Christian
If you’re wondering how to get stronger hair with less breaking, you’ll want to keep reading. Your hair can break for a variety of different reasons from over coloring to a poor diet to aging. While you can’t entirely stop your hair from breaking, there are a few things that you can do to make your hair stronger and more elastic so that it is less likely to break.
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How to Get Stronger Hair With Less Breaking
You may notice that your hair is becoming more brittle as you age. When we get older, our hair loses some of its elasticity which makes it more brittle and prone to breaking. Aging hair can also be more prone to breaking because we’re coloring it to hide the gray. Other factors may include heat styling and a change in your diet. Thankfully, there are things that you can do to help your hair become stronger so that you experience less breaking.
1. Make sure that you eat a diet that includes enough protein. Protein can have an impact on hair strength, shine and thickness. You can get protein from meat, eggs, dairy, nuts, seeds, beans and peas.
2. Cut back on the heat styling. Blow drying, curling, and straightening can all damage your hair when done too frequently. Try to go natural a few days a week if you can. Or turn down the heat setting from high to low.
3. Use a silk pillow or head scarf. Sleeping on a silk pillow or wrapping your hair in a silk head scarf can keep your hair from tangling and breaking.
4. Never brush wet hair. When your hair is wet, instead of using a brush, switch to a comb which is less likely to snag and pull your hair.
5. Don’t ignore regular salon visits. Have your hair cut and shaped regularly and have the stylish pay particular attention to any split ends.
6. Use a shampoo and conditioner with keratin. Keratin is a protein found in our hair that helps keep it strong, elastic and healthy.
I have been using Dove Nutritive Solutions Intensive Repair Shampoo and Conditioner with Keratin Repair Actives to repair the signs of damaged hair. Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo & Conditioner includes patented technologies to target dryness and damage found in hair. You can smooth, strengthen, and help prevent split ends and breakage with Dove Intensive Repair. Check out the benefits.
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Ellen believes you can feel beautiful at any age and size. She shares healthy beauty and fashion information geared toward women over 40. She is a direct sales rep for several fashion and beauty businesses.
As someone who has always struggled with thin fragile hair, I love this! Sounds like a great product.
I definitely like it so far!
My hair is pretty brittle. Sounds like I need to check out the Dove products to get it healthier!
I’m sure the keratin would help!
I keep telling my daughters to comb their wet hair, not brush it. But they never listen (as most teens won’t).
No, mine never do either!
I used to have a comb with teeth that sort of rolled, it disappears and I haven’t found one similar yet that I like. The scarves reminded me that I was once told also to not use elastic bands on hair as they encouraged stress and breakage.
Very true, Val. I tell my daughter that all the time.