Dry and breakable hair

Introduction Normal healthy hair contains a small amount of water to moisturize the hair and make it dry and dry. The moisture in it rarely escapes from the fur, which is due to the dense outer skin of the fur, which acts as a waterproof layer. However, when subjected to factors such as chemical perm, hot air blowing, friction, etc., the hair can be lifted, detached, or even completely ablated, and the protective effect of the hairy skin is lost. In this way, hair moisture is easily lost during drying; shampooing, hair dyeing tends to cause moisture or hair dye to enter the fur, causing swelling of the hair. Repeated swelling and dryness eventually lead to dry, thinned hair, weak and fragile hair loss, and hair loss. Static electricity When the hair is dry, static electricity is generated during carding and friction. The action of static electricity can make the hair stems generate thrust to each other until the hair is fluffy, and it is not easy to comb and form. It can be cleaned by shampoo and hair conditioner which can remove static electricity.

Cause

Abnormal hair quality, dysfunction of the human body, lack of blood in the body, whether enough nutrients are taken daily to ensure healthy hair, and incorrect dieting may lead to inadequate nutrition. Nutrition that may be lacking: protein, energy, essential fatty acids, trace element zinc. May be under protection and should be moisturized. Chemical damage that burns and dyes hair for a long time. After hot dyed hair, hair moisture will be reduced; or excessive combing, excessive hair, dry hair with a hair dryer, and often use high-heat molding equipment.

Traditional medicine believes that "the color of the coat is dry and can be visceral." Through the change of hair, you can understand the physiological condition of the body, and explore the diseases and their development changes in the body. But this is mainly for adolescents and middle-aged people, because these two types of people are already full of qi and blood, and it is easier to show abnormalities from the hair. "Being in the blood, blood is moist, blood loss is dry", "hepatic blood", "kidney is in the hair", from these records of hair, it is easy to see that the hair grows, falls off, Moist and dry, more related to two aspects: First, the liver and kidney are insufficient, and second, whether the blood is weak. Among them, the most important is kidney gas.

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Dry hair, less hair, lack of moisture and dull hair, even dry coke, easy to fall, often accompanied by dry skin.

Differential diagnosis

Young people with thinning hair are mostly weak in kidney. The most common manifestation is male hair loss or hair loss. These people are relatively more prone to fatigue and forgetfulness, while others have poor sexual function.

The child's hair is sparse and sallow, accompanied by the "five late" phenomenon (ie sitting, standing, walking, talking, tooth development retardation), also indicates that the innate kidney is insufficient, and the digestion is not good.

The hair is yellow and fragile, indicating that the blood is not enough and the hair is lack of nutrition. This kind of person is usually easy to have no spirit and sleep is poor, which belongs to the "body deficiency" that ordinary people often say.

White hair is caused by insufficient liver blood and kidney qi deficiency after entering middle-aged and old age. It is a normal physiological development law. However, if it is too serious, it may be caused by long-term loss of liver and kidney and large loss of blood. It is worth mentioning that learning white head is mainly related to three factors: first, lack of congenital kidney essence; second, mental or emotional agitation, blood heat is partial; third is emotional depression, liver qi stagnation, hair root dying, also Will lead to juvenile white hair.

Hair lacks moisture and is dull, even dry coke, easy to fall, often accompanied by dry skin. Although abnormal changes in hair often mean certain specific conditions, a clear diagnosis of the disease requires multiple evidence. Therefore, after the abnormal hair changes, the self-treatment has not improved, especially when accompanied by exophthalmos, loss of appetite, weight loss, emotional abnormalities, etc., should go to the hospital.

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