保持頭髮健康的方法

Hair health is often difficult to detect until hair loss or graying occurs, revealing that thick, black hair is gone forever. Hair is not just a part of one's appearance; it can also reflect one's overall health.

According to the World Health Organization, healthy hair is defined as "elastic hair, natural shine, and no dandruff." You can check your scalp for dandruff, oil production, cuticle thickness, hair volume distribution, and hair loss to see if you have any hair health issues. The normal daily hair loss for most people is about 100 strands; as long as it doesn't exceed this range, it's considered normal.

Influencing factors

1. Nutritional imbalance

Protein, vitamins, and minerals are among the main components of hair. Modern lifestyles often involve eating out, picky eating, and even dieting, all of which can easily lead to nutritional imbalances, resulting in dry, dull, and brittle hair that is prone to breakage and hair loss. Furthermore, deficiencies in vitamin B12, copper, zinc, and iron can cause premature graying.

2. Hair tied too tightly

Pulling your hair too hard or tying it too tightly can cause it to fall out over time, increasing the risk of hair loss.

3. Drug effects

Long-term use of medications may cause bodily dysfunction, leading to hair loss and graying.

4. Family genetics

Most men experience hair loss due to family-related genes. The extent and timing of hair loss vary from person to person, with severe cases resulting in widespread baldness.

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How to improve hair loss

1. Proper hair care

In addition to choosing a suitable shampoo based on your scalp type, using moderately warm water and your fingertips to clean your scalp when shampooing, and keeping a hairdryer about 15 centimeters away from your hair, you should also avoid excessive perming and dyeing of your hair, as the large amount of chemicals used in perming and dyeing can hinder hair follicle growth, cause scalp inflammation, and damage hair structure.

2. Massage acupoints

Pressing the "Shenting" acupoint located at the center of the hairline, the "Baihui" acupoint on the midline of the top of the head, the "Fengchi" acupoint on the back of the neck, the "Jiaosun" acupoint above the ear tip, the "Tianzhu" acupoint 2 cm above the back hairline, and the Taiyang acupoint can all help promote scalp health and improve hair loss and gray hair problems.

3. Get enough sleep

Having enough rest not only allows the body to produce hormones that are crucial for hair growth, but also allows the scalp to eliminate unnecessary waste during this time, thus increasing hair health.