

Instead, blot your hair when drying with a towel and use gentler brushes. “Friction created from brushes with nylon bristles and roughly towel-drying your hair can also ruffle the cuticle, causing annoying frizz,” says Waldman. “Otherwise, you break the natural balance with the shampoo, especially if it’s a foamy one.” Towel-drying your hair “There’s no real need to wash your head more than two to three times per week, depending on your hair type,” explains Davis.

When you wash your hair every day, you strip your hair of the natural oils it needs to be healthy. In addition, she says, if you do use heat styling, look for conditioners, oils, or sprays that help minimize heat damage before and after styling. That’s why it’s best if you don’t use them every day. “Hot styling tools always damage your hair,” explains Davis. “Excessive lightening - or bleaching - and coloring hair with formulas that are too strong with high ammonia contents can damage the surface of the hair, making it feel rough to the touch, stealing its shine, and creating frizz,” says Waldman. “Your natural oils smooth the hair getting rid of those completely can cause your hair to frizz up.” “Chemicals or harsh products overstrip the hair of its natural oils,” explains Kim Kimble, hairstylist. That’s why it’s best to wash your hair in lukewarm water. It also, says Davis, stresses your hair and your scalp, which produces beneficial oils. Washing your hair in really hot water can cause the same effect as humidity. “As a result, a humid environment makes overdried hair frizzy the outer layer starts soaking the moisture from the air and swells.” Washing your hair in very hot water
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“The dry cuticle becomes rough and open for humidity,” explains Monica Davis, professional hairstylist. This is why your hair gets frizzy during a hot, humid summer day (or when you’re on vacation somewhere warm).

There are lots of different factors that can dry your hair out and exacerbate frizz: Humidity But people with straighter hair tend to notice it most when their hair is damaged, dry, or when it’s super hot outside. However, everyone’s hair can get frizzy even if it’s straight. As a result, they have some natural frizz, which is most noticeable when individual hairs don’t bond together to create a defined curl. Some people have naturally curly hair, which is drier because the natural oils produced by your scalp can’t travel down the hair shaft as well as it can on straight hair.

Do some people have naturally frizzy hair? When it’s open and damaged like this, beneficial moisture can escape the hair shaft while moisture from the air enters the hair shaft, causing it to swell and change shape. Beneficial moisture from natural oils produced by your scalp help keep those shingles down in healthy hair.īut he says, “as hair becomes dry and damaged, its appearance resembles a pine cone: open, rough and prickly.” “When examined under a microscope, a healthy cuticle lays down smooth, like the scales of a fish,” explains Steve Waldman, director of technical training at Hair Cuttery Family of Brands, a chain of full-service hair salons. Hair cuticles are made up of little shingles that protect the hair strand from the elements.
