Most states have closed hair salons during the COVID-19 pandemic to help prevent the virus from spreading. Closing non-essential businesses is a responsible reaction that everyone needs to take in stride. But that doesn’t mean your hair should suffer during the quarantine. Follow these four tips to improve your hair health while you’re stuck at home.
Use a Dry Shampoo to Maintain Your Hair Color
Since you can’t see your stylist, you can’t get a professional dye that maintains your hair color. You can make your color last longer by using a dry shampoo at least every other day instead of washing. The less you wash your hair, the longer your color will last.
Carefully Trim Split Ends
Split ends do more than make your hair look bad. They also put your hair at a higher risk for further damage. It doesn’t take long before split ends take a severe toll on your hair’s health.
Carefully trimming split ends will help prevent unnecessary damage to your hair. Hold your hair up to a light to find split ends. If you have any, use a pair of sharp scissors to remove them. If you don’t have sharp scissors at home, you can get good results with a nail clipper.
Resist the Urge to Style at Home
The boredom of self-isolation might encourage you to try styling at home. Outside of a simple trim every couple of weeks to get rid of split ends, you should resist the urge to style at home. When life goes back to normal, you don’t want bad hair to make you feel embarrassed to leave your home. You want to go back to see the friends, family, and coworkers you miss.
Unless you’re lucky enough to live with a stylist, don’t let anyone else in your household cut your hair, either. There’s a reason professionals spend months going to cosmetology school before they get certified to style hair.
Take a Break From Styling to Improve Your Hair’s Health
The quarantine gives you an opportunity to improve your hair’s healthy by taking a break from daily styling. Avoid unnecessary washing and styling (especially techniques that use heat) to give your hair time to recover from years of mistreatment.
Other ways to keep your hair healthy and attractive during the quarantine include developing good habits like drinking plenty of water, taking daily supplements, and adding omega-3 fatty acids to your diet. When the pandemic ends, you could have healthier hair that looks better than ever!
At Genesis II Hair Replacement Studio, we are taking every measure, and precaution to disinfect, and clean all handles door knobs, chairs, sinks, so that we can keep and maintain a healthy environment as always. We are working with each individual client in a private room, so we can minimize the contact with others. If you’re suffering from hair loss and you’d like to schedule a safe and private consultation call us at (315) 458-1074 or contact us via email by clicking here.
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