Factors that Decide Your Hair Wash Routine

One of the most common problems Afro-American women are faced with is establishing a hair wash routine. Most women are not sure about the frequency of hair washes and end up washing their hair either too often or not enough, both being equally unhealthy for the hair.

Afro-American hair being dry and sensitive requires a well thought out hair wash routine. Too much shampoo can make your hair excessively dry while too little shampoo can cause hair fall and dandruff issues due to build up of grime and grease.

This is how you should decide your hair wash routine:

• Remember not to follow any set prescribed rules about the number of times that you should be washing your hair. There are multiple hair types and kinds even within the Afro-American community and each type needs a hair wash routine of its own. The best way to decide is to pay close attention to your hair and listen to it. Wash it with shampoo when they seem extremely dull and have an oily looking sheen on them. Over a period of a few months, a hair wash routine that is required by your hair will naturally emerge and then all you have to do is stick to it.
  
  
• Once you know the frequency of hair washes that you need, try and match it with days that you have time to really pamper your hair. Make use of pre-shampoo deep conditioning treatments for hair that will increasingly become healthier. One of the best things that you can do for your hair is to give it time, love and care. 
  
  
• The climate and the environment that you are living in is also a major determining factor for your hair wash routine. Hot weather with a lot of dust and pollution may require you to wash your more often that otherwise in order to keep your scalp and hair free from dust and grime buildup that can eventually start to clog your scalp pores and lead to hair fall and breakage.

Always remember that over-washing your hair is a bad practice. It can strip your hair of natural oils that are good for your hair and make it dry and brittle. But having said that, never forget to listen to your hair. Even after you have established a routine, you may have to break it sometimes if you are listening close enough.