Taking Better Care of Your Hair

In This Chapter

Getting to know your hair better

Finding hair care products that work for you

Understanding how chemicals affect your hair and scalp

Exploring dyeing and processing options

Taking care not to damage your hair

Caring for children’s hair
Hair can be your crowning glory. Through the ages, people
have primped, crimped, colored, and pampered their locks.
Hair care products promising the wildest results overflow store
shelves. According to some commercials, the right shampoo can
change your life.
Even though you know that vibrant hair isn’t really going to change
your life all that much, it can make you feel better about yourself,
increase your confidence, and maybe even get you a few compli-
ments. Treating your hair well helps avoid damage that can result
in permanent hair loss, and it helps you keep the hair you have for
as long as possible.
In this chapter, we look at some structural qualities of your hair as
well as hair care products commonly used today. You find out how
the different ways styling and enhancing your hair can damage it,
and along the way, we explain how to go about kinder, gentler
hair care.
Although this chapter describes general hair care tips, the purpose
of including it in Hair Loss & Replacement For Dummies is to let you
know how proper hair care and various products can help slow the
hair loss process, help maintain the best quality of the hair you
have, and disguise your thinning hair.