A woman was afraid of baldness and didn't wash her hair for 3 months. What happened afterwards? Does washing your hair every day really lead to hair loss?

Recently, a report that a woman in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province did not wash her hair for three months and was afraid of baldness rushed to the hot search. In the report, the woman claimed that she had lost her hair for many years. Some time ago, the woman saw on the internet that someone had grown a lot of hair for a month without washing their hair and combing their hair, and she planned to follow suit.

Then, the woman insisted on not washing her hair and combing her hair for three months. Finally, she really grew some broken hair, but her previous hair was "damaged". These hairs are knotted, and women can't open them by themselves. After consulting the local barber shop, the other party said that she could help the woman tie the knot, but someone needed to operate it, which would cost a lot of money.

A barber shop suggested that the woman cut her hair directly, but it took too much effort to cut it long, and the woman didn't want to cut it like this. Netizens have said that this lady is hard enough not to go bald, but she is also very curious. Can she really grow hair without washing her hair? What should I do if I insist on not washing my hair? This article will talk about those things about hair.

Say the conclusion first, you will be bald! As for the broken hair of the woman in the report, it is actually easy to explain, because she just lost her hair, not her hair, and of course she will grow it again.

But if she continues to insist on not washing her hair, she will probably go bald in the near future. Why is this happening? Let's see what happened to your scalp when you didn't wash your hair for a few days.

When you make up your mind not to wash your hair on the first day, you won't feel any discomfort, and this situation is likely to last until the third day. If you don't wash your hair for three days, the sebaceous glands and sweat glands of your scalp will start to work and secrete a lot of oil to maintain the balance between water and oil, which is why your hair will be oily if you don't wash your hair for a few days.

After you insist on not washing your hair for a week, a lot of dust mites, dust particles and other sundries have accumulated on your scalp.

They will mix with the grease on your scalp and make you feel itchy. After you insist on not washing your hair for two weeks, the hair follicles on your scalp have not only been blocked by various pollutants, but also your dandruff has begun to increase obviously, and your scalp has also been invaded by various bacteria and fungi.

These microorganisms will decompose the grease and dandruff on your scalp and produce an unpleasant smell. It has been the third month since I insisted on not washing my hair. At this point, your hair has been badly knotted under the action of oil and sweat, and it will be difficult to open these knots without using specific chemicals.

But it's okay to tie a knot. At this time, the hair follicles on your scalp have been seriously blocked, and it is normal to have some inflammatory reactions.

But the scalp will also produce unbearable itching, and the blockage of hair follicles will also affect the growth of new hair, and even the original hair will be in danger of falling off.

And if you don't wash your hair for more than half a year, your hair will fall off in large pieces and it won't be long before you become bald.

Seeing this, I believe everyone has an answer to the consequences of not washing your hair for a long time.

Although our scalp also has the function of self-regulating water-oil balance, it has poor heat dissipation ability and secretes a lot of oil.

These oils can protect the scalp and inhibit the reproduction of bacteria and microorganisms, but only a small amount is secreted at ordinary times. If you don't wash your hair for a long time, a lot of oil is enough to worry you, not to mention the dust particles and dust mite corpses that may attach to your scalp. Their accumulation will lead to the blockage of scalp hair follicles.

Besides, more bacteria, fungi and even lice will "settle" on your head. They bring various skin diseases and hair loss risks. Therefore, don't believe the so-called "hair can grow without washing your hair". Your scalp can really adjust itself without shampooing for a short time, but after a long time, let alone hair growth, your original hair is in danger of falling off.

Obviously, shampooing can help our scalp maintain oil-water balance and play a role in maintaining hair health. But many friends have complained that washing your hair too often will aggravate hair loss, so how to wash your hair and maintain your hair? Let's look down again.

There are always people who say that shampoo and hair loss will be more serious. But in fact, shampooing may aggravate hair loss, just because the way of shampooing is wrong, or because you are already in a state of hair loss, no matter what you do, hair loss will occur, and shampooing is only one of the inducing factors.

Under normal circumstances, it is normal to wash your hair and lose your hair. And most of the time, what you think of as hair loss is probably just normal hair loss at rest. At this time, some people will ask, what is the hair at rest? To understand this problem, we need to know the growth cycle of hair.

Hair also has a life cycle, and the growth process of a hair can be roughly divided into three cycles: growth period, decline period and rest period. Most hair is in the growing period, which may last for several years. In these years, these hairs will continue to grow. When some hair grows to a certain limit, it will enter a period of decline.

This cycle will last for several weeks, during which the growth rate of hair will obviously slow down and eventually enter the dormant period. Static hair will not continue to grow, and if it encounters external force, it is likely to fall off directly. The rest period is as long as several months, during which it is normal for hair loss to get worse.

But generally speaking, the hair at rest will not exceed 10% of the total hair. Simply put, if the daily alopecia exceeds 100, it is probably pathological alopecia.

Under normal circumstances, washing your hair will not aggravate hair loss, but it is easier to aggravate hair loss if you don't wash your hair for too long. How often is it appropriate to wash your hair? This mainly depends on personal circumstances.

If your sebaceous glands secrete too much oil, then you probably have oily hair. In this case, it is best to increase the frequency of hair washing appropriately, and wash your hair once every 1-2 days, and adjust it according to the climate and the amount of exercise to avoid hair follicle blockage caused by not washing your hair for too long.

And if your sebaceous glands are often "inactive", resulting in dry hair, then you are likely to have dry hair. At this time, your hair washing frequency should be reduced appropriately, and it is advisable to wash your hair once every 2-3 days. If it is a dry winter, the problem of washing hair on the 3 rd is not big.

Besides oily hair and dry hair, there is also neutral hair.

This kind of hair is the envy of many "oily heads" and "dry heads". Their scalp produces a lot of grease, and they rarely have hair that is too oily or too dry. For this kind of people, besides considering the influence of climate and exercise, the frequency of shampooing depends more on their mood.

Generally speaking, it is enough to wash neutral hair once every 3 days, depending on personal situation.

Although the correct shampoo frequency can alleviate the trouble of hair loss to some extent, more often, hair loss can be completely solved without some personal care. If you want to improve hair loss, you need to make more efforts, but the premise is to find the root of hair loss first.

Generally speaking, the main causes of hair loss are genetic factors (such as androgenetic alopecia), folliculitis, drug influence, bacterial infection, malnutrition, excessive mental stress and so on. After the cause is clear, it can be targeted.

If it is androgenetic alopecia or hair follicle inflammation, such as seborrheic folliculitis, it is best to seek medical attention in time and improve it through drugs and hair transplant surgery.

If it is caused by various controllable factors, we can seek improvement from the following points.

(1) Improve living habits

If hair loss is serious, we should first reflect on whether our living habits are healthy. First of all, try to avoid staying up late. Staying up late can lead to hair loss, which is not groundless. Do you feel that your hair seems to be getting greasy after staying up late? This is precisely because staying up late leads to an increase in cortisol in the body, which makes the scalp secrete more oil.

The more scalp oil, the greater the damage to hair. And staying up late will also affect the endocrine level, affect the metabolism of hair follicles, and lead to hair loss.

Furthermore, in order to improve hair loss, special attention should be paid to diet. The key is to ensure adequate nutrition. After all, hair growth also needs nutrition. As for Polygonum multiflorum Thunb and black sesame, it is said that it can grow hair, so don't consider it. Their role in preventing hair loss and hair growth can be ignored.

(2) Avoid excessive pressure

Maintaining a happy mood often also has a certain preventive effect on hair loss. Excessive mental stress, on the one hand, will affect the blood circulation of the scalp, on the other hand, will also affect the endocrine level of the body.

(3) Don't dye your hair and perm too often.

Frequent dyeing and perm will cause damage to the scalp and may also lead to hair loss, especially dyeing hair. Although the harm of regular hair dyes to scalp can be ignored in theory, it does not rule out the compliance of products used in some rational stores and the fact that some people are sensitive to scalp. So, for the sake of your hair, it's better to dye your hair less and have a perm.

Scalp can adjust the balance of water-saving and oil-saving to a certain extent, but if you don't wash your hair for a long time, the scalp will secrete too much oil, and the pollutants in the air will easily block hair follicles and lead to hair loss. Therefore, it is completely a rumor that hair can be grown without washing your hair.

How often is it appropriate to wash your hair? If it is oily hair, wash it once every 1-2 days. Dry hair can be washed every 2-3 days; Neutral hair is relatively free, and the interval between shampooing should not exceed 3 days. In addition, how often to wash your hair also needs to be combined with climate and exercise. If the climate is dry and the amount of exercise is small, wash less, or increase the frequency of shampoo appropriately.

References:

[1] Huang Hongjuan, Wei Yuegang. Experimental research progress of seborrheic alopecia [J]. Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine.2007.438+03 (01)

Liu Xin, Zhu Ningxia. Etiology of alopecia and related research progress. [J]。 Huaxia Medicine.2019.00 (06)

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