A Few Basic Facts About Hair

The main component of your hair is a substance called keratin. Keratin is a fibrous protein which along with other chemical components gives hair its strength and durability. Excessive styling with the chemicals and heat involved in that styling process can severely damage your hair. That is something you need to keep in mind.

You also need to recognise that hair can vary from one person to the next according to a person’s genetic makeup. Curly hair, straight hair, thick hair, fine hair. There are many variations and they need to be treated differently from each other.

A good well trained Ilford hairdresser will know about these things and in a discreet way you should sound them out on these matters during the consultation. It is most important that you do this. You don’t want you hair or scalp damaged by someone who has had poor training on the subject. Hair can be damaged in many ways, although not always due to the person doing the grooming. Poor hair can be due to a inadequate diet or just due to genetics, but of all causes, incorrect grooming and lack of proper hair care are by far the most common.