So thankfully, there is plenty of water in my part of the desert. I don't have to worry about rationing it, or waiting for a certain day to wash clothes (praise Him), but on the flip side....this water makes your hair fall out.
Yep...that's right...I said fall out! The tap water here is straight up from the ocean. Somehow the salt is taken out (blah blah science blah blah), but there is still a lot of minerals in the water that weigh down your hair and make it fall out....lovely. When I first heard about this horrible news, I thought....certainly I have super human hair that won't be affected....I was wrong. Let's be honest, I already have enough strikes going against me....I do not need to add baldness to the list, so here are a few ways to combat the thinning desert hair...
First of all, just about every popular shampoo brand here has a "anti fallout" version...so I stocked up on those. Not sure how it helps...but I'm telling myself there is some magic in that shampoo.
There is also hair oil. Basically you massage a handful of oil into your scalp to stimulate hair growth. I usually sleep overnight with the oil in my hair...which means an early morning shower get rid of all that grease. If you know me, you know I'm not very good friends with the morning, but I'll say hey to her every now and then if this oil stuff helps.
The whole "do everything you can so your hair doesn't fall out" thing isn't all bad. There is actually some pampering involved. In a salon around here you can get aloe treatments. It involves someone literally breaking open an aloe leaf/branch(?) and rubbing it all over your head. Supposedly, multiple treatments cause hair growth. Your head feels really cool and tingly during the process, and you get a head massage afterwards. Clearly, from the pictures I'm having fun with this one.
The last way I try to combat this problem is by rinsing my hair with bottled water. People say that if you rinse your hair with bottled water, it will get rid of all those heavy minerals that weigh down your hair. Needless to say, my shower looks like this now...
Now hopefully you will never have to take all of these measures to keep your locks, but here's a reference if you ever do. In the meantime, let's all hope all of my hair doesn't fall out. But seriously, let's all pray and fast about this one for a bit.
Yep...that's right...I said fall out! The tap water here is straight up from the ocean. Somehow the salt is taken out (blah blah science blah blah), but there is still a lot of minerals in the water that weigh down your hair and make it fall out....lovely. When I first heard about this horrible news, I thought....certainly I have super human hair that won't be affected....I was wrong. Let's be honest, I already have enough strikes going against me....I do not need to add baldness to the list, so here are a few ways to combat the thinning desert hair...
First of all, just about every popular shampoo brand here has a "anti fallout" version...so I stocked up on those. Not sure how it helps...but I'm telling myself there is some magic in that shampoo.
There is also hair oil. Basically you massage a handful of oil into your scalp to stimulate hair growth. I usually sleep overnight with the oil in my hair...which means an early morning shower get rid of all that grease. If you know me, you know I'm not very good friends with the morning, but I'll say hey to her every now and then if this oil stuff helps.
The whole "do everything you can so your hair doesn't fall out" thing isn't all bad. There is actually some pampering involved. In a salon around here you can get aloe treatments. It involves someone literally breaking open an aloe leaf/branch(?) and rubbing it all over your head. Supposedly, multiple treatments cause hair growth. Your head feels really cool and tingly during the process, and you get a head massage afterwards. Clearly, from the pictures I'm having fun with this one.
The last way I try to combat this problem is by rinsing my hair with bottled water. People say that if you rinse your hair with bottled water, it will get rid of all those heavy minerals that weigh down your hair. Needless to say, my shower looks like this now...
Now hopefully you will never have to take all of these measures to keep your locks, but here's a reference if you ever do. In the meantime, let's all hope all of my hair doesn't fall out. But seriously, let's all pray and fast about this one for a bit.
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