9 Things You’re Doing That Could Be Damaging Your Hair

8. You Expose Your Hair to the Sun

While everyone enjoys a great beach day or an afternoon by the pool, you might literally cause your hair to break and fall out if you have bleached or highlighted hair! Although the chlorine water from the pool has various compounds that can cause serious damage, add some argan oil to your hair before swimming to help this. Salt from the oceans actually hardens your hair and creates a very hard film on it. You may thank us later. Particularly harmful to hair, UV rays from the sun causes photooxidation that breaks down proteins in your hair shaft and fades color-treated hair. Particularly in lighter hair colours, swimming pools include chlorine, which can strip hair of its natural oils and lead to dry, brittle, even greenish tinting of it. High salt concentration in ocean water can dry hair and produce a difficult-to-remove crusty film. If you want to save your hair, think about using a swimming cap or applying swimmers' especially designed protective cosmetics. Wet your hair with fresh water before swimming to help to prevent it absorbing as much chlorine or salt water. Use a clarifying shampoo to clear any chemical build-up following swimming, then treat with deep conditioning.