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Vitamins for Healthy Hair

Keeping your hair healthy is one way to prevent hair loss. Which is why some push taking vitamins for healthy hair.

Others have long felt that brushing your hair more is good for your hair. Others disagree. Understanding what brushing does for your hair can help you decide if it can help save your hair. Or if it's one of the healthy hair tips to pay attention to.

Brushing for healthy hair has its roots in the Victorian era. Doing so would eliminate dead hair and remove dead skin from the scalp. Daily brushing would also move natural oils from the scalp down the hair.

This notion of hair care gained acceptance before hair was washed every day. Given that hair may have only been washed every couple of weeks, brushing took on added importance to keep hair healthy.

Now a days we wash our hair more often. Making it less important to brush your hair for health.

Also it you brush and wash your hair too often you may damage the protective covering call the cuticle. Which can lead to tangles and overall weakening of the strands of hair. Resulting in split ends or the hair breaking off.

So rather than daily brushing, a less frequent time frame may be better. Also instead of a brush a comb may work better since a comb is less likely to rip hair out. Using the comb to style and remove tangles. Which will preserve the protective coating and give you healthier tresses.

Today's Hair Care Tip #38