Opted For Coloured Hair? Few Tips To Keep In Mind Pre And Post Application

Colour Your Hair With Caution After spending almost two years staying indoors, people are experimenting when it comes to their appearance. One of the most famous trends in hair colouring. It is a common beauty regime done by many men and women these days. Bleaching your hair gives you confidence, an ecstatic feeling, and most importantly, it prevents you from crying over your original hair colour. We all love a bit of a change, but not one that can damage your hair permanently.Pre And Post Colour Application To save you from the misery, we talked to celebrity dermatologist and director of Cutis skin studio, Dr Apratim Goel to know what people should keep in mind when it comes to taking care of your tresses pre and post colour application. As much as we want to keep up with the latest trend it is also important to take care of your tresses as the chemicals used for hair colouring often leave the hair dry and brittle. Here are the tips suggested by Dr Goel, take a look.Choose The Hair Colour Mindfully The more hydrogen peroxide is used to lighten the hair colour the more damage it causes to the hair. Try to choose a hair colour within 3 shades closer to your natural shade to minimize damage.Look Out For Scalp Infections If you are suffering from scalp conditions like psoriasis or seborrheic dermatitis, ask your dermatologist before colouring. These conditions are limited to the scalp and do not occur on hair, so hair colour can be used. However, caution needs to be taken to not aggravate the condition.Do A Patch Test Prior If you are using store-bought hair dyes, make sure to do a patch test on a small portion before applying it all over. If you get a reaction, do not use the dye, and visit your dermatologist.Avoid Sun Exposure Once you have coloured your hair, avoid direct sun exposure as the hair is more prone to damage and can become drier and easily breakAllergies Are Possible Avoid hair dyes containing PPD as it is one of the comment ingredients that can cause allergies. PPD (paraphenylenediamine) is a chemical compound that is commonly used in permanent hair dyes. PPD is used in hair dye because it is a permanent dye with a natural appearance that may be shampooed or permed without losing its colour.Conditioning Is Important If you have coloured hair, deep conditioning is key. Coloured hair can become easily dry and prone to breakage, and deep conditioning helps to improve hair elasticity by retaining moisture. This prevents breakage. Conditioner penetrates the hair shaft and helps to restore the natural shine to the hair. Deep condition once a week. You can use heat while deep conditioning for better penetration of products like steam or hot towel wrap.Gentle Shampoo Use gentle shampoos so that it doesn’t strip away the natural oils from the natural and also keeps the colour last longer.Take Good Care Of Your Hair Brush your hair on a regular basis to eliminate knots that may form a cobweb, and use healthy substances to promote hair development and prevent hair loss.