Who says you’re free to’t be gray and sexy, or have long hair after 50?
Or that short hair is frumpy, or that bright blond looks tacky after a certain age?
We’ve tossed those beliefs and rules out the window.
But what about those other little, nagging, back-of-mind hair folktales?
Does brushing your hair 100 strokes a day make it healthier?
Does a flaky scalp mean dandruff?
Can your hair get used to a shampoo and stop working?
Myth: Brush 100 strokes a day for healthy hair.
A few strokes with a natural bristle brush on dry hair does it.
Myth: Stress turns your hair gray.
Truth:No way!
If that were true, we’d all be gray by high school.
Going gray is a genetic thing.
When the cells that produce melanin your hair pigment no longer produce color, it’s over.
There is no current scientific proof that stress accelerates graying, but it can do other unfriendly things.
For example, all hair goes through rest periods when follicles don’t grow.
Extreme stress can push this growth phase ahead.
Myth: Your hair gets used to the same shampoo.
Truth:Yes and no.
But it’s not all in your head.
You’ve probably cut, colored, relaxed or straightened your hair.
Or grown it longer, gotten a weave or gone natural in texture.
Or moved to a different climate or started using new styling products.
In fact, it’s probably some combination of these.
It’s time to match your current hair to your new routine.
