The internet is cluttered with thousands of ideas for how to get longer hair. Hundreds of influencers flaunt their yards of tresses, selling everything from expensive serums to special combs. But what treatment can give you the most bang for your buck, as it were? What new product is certain to give you hair that you love?
It turns out, the best results don’t come from a product at all. Instead, improved hair growth starts at the scalp. Once the hair is visible, all you can do is damage control. Stimulating hair growth and strengthening the hair shaft all happens within the scalp, before the hair even emerges from the follicle.
Hair loss is an inevitable part of life; each hair has its own cycle of growth and fall. But it is very possible for the hair to grow longer and faster during the growth phase, and for the hair shaft to be less prone to breakage, allowing your hair to reach greater lengths–or, if your goal is hair health rather than length, to look its shiny best.
So if you are hoping to start off your 2024 glow up with a new hair care routine, I highly recommend a hair scalp treatment to start your new routine on the right foot.
Healthy Hair Starts With a Healthy Scalp
Whatever your hair concerns, I can guarantee that a healthy scalp will help. Whether you are suffering from dry hair, thin hair or dandruff, a deep, cleansing and stimulating scalp treatment will begin the process of fixing your hair troubles.
Improved Circulation
Every part of your body needs adequate blood circulation. When the vascular system feeding different parts of the body becomes slow and congested, the cells in that part of the body slow down their operation and their performance lags. This includes the cells in your hair follicles that cause your hair to grow.
So if your scalp has been neglected for a while, a scalp treatment needs to include stimulation of circulation. While you don’t want to scratch your scalp, you do want to vigorously rub. Envision pushing your scalp around in circular motions. This will stimulate blood flow and bring nutrition to the root of your hair.
Deep Moisturizing Scalp Care
Once your scalp massage has improved circulation to your scalp, it’s time to think about moisturization. While you don’t want your hair to become oily, a good moisturizer is a game changer for scalp care and hair health. Every scalp treatment needs to include moisturizing nourishment for your scalp.
How a Dry Scalp Can Cause Hair Loss
Your hair shaft is healthiest the moment it emerges from the scalp. Every inch of growth brings the hair farther from this initial vitality. So creating strong, resilient, vibrant hair at the scalp level means that your hair will be able to grow longer and better without becoming rough, ragged and split.
A properly nourished scalp creates properly nourished hair, which in turn is able to stay shiny and strong for a longer time than hair that was generated by a dry, malnourished scalp.
What Does an Itchy Scalp Mean?
If your scalp is often itchy, you will probably find that it is dry, dirty, or both. A good cleaning to remove old oils and dead skin, followed by a deeply moisturizing treatment, will do wonders for an itchy scalp, and make your hair look beautiful from top to bottom.
Important Ingredients for Scalp Treatments
Whether you are dealing with hair loss, dry scalp, or thin hair, the right ingredients in your scalp treatment will make all the difference in your outcome. stimulate new growth and overcome hair challenges by choosing a scalp treatment that will cleanse and sooth, while also massaging the scalp to prompt better circulation.
Gentle Cleansing: Removing Buildup and Dandruff
Stagnant hair growth is a reversible condition, and healthy hair is within your reach even if you are experiencing hair loss. It all starts by properly cleaning the scalp with the right shampoo, to allow the other parts of the scalp treatment to take full effect.
A deep cleansing with an herbal shampoo, followed by a thorough rinse, is the first step to a healthy head of hair. With the right shampoo you can detox your hair, allowing new vitality to reach your follicles and start a new era of growth, strength and shine.
It’s important to rinse your shampoo thoroughly, so use as much water pressure as you can muster to make sure all the soap and all of the impurities that you cleansed are removed.
Adding stimulants to your shampoo or an herbal rinse is shown to improve hair growth, as well. Try adding a green tea rinse after your shampoo and before your conditioning routine, for a beautiful addition to your scalp treatments.
Soothing Oils: Moisturizing without Stickiness or Weight
Whether you recognize that you have a dry scalp or not, chances are that your hair will love a careful treatment with a light oil. Look into castor oil and olive oil, mixed with beautiful essential oils like lavender and eucalyptus, that both smell amazing and stimulate even more circulation. More circulation means more hair density, less hair loss, and less dry scalp.
Massage: The Most Important Ingredient Isn’t A Substance At All
The mechanical action of massaging the scalp is actually shown to be the most important component of any scalp treatment. Regardless of what shampoo, conditioner, oil or rinse you use, there is no substitute for thoroughly washing, exfoliating, and palpating every inch of your head. This is the true secret to a healthy scalp, and thus, to healthy hair.
Neglect the source of your hair’s growth and the most expensive products won’t be able to do more than put a bandaid on damage that occurred before the hair even emerged. The hair loss won’t be stopped no matter what conditioner you use. But deeply cleansing, nourishing and stimulating your follicles will pay big dividends when you look back months later and can see the difference in your hair.
A dry scalp slows hair growth and ensures brittle, dry hair, so deeply massage healing oils into your scalp and reap the benefits of both moisture and circulation.
As a bonus, scalp massage also stimulates the vagus nerve, causing increased relaxation and calm.
Your Great Hair Era Starts Now
No matter your natural hair type, a healthy scalp will improve the appearance, growth and strength of your hair. Don’t wait to start the process of promoting good scalp health.
If you are overwhelmed by the idea of trying to start a new hair routine, don’t be ashamed to ask for health. There are expert beauticians who spend years perfecting their techniques, equipment and products to provide the perfect scalp treatment.
So rather than trying to recreate the effects of a scalp spa treatment in your bathroom, with the limited water pressure and few products that you can find at the grocery store, why not treat yourself to a beautiful and rejuvenating professional treatment?
A Japanese head spa treatment will fulfill all the requirements mentioned above–all in a relaxing, calming context, with the scents of aromatherapy and the pleasure of state of the art equipment that is designed for maximum comfort and effectiveness.
Find a beautician who can offer a full Japanese head spa treatment, and start off your new hair care routine right.
