Healthy Hair Habits

Whether you're looking to increase your hair's length or stop shedding, there are several ways to improve your hair's health and achieve longer, stronger locks.

Significance

• Proper care is vital for healthy hair, and healthy habits prevent a host of problems such as breakage, shedding, split ends and dry scalp.

Considerations

• Because the sun's powerful and harmful UV rays can damage hair, it's best to limit sun exposure and select hair care products that feature sunscreen as an ingredient.

Benefits

• Regular trimmings promote healthy hair. Split ends are common. But you can reduce your likelihood of split ends by keeping your ends trimmed--about every six to eight weeks.

Misconceptions

• Shampoos and conditioners are essential to clean, healthy hair. However, daily shampoos can lead to excessive dryness.

Expert Insight

• Diet is the key to healthy hair--featuring protein to promote its strength. Foods high in protein include cheese, eggs and meats). It's also important to consume water, about eight glasses a day to keep the hair and scalp moisturized. Vitamins A, B, C, iron and zinc play a major role in healthy hair.