I often receive emails asking me which grooming practices contribute to hair loss. A common concern is putting your hair in a ponytail. People often tell me that when they let the ponytail down they will see a lot of hair on the elastic or that they will see a lot of hair on their clothes after doing so. Therefore, they conclude that the style is hair pulling and they wonder whether they should discontinue the practice. I will tell you about ponytail and hair fall in the next article.
Was there shedding or loss before?:Often, what I see is that the person who writes in is experiencing some hair loss and fall out prior to seeing the hair in the elastic. This can happen due to many reasons such as medical reasons, scalp issues, seasonal shedding, response to drugs or hormones, and genetics. Often, a person decides to put their hair in a ponytail because doing so helps them prevent hair fall and also saves them from collecting hair and worrying about it throughout the day.
However, once they see all the hair that was spent after the tail was taken down, they worry that it was the style that made the hair loss worse. This doesn’t happen often. The style has caught many hairs that were about to fall out either way. So, what you see afterwards are just the hairs that were spared when you were on top.
Now, this isn’t to say that pulling and placing the hair back wouldn’t remove some of the more vulnerable hair that was on their back legs. But, those varieties weren’t going to stick around anyway. You are just leaving for a few days and his coming out was inevitable anyway. Here’s the truth. Healthy, deeply embedded strands can certainly withstand being brushed and placed in a ponytail. And, when you’re shedding, manipulation of any kind is going to be at odds with Mother Nature.
Put your hair in a ponytail more gently so that it falls less: This is a very popular, carefree style and it’s really nice to put your hair up if you’re frizzy so you don’t have to toss hair all day. You can be very gentle when you use this style. One option is to go for a low instead of a high ponytail. Gather hair at the nape of your neck instead of on top of your head. This puts less pressure on the strings. Also, gather the strands loosely and loosely instead of holding them too tightly.
Finally, here’s another little trick. Take two bands (not fabric or fabric swatches, but elastic bands.) You will fold these together by holding them on top of each other, twisting the two together, and then pulling tight. What you are going to get as a result are two bands that form the shape of the number eight. The two are tied together right in the middle.
So, take either side of this new, larger band and put your hair in a regular, low ponytail. Then, wrap the bottom portion in a circle to make a bun. Next, take the loop that is now hanging down (the extra part of the elastic) and use it to secure the bun. It requires very little pulling and the fact that you have a bun that waits less at your roots makes it less likely for hair to fall out. Plus, the bun keeps your hair from getting on your clothes.
Of course, this is only a temporary fix. You will need to find out why your hair is falling out and then address it to cure it permanently.
Source by Ava Alderman
