Seasons No Reason to Change

Seasons

I hear some pretty quirky things as a cosmetologist. As the Fall season approaches, the quirk around the Fall and Winter season affecting hair to the point of hair loss, damage and breakage is a concern to many.

I am not one to belittle my clients concerns when they sit in my chair no matter how quirky I think it is. After all, it is the quirky myths and concerns that my customers share with me that gives me the inspiration to write my blogs. And since this is my blog Ndogo, I am going to cut the quirk and get straight to the point.

So back to the quirky question, "Does the changing seasons affect hair?' The answer is yes. It is true that seasons affect our hair because when the seasons change so does the sunlight, our hormones, eating and levels of activity. While the changing seasons do affect our hair, they do not do so to the point of severe hair loss, damage or breakage. That should remove some of the quirk.

What I like to do with my customers is show a correlation between the varying benefits of a active life style , healthier eating choices, regular bowel movements, water intake, rest and a sound mind that takes place during the warmer months that results in so much hair growth and performance. The change of seasons alone rarely result in significant changes in the overall feel, integrity and performance of your hair. However, when you couple colder seasons with an increase in eating cooked foods, less movement (i.e. exercising, walking, dancing and the likes); hair will immediately become compromised.

Spring is the real new year!

During the Spring time, mother nature has it where everything that was planted during the earlier seasons can come to full fruition in divine order. Therefore, it is not uncommon for us to notice hair grows a tad bit more as the weather warms and the sun shines more. In addition, as the weather warms we have a tendency to eat more raw foods, fresh fruits and vegetables. We also drink more water. When we eat less processed and cooked foods, our bodies benefit more because our bodies are not busy trying to break down all that cooked and heavy foods. In return for eating fresh whole foods and drinking more water; our hair IMMEDIATELY reaps the benefits. 

In conclusion, the seasons do have some affects on the hair and the growth. However, when it comes to buying more products, getting more treatments, hair falling out and hair breaking; those things are actually a result of change in our diet, lifestyle, water intake, sleep and bowel movements that changes as we change when the seasons change. 

Seasons are no reason to change, but most folk do change. It is the changing of the life style when the seasons change that has more of an impact to what you may not like about what is going on with your hair. Many blame the changing seasons, scarves, hats, coats, sweat and so on. It is not. Granted in the cooler months, wearing a light jacket and eating cold watermelon may not be your number one choice on a cold frigid day; but wrapping the collar of your wool coat in plastic and eating a hearty portion of smothered chicken with mashed potatoes, biscuits and lemonade could prove to be quite compromising when it comes to the integrity of your hair and scalp more so than falling temperatures and less sunshine.

As the seasons change make it your business to continue to eat more fresh uncooked foods, drink plenty of water, stay active, have regular bowel movements and keep thinking those happy thoughts. When the seasons change, as they always do; your hair will be just fine!

Do you see what I'm sayin'?