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Use These 10 Tips To Keep Your Hair Healthy At Home

According to a Redbook study, 74% of women feel less confident when they have a terrible hair day. So, when your hair is in good condition, it surely appears nicer. But it’s not always the case. The problem is that your strands are continually prone to damage from dullness, thinning, dryness, breaking, frizz and other issues. With all of these, it’s no wonder that maintaining healthy hair takes work. While there is no secret shortcut to healthier hair, spending the time to maintain strands strong and using good hair products is well worth the effort. Here are a few other tips for keeping your hair healthy.

Wash Your Hair Regularly

Washing your hair on a regular basis keeps your scalp and hair clear of impurities and excess oil. However, the appropriate frequency is determined by your hair type and personal preferences. Limit your shampooing to twice a week if your hair is really dry. Washing your hair on alternate days will assist if you have an oily scalp.

Shampoo Often

You can’t control all of the environmental elements that harm your hair, but you can manage the shampoo you use. The fewer the chemicals in your shampoo, the healthier your hair. Choose mild shampoos that are appropriate for your hair type. You need to choose a shampoo that keeps your hair hydrated for a long time. Shampoos include sulphates and parabens for lathering and preserving, and they might cause skin irritation over time.

Condition Your Hair

Your conditioner has elements that help your hair to fall straight and be manageable. It shields your hair from environmental irritants and heat styling. However, it should only be used on the tips of your hair and not on your scalp. Also, after applying it, properly rinse it off. Make sure you use conditioners from the finest brands such as Plum, WOW, Biotique etc. and others to keep your hair free from damage.

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Brush Your Hair Before Showering

Taking 60 seconds to untangle strands will keep them strong no matter what your hair type is. Your hair is more sensitive to breaking while it’s damp and therefore, it is important to brush knots out of your hair when it’s dry. Another advantage of brushing dry hair is that it distributes natural oils from your scalp to the ends of your hair.

Do Not Blow-Dry Your Hair

We are aware. Blow-drying your hair makes it look as good as your on-screen idol’s. Excessive heat style, on the other hand, might harm your hair’s scalp. If you must dress up for an important function, keep it to a minimum. After shampooing, air drying or towel drying is the finest option. Never sleep with damp hair or comb it. Rubbing your hair with a towel too hard might harm the cuticle. Be kind to yourself.

Oil And Massage Your Hair

Pre-shampoo therapies like oiling and massage stimulate blood circulation on the scalp, relax muscles, increase shine and nourish the hair. They also replenish moisture, promote hair development and heal split ends. You can use coconut oil, almond oil, olive oil, castor oil and other similar oils. Mineral oil should not be used on your hair.

Trim Regularly

To get rid of split ends, trim your hair every 6-8 weeks. Split ends occur when the hair is damaged as a result of heat styling, pollution, smoking, stress and other factors. Trimming does not cause hair to grow quicker. Hair grows from the scalp but cutting guarantees healthy hair.

Eat Healthily

We keep saying “You are what you eat” as long as we write about hair and skin care. Proteins and amino acids make up our hair. It needs proper nourishment to grow and sustain itself. Some of the many fantastic meals for good hair are eggs, berries, almonds, salmon, green leafy vegetables and sweet potatoes.

Avoid The Sun

In the same way that sunlight is harmful to your skin, it is also harmful to your hair. Sun rays may strip moisture from your hair, leaving it dry, brittle and damaged over time. When you go out, wear a hat to protect your hair from the elements. When swimming in a pool, cover your hair with a hat. Chlorinated water is damaging to your hair.

Drink Lots Of Water

Internal and external hydration is essential for well-balanced and healthy hair. Even if you use moisturising hair care products and oils, consuming at least three litres of water daily guarantees optimal hair health.

Just as ideal skincare and putting on makeup are important, it is equally necessary to care for your hair. Plum cosmetics and plum products are devoid of chemicals, super affordable and healthy for skin and hair. You can check them out and ensure no bad skin or hair days.

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An ambassador and trained facilitator under Eco Femme (a social enterprise working towards menstrual health in south India), Sanjina is also an active member of the MHM Collective- India and Menstrual Health Alliance- India. She has conducted Menstrual Health sessions in multiple government schools adopted by Rotary District 3240 as part of their WinS project in rural Bengal. She has also delivered training of trainers on SRHR, gender, sexuality and Menstruation for Tomorrow’s Foundation, Vikramshila Education Resource Society, Nirdhan trust and Micro Finance, Tollygunj Women In Need, Paint It Red in Kolkata.

Now as an MH Fellow with YKA, she’s expanding her impressive scope of work further by launching a campaign to facilitate the process of ensuring better menstrual health and SRH services for women residing in correctional homes in West Bengal. The campaign will entail an independent study to take stalk of the present conditions of MHM in correctional homes across the state and use its findings to build public support and political will to take the necessary action.

Saurabh has been associated with YKA as a user and has consistently been writing on the issue MHM and its intersectionality with other issues in the society. Now as an MHM Fellow with YKA, he’s launched the Right to Period campaign, which aims to ensure proper execution of MHM guidelines in Delhi’s schools.

The long-term aim of the campaign is to develop an open culture where menstruation is not treated as a taboo. The campaign also seeks to hold the schools accountable for their responsibilities as an important component in the implementation of MHM policies by making adequate sanitation infrastructure and knowledge of MHM available in school premises.

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Harshita is a psychologist and works to support people with mental health issues, particularly adolescents who are survivors of violence. Associated with the Azadi Foundation in UP, Harshita became an MHM Fellow with YKA, with the aim of promoting better menstrual health.

Her campaign #MeriMarzi aims to promote menstrual health and wellness, hygiene and facilities for female sex workers in UP. She says, “Knowledge about natural body processes is a very basic human right. And for individuals whose occupation is providing sexual services, it becomes even more important.”

Meri Marzi aims to ensure sensitised, non-discriminatory health workers for the needs of female sex workers in the Suraksha Clinics under the UPSACS (Uttar Pradesh State AIDS Control Society) program by creating more dialogues and garnering public support for the cause of sex workers’ menstrual rights. The campaign will also ensure interventions with sex workers to clear misconceptions around overall hygiene management to ensure that results flow both ways.

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MH Fellow Sabna comes with significant experience working with a range of development issues. A co-founder of Project Sakhi Saheli, which aims to combat period poverty and break menstrual taboos, Sabna has, in the past, worked on the issue of menstruation in urban slums of Delhi with women and adolescent girls. She and her team also released MenstraBook, with menstrastories and organised Menstra Tlk in the Delhi School of Social Work to create more conversations on menstruation.

With YKA MHM Fellow Vineet, Sabna launched Menstratalk, a campaign that aims to put an end to period poverty and smash menstrual taboos in society. As a start, the campaign aims to begin conversations on menstrual health with five hundred adolescents and youth in Delhi through offline platforms, and through this community mobilise support to create Period Friendly Institutions out of educational institutes in the city.

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A student from Delhi School of Social work, Vineet is a part of Project Sakhi Saheli, an initiative by the students of Delhi school of Social Work to create awareness on Menstrual Health and combat Period Poverty. Along with MHM Action Fellow Sabna, Vineet launched Menstratalk, a campaign that aims to put an end to period poverty and smash menstrual taboos in society.

As a start, the campaign aims to begin conversations on menstrual health with five hundred adolescents and youth in Delhi through offline platforms, and through this community mobilise support to create Period Friendly Institutions out of educational institutes in the city.

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A native of Bhagalpur district – Bihar, Shalini Jha believes in equal rights for all genders and wants to work for a gender-equal and just society. In the past she’s had a year-long association as a community leader with Haiyya: Organise for Action’s Health Over Stigma campaign. She’s pursuing a Master’s in Literature with Ambedkar University, Delhi and as an MHM Fellow with YKA, recently launched ‘Project अल्हड़ (Alharh)’.

She says, “Bihar is ranked the lowest in India’s SDG Index 2019 for India. Hygienic and comfortable menstruation is a basic human right and sustainable development cannot be ensured if menstruators are deprived of their basic rights.” Project अल्हड़ (Alharh) aims to create a robust sensitised community in Bhagalpur to collectively spread awareness, break the taboo, debunk myths and initiate fearless conversations around menstruation. The campaign aims to reach at least 6000 adolescent girls from government and private schools in Baghalpur district in 2020.

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A psychologist and co-founder of a mental health NGO called Customize Cognition, Ritika forayed into the space of menstrual health and hygiene, sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights and gender equality as an MHM Fellow with YKA. She says, “The experience of working on MHM/SRHR and gender equality has been an enriching and eye-opening experience. I have learned what’s beneath the surface of the issue, be it awareness, lack of resources or disregard for trans men, who also menstruate.”

The Transmen-ses campaign aims to tackle the issue of silence and disregard for trans men’s menstruation needs, by mobilising gender sensitive health professionals and gender neutral restrooms in Lucknow.

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A Computer Science engineer by education, Nitisha started her career in the corporate sector, before realising she wanted to work in the development and social justice space. Since then, she has worked with Teach For India and Care India and is from the founding batch of Indian School of Development Management (ISDM), a one of its kind organisation creating leaders for the development sector through its experiential learning post graduate program.

As a Youth Ki Awaaz Menstrual Health Fellow, Nitisha has started Let’s Talk Period, a campaign to mobilise young people to switch to sustainable period products. She says, “80 lakh women in Delhi use non-biodegradable sanitary products, generate 3000 tonnes of menstrual waste, that takes 500-800 years to decompose; which in turn contributes to the health issues of all menstruators, increased burden of waste management on the city and harmful living environment for all citizens.

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A former Assistant Secretary with the Ministry of Women and Child Development in West Bengal for three months, Lakshmi Bhavya has been championing the cause of menstrual hygiene in her district. By associating herself with the Lalana Campaign, a holistic menstrual hygiene awareness campaign which is conducted by the Anahat NGO, Lakshmi has been slowly breaking taboos when it comes to periods and menstrual hygiene.

A Gender Rights Activist working with the tribal and marginalized communities in india, Srilekha is a PhD scholar working on understanding body and sexuality among tribal girls, to fill the gaps in research around indigenous women and their stories. Srilekha has worked extensively at the grassroots level with community based organisations, through several advocacy initiatives around Gender, Mental Health, Menstrual Hygiene and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) for the indigenous in Jharkhand, over the last 6 years.

Srilekha has also contributed to sustainable livelihood projects and legal aid programs for survivors of sex trafficking. She has been conducting research based programs on maternal health, mental health, gender based violence, sex and sexuality. Her interest lies in conducting workshops for young people on life skills, feminism, gender and sexuality, trauma, resilience and interpersonal relationships.

A Guwahati-based college student pursuing her Masters in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bidisha started the #BleedwithDignity campaign on the technology platform Change.org, demanding that the Government of Assam install
biodegradable sanitary pad vending machines in all government schools across the state. Her petition on Change.org has already gathered support from over 90000 people and continues to grow.

Bidisha was selected in Change.org’s flagship program ‘She Creates Change’ having run successful online advocacy
campaigns, which were widely recognised. Through the #BleedwithDignity campaign; she organised and celebrated World Menstrual Hygiene Day, 2019 in Guwahati, Assam by hosting a wall mural by collaborating with local organisations. The initiative was widely covered by national and local media, and the mural was later inaugurated by the event’s chief guest Commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) Debeswar Malakar, IAS.

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