10 Ways to Combat Winter Hair Shedding Naturally

Stress from my work had caused me to stop eating as well, and stay up late, which led to coffee-laden afternoons, and insomnia-ridden nights. Exercise? Yeah right. So since the beginning of the year, I’ve actively been trying to approach my hair and scalp health from the inside out. And it’s been working!

Here’s what I did:

10 Steps to Combat Winter Hair Shedding Naturally

1. Drink more water – I’m up to 6 glasses a day, plus I’m eating more fruits and veggies. I hate drinking cold water in cold weather, so I either drink it room temp, or hot with a twist of lemon.

2. Get more sleep – I’ve been pretty good about getting to bed my midnight, gonna shoot for 11pm next month.

3. Find ways to destress – Believe it or not, your haircan fall out temporarily due to stress.

4. Wear protective styles – I’ll post more on this soon, but I’ve been keeping my hair in two-strand twists and it’s really made a huge difference

5. Wear silk or satin scarves - Instead of throwing out your wool hats, you can wear scarves under them for a cute look. You can slo invest in one of those silk bonnets, I put this one on under my hat sometimes. I also really like those “snoopy” hats, because the fur is nice and soft and won’t snag hair

6. Take a vitamin supplement – I’m back to taking my daily multiple, and a biotin supplements . Biotin as well as other B vitamins can be beneficial for hair growth and for preventing hair loss.

7. Rinse hair with tea – I will go into detail in an upcoming post, but apparently the tannins in tea are beneficial to the hair shaft. I’ve been using cooled black and sometimes green tea as a weekly rinse as a deep conditioner and it’s made a WORLD of difference in terms of detangling and shedding.

8. Sleep on a Satin pillow – When I travel, I bring an extra-wide scarf and just tie it around the pillow.

9. Never detangle your hair when it’s dry – I only detangle my hair section by section with a Shower comb when it’s sopping wet and each section is full of conditioner and a few drops of oil.

10. Moisturize and Trim your ends