How to Help Frizzy Hair

Nourish your hair to keep your curls in control.

Curly hair is especially prone to frizziness, which occurs when a hair weakens and splits at any point along its shaft. Alcohol-containing hair products, lack of vital nutrients, and heat treatments all lead to dryness and damage that can cause frizzing. Treat your hair gently to help heal and strengthen it.

Things You'll Need

• Nourishing shampoo
• Nourishing conditioner
• Deep conditioning treatment
• Hat or scarf
• Anti-frizz serum

Instructions

1. Shampoo only when necessary, not every day. Shampooing your hair daily will strip out its natural oils. Use a high-quality nourishing shampoo when you do wash it.

2. Condition your hair every time you shampoo it to nourish and moisturize. Read the label and look for conditioners that contain ingredients like wheat amino acids and panthenol.

3. Apply a deep conditioning treatment once a week to drench your fragile hair in nutrients. Strengthening masks and heat-activated protein treatments deliver nourishment into the hair shaft, where it’s most needed.

4. Allow your hair to air-dry naturally when you wash it. Blow dryers, curling irons and electric straighteners damage the hair and leave it brittle and prone to breakage.

5. Avoid coloring your hair or chemically treating it until it is healthy and has been for some time.

6. Trim your hair to remove split ends, but don’t expect a trim to solve all your frizz problems. A hair can split anywhere along the shaft. Well-nourished hair is less prone to breakage.

7. Protect your hair from wind and sun damage. Cover it with a hat or a scarf when you plan to be outdoors.

8. Apply anti-frizz serum to wet hair as a temporary defense if you must use heat to style your hair, or if the weather will be especially humid. This product does not cure frizzy hair, but it can mask the problem for a few hours.

References

• “Curl Talk”; Ouidad; 2002
• “Marie Claire”; How to Care for Your Hair; November 2009