Nowadays Hair products Industries have been growing excessively, and new companies are emerging unlike any time in the past, and like any other health products, there have been a great need for discerning, evaluating and differentiating between real genuine healthy hair products and the huge rage of healthy hair products scandals and scams, along with mainstream of famous companies. I started this research a while back for my own benefit and as I have found this a big need I choose to post it in my blog so that all people will be able to share the benefit.
I’ve started my research through making studies on the most common hair product ingredients that are widely found in all industrial hair products.
So Here are the most dangerous Hair damaging ingrediants that you need to take good care to spot before buying or using any hair products e.g. found in Shampoos, Conditioners, Hair Cream:
1. Sulfate
Intro: Sulfate is a lathering agent in soaps, and is needed to mixture the water and the oils of the intended cleanser.
There are many kinds of sulfate of which can be very harmful and sensitizing to the skin, and the higher percentage will cause severe hair loss. As it cleanse the skin not only from sweat but also from the skin essential oils which exist to maintain a healthy hair, in the process of cleaning the hair from dirt, debris and from None Soluble (doesn’t rinse with water) chemicals and specially Silicons from hair through creating rich lather.
2. Silicons
Intro: Silicons make a great mask/coating! to cover the hair and protect it from the heat that is produced from the hair dryers, and good to keep the heir Safe from the burning heat, by creating a layer over the hairs, that keeps it from drying up, which also adds a bit of weight upon the hair that makes it much easier to style after applying, and makes it look shiny and nice and makes the hair appear thicker.
unfortunately that’s not the whole story, as it is made to protect the hair from drying with a layer of protection it also keeps the hair follicles and scalp without fresh air, pretty much nothing enters nor exists, restricting the hair from the skin essential oils and also from absorbing external oils that you may apply to nourish your hair.
Although the extreme danger happens when using none soluble or slightly soluble silicons as not only do they cover your hair and scalp with a layer of silicon but rather it remains on the hair giving throughout the time to build more and more layers until the hair is weighted down unnourished, and by time thinning and the weakening the hair follicles until falling. And by that making the skin pours around the hair follicles tighten. And throughout time making the follicles get damaged and week.
There are three kinds of silicones:
1. Water soluble (able to be dissolved in water):
1. Dimethicone copolyol
2. Hydrolyzed wheat protein (hydroxypropyl polysiloxane)
3. Lauryl methicone copolyol
4. Silicones with PEG listed before it
2. Slightly soluble:
1. Amodimethicone
2. Behenoxy dimethicone
3. Cyclohexasiloxane
4. Cyclomethicone
5. Cyclotetrasiloxane
6. Stearoxy dimethicone
3. Non soluble:
1. Cetearyl methicone
2. Cetyl dimethicone
3. Cyclopentasiloxane
4. Dimethicone
5. Dimethiconol
6. Phenyl Trimethicone
7. Stearyl dimethicone
8. Trimethylsilylamodimethicone
3. Parabens
Intro: The term ‘parabens’ is used to refer to a group of chemicals, mostly synthetic, and are the most widely used preservatives that are commonly found in cosmetics, health, beauty and personal care products such as soap, moisturizers, shaving cream, underarm deodorant, and even sun scream cream Along with many other variety of products according to the Food and Drug Administration.
To get a bit science-y, parabens are esters (a compound formed from acid and alcohol) of p-hydroxybenzoic acid. The FDA says the most common are methylparaben, propylparaben and butylparaben.
Companies use parabens to extend the shelf life of products because They act as a form of preservative, preventing the growth of potentially harmful microbes such as bacteria or fungus, thereby increasing shelf-life. for instance, face cream. And that’s good, right? Mold is essential to blue cheese, but who wants to smear his face with it?
Parabens usually show up on products’ ingredients lists as:
1. Methylparaben
2. Ethylparaben
3. Propylparaben
4. Butylparaben
5. Isobutylparaben
6. Isopropylparaben
7. Phenylparaben
8. Benzylparaben or
9. Pentylparaben
Most Common Dangerous compounds to look for in products:
1. SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate)
2. Dimethicone (most popular Silicone in shampoos, conditioners! And hair products)
3. Parabens (preservatives)
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