The hair care industry has developed several brands and types of hair conditioners designed to help minimize damage to the hair shaft and cuticle. Damage to the hair can come from the environment, styling aids, hair color and harsh permanent wave solutions. Depending on the extent of damage to the hair, women can find a product at home or in their local store to repair the damage.
Identification
Hair conditioner is a product made to coat each shaft of hair and reduce its porosity and tendency to damage. These products come in detangling conditioners, pre-treatment solutions, deep treatments and light sprays, according to Hair Boutique.
Hair is more porous toward the ends which makes it more vulnerable to damage from the environment and use of styling aids, such as hair dryers and flat irons. Depending on what styling aids are used on the hair, women may have healthy hair that has not become overly porous or they may have hair that has suffered damage and become very porous and prone to additional damage.
Function
Since each hair shaft develops rips and tears, conditioner is especially designed to help fill in those rips and tears, helping to smooth out the cuticle of the shafts. The light detangling sprays, for instance, provide a light coating on the shaft of the hair, making it easier to untangle prior to styling.
The heavy, deep-conditioning treatment has the capability of penetrating all the way to the center of each hair shaft so it can fill up the torn areas, preventing them from catching on other hair shafts, says Hair Boutique.
Features
The rinse-out conditioners coat the shafts of each hair, making it easier to comb and style the hair after shampooing. These conditioners are left in for a period of two to three minutes before rinsing them out. Leave-in conditioners are specially formulated to coat the hair without giving a greasy feeling. Deep conditioners work their way down into the center of the shaft, filling in tiny tears and holes in the cuticle of the hair.
Conditioning Using Home Products
Use warm water to wet your hair, coat your hair with coconut suntan oil, not cream, and then wrap your head in a towel and plastic wrap and go to sleep with the oil in your hair. Use a gentle shampoo to rinse the excess oil out the next morning.
Coat your hair with a mixture of mayonnaise, whipped egg and avocado and leave this in overnight. Shampoo the mixture out the next morning with a gentle shampoo.
Use henna to repair hair that has been damaged with hair color. Henna colors your hair while it repairs damage done to the hair shaft, according to Free Beauty Tips.
Considerations
The kind of conditioner a person needs depends on the damage her hair has suffered, according to Hair Boutique. If it is only slightly damaged, she can use the rinse-out conditioners or leave-in conditioners while she grows her hair out. If her hair is more heavily damaged, the deep-conditioning treatments may work to smooth the hair shaft out while she changes her hair styling habits.
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