How To Save Your Color-Damaged Hair?

It's happened to many of us: As summer approaches, we opt for a lighter (or totally different) hair color, only to get home from the salon feeling like our locks have been replaced by a pile of hay!

The process of bleaching hair opens the shaft of the hair and removes the color by reaching the melanin in the core of the hair and changing composition. To penetrate the hair shaft, the process has to lift the hair's cuticle. If hair is over bleached, the cuticle will not lay flat again once the process is complete, and this is what causes hair to feel coarse and to look dull and lifeless. Bleaching will also cause the hair strand to weaken, so it will begin to snap off like a weak rubber band, causing hair to look thin and stringy. Now Julia hair store tells you how to save your color-damaged hair.

First, prevent damage before it happens. Don't be shy when talking to your stylist—if you've got fine or thin hair, chances are your hair is not going to hold up very well through the process. Ask your stylist to use a lower volume developer on your hair. It will take longer to process, but the lower the developer number, the slower the developer processes and the less damage it causes. You can also ask your stylist to lighten your human hair to a certain point and then use toner to achieve the actual level of blonde that you are looking for. Most hair stylists don't want you walking around looking like you stuck your finger in a light socket because it makes them look bad too. They are usually more than willing to address your concerns and to work with you to minimize the damage. Another tip to preventing damage is going from deeper colors to lighter blondes in steps—a little more blonde at each visit. The final tip is to try to schedule your appointment before a window when you can go several days without washing. I prefer Thursday evenings because I can go until Monday before I have to wash my hair. After the appointment, I brush daily with a wide-tooth comb and do a deep conditioning treatment Sunday night.

Bleach usually comes in a powder form and is mixed with a liquid developer. Developer comes in four strengths: 10, 20, 30, and 40 volume. Volume refers to the percentage of peroxide in the developer. 10-volume is the weakest level, and 40-volume is the maximum strength. If your hair is weak or unhealthy or does not tolerate processing very well, you may want to ask your stylist to use a 10 or 20 volume developer. It will take longer to process, and your hair will not turn out as light, but your stylist can use a toner to lighten your hair further without doing more damage.

Maybe you are reading this because you've washed your virgin hair bundle deals for the first time after having it bleached and have now lost your brush in the rat's nest that's been left behind. In that case, I've got plenty of tricks to help you out. I've had it happen a few times because stylists often assume my strands are thick and able to handle intense bleaching because I have a lot of hair. In reality, although I have very long, thick hair, the individual strands are very thin and delicate.

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