What is Hair Porosity?
Our Hair is not just a part of the body but it holds much more importance to us. For us, they are symbolic of self-expression. More importantly, we scale the beauty of a person by their hair type.
So, each time you witness any hair issue it becomes mentally traumatic for the person.
Hence, we should be aware of the term, “Hair Porosity” for healthy hair. In layman’s language, you could understand it as the hair’s ability to soak the amount of moisture. A person’s hair porosity means the amount of water present in the hair.
In scientific terms, you can understand it as the ability of the cuticle (the outermost layer of the hair) to hold oil and moisture.
A person has different levels of hair porosity.
So, if you have hydrated hair then it’s a plus point for you. It means that you have healthy and nourished hair. However, we must know that each person’s hair porosity is different from others.
The reason behind the different types of Hair Porosity
We all have different types of hair porosity which demands different remedies altogether. Below is the list of such specific reasons that lead to different hair porosity.
- Genetics of person
- Poor hair treatments
- Overexposure to the ultraviolet rays
Types of Hair Porosity
Low Porosity- It means hair has the least ability to hold moisture. The outer appearance of such hair cuticles is generally tight and compact.
You can easily see the products being applied to hair sitting on hair rather than being absorbed.
Tips to rectify the Low porosity hair
- Usage of protein-free conditioner as such hair products get easily absorbed in hair.
- Do apply hair conditioner while they are wet.
- Include more hair products that have ingredients like glycerin and honey.
Medium Porosity: – as the name suggests such hair cuticles do retain some moisture but not fully. Here the moisture retention is such that hairs do not look duller as compared to low porosity-affected hair.
High Porosity: – this means that your hair has a great ability to hold up moisture but it doesn’t last for a longer period.
Tips to rectify High Porosity Hair :
- Using hair products enriched with butter and oils will increase the absorption ability.
- Prefer heat protectant product before application of heat styling hair treatments.
- Refrain from the extremely hot water for rinsing hair.
How to identify the hair porosity you are dealing with?
A simple hair experiment done at home can easily reveal your hair porosity. All you need to do is to take a bowl full of water. Gently place a hair strand and watch how quickly it sinks in water. Generally, you could witness three types of results.
- If the hair strand sinks to the bottom quickly then it’s high porosity hair.
- If the hair strand floats in the middle of the bowl before sinking then it’s medium hair porosity hair.
- If the hair strand just floats on the top surface of the water for a longer period before sinking to the dbottom, then it’s low porosi
Can Hair Porosity can be changed permanently?
In real time the Hair Porosity is not permanent. Mostly the Hair Porosity is fundamentally genetic. Though it can be repaired with certain hair treatment. You can treat the Hair porosity with increase in protein in diet.
The protein does helps in building the gaps between the shafts and do help in improving the structure of the hair. According to hair experts’ usage of protein free conditioner for getting better hair texture.
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