How Climate Affects Hair Texture and Skin Health

We can’t deny that Climate change surely damages the skin health and hair texture. 

You’re wondering what these climate change issues, heat waves, or ozone layer damage have an effect on our skin health and hair texture? Well, it may cause acne, early ageing, skin cancers, rough and dry hair, hair fall, and so on!  

The core question that arises is how to take care of skin health and hair texture with these climate changes? We have laid down some tips to protect your hair and skin from environmental damage and other pollutants.

How Does Climate Change Affect the Hair and Skin

Increased Temperatures

Impact on Hair

• Increased temperature is very harmful for the hair, as it leads to dryness and also makes the hair colour to fade very quickly (that’s if you’ve dyed your hair)

Impact on Skin

• High temperatures cause increased sweating, which leads to dehydration of the skin. 

Air Pollution and Toxic Elements

Impact on Hair

• These very core pollutants can break down the hair’s protective layers, making it very prone to damage.

Impact on Skin

• Pollutants in the air can lead to premature ageing, and this can develop wrinkles, age spots and a loss in the skin elasticity. Also, one should remember that long term exposure to pollutants can damage the DNA in skin cells.

UV Radiation

Impact on Hair

• UV rays are very bad for the hair as they burn the scalp, causing peeling, and hair loss. This is mainly a condition for people who have bald patches or thinning hair.

Impact on Skin

• Excessive UV radiation can cause skin damage at a cellular level, increasing the risk of skin cancer. UV radiation also leads to the production of melanin, leading to dark spots, and uneven skin tone.

How To Protect Your Skin Health from Environmental Damage.

Below we will discuss a few tips that will help us understand ways to protect our skin from environmental damage.

Apply Sunscreen Daily

Make sure to apply sunscreen daily, as your skin needs protection 365 days! We all know that blue lights from electric gadgets can cause a lot of harm to the skin if sunscreen is not applied. One should also know which sunscreen works best and gives protection for your skin.

Limit the sun exposure

One should also limit the sun exposure especially during peak hours, that being from 11 am to 4 pm when the sun is hottest. Thus, plan your activities accordingly. Also, if you’re going out then wear clothes that protect your skin and block UV rays.

Protection from Pollution 

Pollution particles are very small and they can mix with the skin’s natural oil leading to clogged pores. This can very much lead to blackheads, and breakouts.

Cleansing your face

Make sure to keep cleansing your face to protect it from environmental pollutants. So, we reccomend to choose a face wash that helps to remove excess oil, dead skin cells, and other pollutants.

Keep yourself hydrated

If you want your skin to remain healthy, then drink plenty of water and also have many fruits and vegetables throughout the day! This way, one will reduce the risk of early aeging, and the skin will feel smooth and beautiful as always. 

How to Protect Your Hair Texture from Environmental Damage

Wash Hair Regularly

Yes, you want to protect your hair from climate change, then you have to wash your hair at least twice or thrice a week to make it happen! If you wash your hair regularly then you can do away with the oil. 

Apply Hair Serum

Also, one should nourish their hair using serum, as this will also promote hair growth. A change in climate will cause hair loss, and leads to dry hair. 

Massage your scalp

There is no denying that massaging your scalp using fingertips will help to improve blood circulation, distribute the natural oil from the scalp to hair shafts, enhance hair moisture, and promotes hair growth!

Cover your hair

If there are many pollutants in the air, then we reccomend you to cover your hair with a hat, scarf or other props to protect it from harmful UV rays. This will help retain hair moisture, reduce the damage, and also prevent hair splitting.

Conclusion: Save your Skin and Hair from Climate Change Today!

We have provided the various ways of taking care of your hair and skin keeping the climate changes in mind. These tips will help you have a good skin and great hair at the very same time!

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