Ways to restore naturally curly hair

Healthy happy curls have a natural shine, body and bounce to them. Unfortunately as humans, we always desire what we don’t have. Women with straight hairs always want wavy, curly locks and women with curly hair damage their hair by blow drying and straightening it. Excessive heat will end up making your locks look fried and frizzy. Gels, hairsprays and products are there to worsen the situation. As most of the products available in markets are loaded with chemicals, they further damage your locks. These products deprive hair of moisture and make them look like a ratchet bird’s nest. If you don’t want your damaged hair to shed excessively and make continuous visits to hair clinic in Abu Dhabi, follow the following steps:

Step 1:

Use a hydrating shampoo instead of a clarifying one. Try to go for shampoos that are more minimalistic and use natural ingredients. Shampoos containing sunflower oil and argan oil are best for your hydrating your hair. But they won’t weigh the curls down either. 

Step 2

Use a keratin based conditioner for your hair and at least 3 times a week. After shampooing, rinse out excess water and massage the conditioner in the ends of your hair, focusing primarily on the split ends and rinse with cold water afterwards.  Regular use of keratin based conditioner will ensure healthy looking hair and will bring the life back into your curls.

Step 3

Go for deep conditioning once a week. Use a conditioning mask on damp hair. After putting on the conditioner, put a towel in a hot water, rinse the excess water and wrap the towel around your head. Let his treatment sit for about half an hour.  Rinse with cool water afterwards. This will help the product penetrate though the hair shaft and make it soft and luscious.

Step 4

Try a natural hair mask. Combine one banana, plain yogurt, one egg, 2 tbsp honey and few drops of olive oil or lavender oil. Mix them well and apply the mixture to clean hair. Let it sit for about 40 minutes and rinse off with cold water afterwards.

Step 5

Dry your hair with a micro fiber towel. Just wrap it around your hair instead of rubbing it. Try your best to air dry it. Blow drying it will only add to the damage. If it’s absolutely necessary to blow dry the hair, invest in a diffuser and a hat protectant spray. Also, try to minimize the use of heat to about once a week and embrace your naturally curly hair. Minimizing the use of heat will cut the damage and will decrease the possibility of continual visits to hair clinic in Abu Dhabi.

Step 7

To treat frizzy hair, use serums while your hair is damp. You can also use dime size amount of olive oil as a leave in conditioner to seal in moisture and avoid frizz.

What are you best tips to managing, styling and repairing curly hair. Let us know in the comments below.

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Procedure of FUT hair transplant in Abu Dhabi

FUT hair transplant commonly known as strip removal method is also known involves extracting a strip of hair from the back of the scalp, extraction of grafts and implanting them one by one in the recipient’s area. If you have decided upon FUT hair transplant in Abu Dhabi, then getting an in depth detail about the procedure will help you prepare for the surgery effectively.

The procedure

When you will initially arrive for the day of surgery, surgical consent will be sent to you and you will be required to complete all the paper work. The physician will most likely review the goals you might have established in the initial consultation. The surgeon will draw a hair line on your scalp in accordance with what you need. You will have the final chance to review how you want your hair transplant to look like. The length of FUT hair transplant in Abu Dhabi will depend on the how many grafts are required. It can take anywhere from 4 to 12 hours. The procedure flows in the following manner:

Anesthesia

Initially sedatives are given orally to the patient. Normally a combination of Lidocaine and Bupivicaine is used as a local anesthetic. Anesthetic is administered on the ring block (perimeter of the scalp) to numb the entire scalp. If more amount of anesthesia is required, it is administered before older one wears off.

Donor tissue

In Follicular unit hair transplant in Abu Dhabi, the donor tissue is removed from the scalp in a form of a single thin strip. The strip is removed from a region which has maximum hair growth and stability. The hair in the donor area is cut about 1mm short to ease extraction and implanting process.  

Once the strip is extracted, it is placed immediately into a ringer’s lactate. It is done or the survival of grafts outside body.  The area from which strip is extracted is usually closed by absorbable staples.

Microscopic dissection

In FUT hair transplant, the individual follicular units are dissected from the strip under stereo microscopic dissection. Extra tissue is trimmed of grafts and intervening skin is removed. Grafts are then divine into groups containing 1, 2 or 3 follicular units.

Recipient sites

A fine instrument with gauge hypodermic needles is used to make recipient sites. The creation of recipient sites is extremely critical when it comes to aesthetic appeal of the transplant. They determine the angle, density and direction of the hair. It is an overall critical aspect of the hair transplant surgery. It requires significant skills and expertise on the part of the surgeon.

Graft Insertion

Once the recipient sites are created by the surgeon, a surgical team begins insertion of grafts in the sites. Grafts with one or two follicular units are implanted in the frontal hair line and grafts with 3 to 4 follicular units are implanted in the crown area.

End of procedure

When the placement of grafts is completed, the position is double checked to ensure everything is placed properly and to avoid graft damage. You scalp is bandaged lightly. A post op care instructional is provided to you. Usually you will have to rest for at least a week and will be required to come for regular checkups in between.  Doctor will prescribe you pain killers and antibiotic for preventing any sort of infections and minimizing the pain. Ensure to follow the post op instruction manual religiously.

For more information on FUT hair transplant, please visit http://www.hairtransplantdubai.com/strip-method-of-hair-transplantation/

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