Are fluffy powder and wash-free spray the magic weapon to save oily-haired girls? Doctor: Don't use them, you'll go bald

"I found that the only thing that I have not wavered in and persisted in for all these years, apart from eating and sleeping, is probably hair loss" - the inner thoughts of a young man.

Research shows that there are about 140 million men and 20 million women with hair loss in China. There are many reasons for hair loss: lifestyle habits, stress, hair dyeing, low-quality shampoo, etc. The most important of these is lifestyle habits.

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In the past two years, fluffy powder and wash-free spray have become popular on the Internet, claiming that you don't need to wash your hair after using them, and they are deeply loved by young people. Do these products bring us convenience or hair loss crisis?

What is the principle of fluffy powder and leave-in spray?

The method of using fluff powder is very simple: just press lightly on the roots of the hair or the oily parts of the hair, and the white powder will turn transparent in a few minutes. You can get fresh and fluffy hair by grabbing it.

Its principle is to absorb the oil on the hair through solid powder.

Under normal circumstances after washing your hair, the hair will produce a negative charge on the dry surface. The powder in the fluff powder also has a negative charge, which causes the same charges to repel each other, and finally makes our hair look very fluffy.

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The principle of the leave-in spray is to release gas under high pressure to disperse the liquid substance containing ingredients, producing a physical atomization effect on the hair.

This magical physical process actually releases active substances that can be adsorbed on the surface of hair, thereby changing some properties of the hair surface, such as the oiliness, dryness, and fluffiness of the hair. The final effect is to adjust the state of the hair surface and affect the hair quality to a certain extent.

Although both fluffy powder and leave-in spray can make our hair fluffy, it is not difficult to see that in essence, fluffy powder and leave-in spray are just "surface work" and the scalp is not cleaned.

Moreover, this method of "treating the symptoms but not the root cause" works quickly but also loses its effectiveness quickly, and can only last for about a day at most.

Be careful when using these products

Using fluff powder may seem to be twice the result with half the effort, but in reality it is half the result with twice the effort.

The solid powder of pom pom powder will be absorbed on the hair, which may make the hair dry and astringent. If the pom pom powder is pressed on the hair roots, it is very easy to not wash it out thoroughly, which will cause the hair follicles to be blocked. After using pom pom powder, washing your hair will take longer and you need to wash it more carefully.

However, if you overuse or use leave-in spray incorrectly, its chemical composition will affect the hair growth environment and the health of the scalp, eventually making the hair abnormally dry.

According to the survey, some people may experience scalp redness, swelling, itching, or even pain after using fluffy powder or leave-in spray.

This may be because the chemicals in pouf powder and leave-in spray damage the hair follicles and sebaceous glands, causing a severe allergic reaction on the scalp, so that the hair will eventually become oilier and more prone to hair loss and breakage.

In a nutshell: Fluffy powder and leave-in spray can be an occasional emergency solution, but if you rely on them for a long time, your hair may fall away from you faster.

You still have to wash your hair!

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Review expert: Xu Hongjun, attending physician of dermatology.

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