Summertime Hair Care For All Hair Types- Straight, Wavy, Curly

Whether your hair is curly or straight, here are some tips on keeping your hair healthy during the summer

Managing Hair Can Be Hard Work

Ladies with curls are often envied by their straight-haired counterparts. A curly often coif represents freedom, strength, and independence in our common consciousness. However, as Dr. Shyamali Singhal knows, curly hair can be unruly and hard to manage. If you have curly hair, you know that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all formula. Straight hair, on the other hand, comes with its own set of rules and little tricks to remember. This makes finding the right product, tool, or technique a major source of frustration. So, what can we do? Knowing our curl type can serve as an excellent start for figuring out our perfect hair care routine for cancer patients.

Knowing Your Hair Type                                                                                     

Dr. Shyamali Singhal, surgical oncologist knows that for many women, their hair is their pride and joy. This doesn’t change with a cancer diagnosis. From straight and fine to voluminous and curly, every woman’s hair is different and beautiful in its own way. The way we style our hair is a matter of preference and style, but we probably already know that our hair has some limitations. Some cancer treatments can make the hair brittle and dry. Even without the harsh chemicals of chemotherapy, our hair can tend to frizz easily or doesn’t want to hold a curl. These are qualities that we can’t control, but we can learn how to work around them. Knowing our hair type and how to care for it is the key to healthy and beautiful hair while undergoing any form of cancer treatment.

Divisions Of Hair Types

Although we can achieve straight or curly hair through various styling methods, we are born with a certain hair type or texture. It’s not simply a matter of if our hair lies flat. Is it able to hold a curl? Does it have a slight wave? There are defining characteristics that differentiate our hair type on the type 1 hair scale. Type 1 hair is hair that lies flat, or straight. Straight locks tend to be on the shinier side because the hair’s natural oils are able to travel from root to tip. This hair category includes divisions 1A, 1B, and 1C.

Overview Of Different Hair Types

We can list hair types like this: straight, wavy, curly, and kinky. Now, let’s take a closer look at each of these hair types and the subcategories for each.

Type 1: Straight

If you have hair of this type, it is straight and may have a tendency toward becoming greasy and shiny. Straight hair becomes greasy faster than curly hair because oil from your scalp travels down the hair shaft more quickly.

Type 2: Naturally Wavy

Hair of this type has a natural wave, and it tends to be thicker than Type 1 hair. The subtypes are divided by the thickness of the hair and the shape of the waves.

Type 3: Curly

This type of hair is definitely curly – usually the kind of curl that goes straight when the hair is wet but goes back to being curly as it dries. Curly hair has clearly defined, springy curls and it tends to be easy to style.

Type 4: Very Curly or Kinky

Hair of the very curly or kinky type has very tight, sometimes well-defined curls. It tends to be fairly coarse in texture but is also sensitive and prone to damage by heat and product. There are three different subcategories for each of these categories, based on hair texture.

Hair Textures                            

In addition to different types of hair, there are also different textures to think about. The texture of your hair is typically a description of its circumference or thickness. Fine hair tends to be thin and fragile. Each hair has two layers, the cortex, and the cuticle. Because fine hair is very thin, it can become oily or greasy very quickly. It also tends to become weighed down by product and breaks more easily than thicker hair. Medium hair is thicker than fine hair, and it is what most women have. Hair with this texture still has two layers – the cortex and cuticle – but some women may have a third layer to their hair called the medulla. Medium-thickness hair tends to hold hairstyles better than fine hair and has more volume. It is also less prone to breakage. The third option for hair texture is thick or coarse. Thick hair has three layers – the cortex, cuticle, and medulla – and it looks fuller than fine or medium hair. Coarse or thick hair holds hairstyles well and is more tolerant than other textures to things like heat, product, and hair dye. It is also less prone to breakage, but it can become frizzy in humid weather and takes longer to dry.

Summertime Care

Keeping the complexity and the diversity of different types of hair in mind, but also special needs that arise when hair meets summer challenges: the sun, the sand, the heat, Dr. Shyamai Singhal carefully selected these hair care products, appropriate for cancer patients. Maintaining the hair is a difficult task on its own, and topped with chemotherapy and the toll it takes on the hair, things get tangled in no time. Hair can easily become damaged due to harsh, irritating hair products, shampooing too often, or from the environment. Try out our Cleure Unscented Hair Conditioner for Sensitive Skin. It leaves your hair healthy, silky and easy to manage. This hypoallergenic conditioner works for all hair types, including children's hair, dry hair, oily hair or color-treated hair.