Do you have the habit of shampooing at night and not drying your hair before going to bed? Find out why you should banish this bad habit from your beauty routine!
As we know, there are two camps when it comes to defining the best time of day to wash. Some prefer to take their shower in the morning to wake up well while others do not derogate from the evening shower to get rid of the bacteria of the day and to relax after long hours of work which are felt in all their muscles. If you are part of this second camp which takes a shower rather in the evening, it is very likely that you will do your shampoo at the same time, that is to say a little before going to bed. And besides, those who wash in the morning sometimes also make an exception on shampooing day to save time the next day when they wake up. So you’ve probably washed your hair at least once in the evening before going to bed.
Rest assured, if washing your hair in the evening rather than in the morning is not in itself a bad idea (because it is not the timing shampoo that is not the right one), you may slip into the sheets with your hair still damp from washing. a bad reflex that could harm your hair health on multiple levels.
Messy hair when you wake up
You have certainly noticed it after going to bed with wet hair, in the morning it has usually become wet. bad folds during the night and sometimes display a few frankly unsightly ears. Blame it on the movement your hair has taken while drying in the open air overnight, with your head pressed against the pillow. And that’s not to mention the lengths which are also often longer tangled… Suffice to say that in the morning, the hair is almost indomitable and not really at the top of its appearance. Finally, the time saved by not drying your hair the night before is quickly lost when you wake up when you have to try to correct the situation with a brushing or styling products. And it’s far from the worst consequence of this habit.
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Beware of breakage along the lengths!
You may not know it, but when your hair is wet, the scales that make up the hair’s cuticle (its outer, protective layer) are loosened and lifted, making them more fragile hair. So porous, the hair fiber is also more sensitive to external aggressions (temperature variations, friction against the pillow …) and therefore more prone to knots, which consequently also makes it more prone to breakage. Better not to keep your lengths wet or worse: soaked, before going to bed.
Risks to your scalp
If you may appreciate the cool effect of wet hair on the pillow, know that sleeping with your hair still soaked after shampooing will generate humid heat who is very conducive to the development of mycoses and fungi on your scalp. In fact, when you sleep with your head resting against the pillow, this moisture present in the hair and on the scalp will simply macerate against a sheet which is itself a nest for bacteria. That disrupts the balance of the scalp by making it more sensitive to irritations, more subject to dandruff and itching, but also fungi.
So many good reasons to no longer go to bed with wet hair !