Breakage is a common hair concern, and it’s no wonder considering the heat styling, coloring, straightening, UV rays, pollution, and chemicals (such as chlorine) that our strands are subjected to. Proper haircare can go a long way for minimizing potential damage caused by these aggressors, but it’s also important to keep the health of your skin in mind.
Conditioners, masks, and deep-conditioning treatments (as well as some serums) are formulated to provide the hair with moisture, nourishment, and extra manageability that can help reduce breakage—yet many of these products contain ingredients that can have a negative impact on sensitive and acne-prone skin.
With SEEN, you don’t have to choose between stronger, smoother, healthier-looking hair with less breakage or the health of your skin. You can have both!
How to prevent hair breakage
It’s a lot easier to prevent the damage that leads to breakage than it is to reverse it—and it’s never too late to make small changes that can add up to make a big difference in the health and appearance of your hair.
- Always use heat protection: SEEN Blow-Out Creme and Curly Creme are formulated with naturally-derived hemisqualane (instead of silicone) to help seal the hair cuticles and provide protection from up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. And even when you’re not heat-styling, these products can be used to ensure a smooth, soft finish after air-drying.
- Shield hair from UV rays and pollution: SEEN’s styling cremes are formulated with antioxidant-rich moringa oleifera extract to help shield the hair from UV rays and other environmental assaults like pollution.
- Towel-dry the right way: Rubbing wet hair roughly is sure to damage your hairs’ cuticles and contribute to breakage. Instead, gently blot hair dry with a microfiber towel (or even an old tee shirt).
- Detangle carefully: The hair is especially vulnerable to damage when it’s wet, so you want to take extra care when detangling. Using a specially designed detangling brush or wide-toothed comb before rinsing your conditioner and/or after the shower can help.
- Sleep smart: The slip of a silk pillowcase can help reduce the friction of tossing and turning that can lead to breakage overnight.
- Reduce tension: Wearing too-tight ponytails and braids, woven-in extensions, or other super-taut hairstyles on repeat certainly contributes to breakage as well as traction alopecia, which is a temporary form of hair loss in areas of high tension.
How to prevent hair breakage with SEEN
Haircare is important for maintaining the health of the hair and helping it withstand daily stress. It’s just as important that your haircare works for (not against) sensitive and acne-prone skin. But at the end of the day, if you’re looking for a way to prevent hair breakage, you want to see results!
When used as a regimen, SEEN Shampoo and Conditioner reduce hair breakage by up to 59%. Consider this the foundation of your breakage-fighting haircare routine, along with these other products that reduce breakage in as little as one use.
- SEEN Fragrance-Free Deeper Conditioner: Formulated to soften and detangle normal to dry hair, Deeper Conditioner reduces hair breakage by up to 58%.
- Whether you use it on damp hair before styling or as a smoothing, shine-enhancing finishing touch on dry hair (or both), our Magic Serum reduces hair breakage by up to 81% after a single use.
- A lightweight multitasker that detangles hair, delivers lightweight hydration, and provides the hair with protection against heat, pollution, and UV rays, Leave-In Conditioner reduces hair breakage by up to 76% after a single use.
[1] Repeated grooming study with 10 bleached hair tresses, compared to control.
[2] Repeated grooming study with 10 bleached hair tresses, compared to control.
[3] Repeated grooming study with 10 bleached hair tresses, compared to control.
[4] Repeated grooming study with 10 bleached hair tresses, compared to control.
