If you are interested in healthy hair and want black hair to grow in for a long time, ceramides can be considered one of the most important aspects of your hair care routine. If you are leaving this out of your regimen, you will definitely want to reconsider. So you might be wondering what exactly ceramides are, you may have heard them mentioned but aren’t quite sure what exactly they are and what they do for your hair. So let’s get to that!
Ceramides are essentially a fatty lipid that makes up our hair and skin. In the hair, they work like the glue that holds our hair together. When you take a lock of hair and look at it under a microscope, you will see hundreds of tiny scales. On healthy hair, the scales will be flat. However, on hair that is damaged or over-processed, you will see these scales standing up and away from the main bark. This gives the hair a dull and rough appearance. What ceramides do is literally hold these scales together and keep them flat where they belong. What this means for your hair is that the precious moisture and protein you’ve been adding to your regimen remains trapped in the strand of hair to which it belongs rather than escaping through the raised, open cuticles.
After regularly incorporating ceramides into your hair care routine, you will notice that your hair is straighter, softer, and noticeably shinier due to the flatness of the hair cuticles. A greater use of ceramides will help you to have much healthier hair in the long term because you will be able to maintain the balance of protein and moisture much better. Adding the right amount of protein and moisture to your hair care regimen will go a long way by adding ceramides to keep everything locked in. After repeated use and healthier hair, many people begin to wonder if they need to keep doing protein treatments. Increased hair health makes it seem like all you need to do is keep using ceramides and moisture for nice, healthy hair. The truth is that hair needs all three. Think of it as a nice balanced balance that you want to keep in place. Instead of removing the protein, simply reduce the number of protein treatments and separate the protein treatments.
So where are these ceramides and how do you get them in your hair? They are found naturally in oils like wheat germ oil, hemp seed oil, and sunflower oil. Ceramides are also manufactured synthetically and can be found in many hair products. Some great ones to try include Sidal’s SOS Ceramides, La Bomba Deep Hair Treatment, HASK Ceramide Ceramide Repair, Redken’s Extreme Rescue Force, and Wild Growth Hair Oil.
Go ahead and try the ceramides for yourself, you will be pleasantly surprised!
