Wash daily
The experts agree: wash your hair daily, foam up a little shampoo in your hand, massage into the scalp, rinse thoroughly. “Even two to three times a day would be perfectly fine if the scalp is given moisture back,” says Andreas Kohlhoff from Düsseldorf, a specialist at Redken and Shu Uemura. “A lot of people don’t know that washing always dries out the scalp and changes the pH level. A special conditioner therefore also belongs on the scalp because it neutralizes the pH value.”
Concentration, please
Drip a concentrate directly onto the scalp daily (at least three times a week) and massage in for about five minutes. Use activating active ingredients in the morning (e.g. “Intensive Activating Lotion” from La Biosthetique) and soothing ones in the evening and leave them to work overnight (e.g. “Astera Soothing Fluid” from Furterer).
Grandmother’s favorite
Grandma’s recommended “100 brush strokes” should be converted into 100 massage strokes. Use a large, wide brush (paddle brush, eg from Aveda) with bristles that are wide apart, rounded and flexible. “The warmest parts of the scalp are in the neck, on the temples and behind the ears. This is where scabs, dandruff or oily spots are most likely to form, which benefit from the stimulation of the massage,” says expert Kempf.
Beautiful, lively gray
Natural gray is very trendy. Ingrid Küffner, anti-aging expert and head of the Kérastase Institute in Nuremberg, recommends care for it: “UV protection is essential to keep white or gray hair beautiful. And that around the clock in every season. Because it is comparable to very light skin and is exposed to damage from UV rays without protection. A visible effect is then a yellow cast and porosity. For older women, whose scalp tends to be dry, I recommend looking for hyaluronic acid in the hair mask.”
Hair workout
