Hair and pollution, how can we protect it?

We often feel our hair dull and matt and perceive an uncomfortable feeling of dirty and weighed down hair. How is this possible if we wash it regularly and care for it assiduously? Often air pollution is precisely one of the causes. Let’s see together why and some specific remedies and products to deal with smog-related skin problems.

Pollution and hair

Air pollution is known to be one of the main problems and a challenge to overcome for the health of our planet and in particular for big cities. Pollution is a mix of substances that are toxic to our bodies and our health: it is a mix of fine particulate matter, smog, smoke, PM10, exhaust gases, carbon monoxide, industrial and heating plant emissions.
Pollution also negatively affects the health of our skin and hair.
Pollutants settle on the hair shaft, making it heavy, dull and smelly; hair thus loses its shine and softness. The greatest damage, however, is on the skin: in fact, smog particles are absorbed by the skin causing dermatitis, redness and irritation, in short, many scalp problems.

How to protect hair from pollution

How can we defend our hair and skin from pollution and prevent demage? With a targeted beauty routine and anti-smog treatments! In fact, let’s remember that the health of the shaft starts right from the roots: if you want to have healthy and shiny hair, you need to take care of the scalp.
First of all, if you live in a big city some caution are a must: you can defend your hair with the simple use of hats, headscarves, headgear that act as a barrier to the attack of pollutants or keep your hair up as much as possible.

Anti-smog products and treatments

Proper scalp cleansing, proper cleansing and finally nourishment of the hair shaft to restore shine and softness is also important.
For scalp and cleansing, there are specific anti-smog and anti-pollution products, such as our Phitocomplex Detoxing line. These treatments always start with a proper cleansing of the scalp with preparations based on essential oils that serve to purify the skin of all impurities. Simple to use, they are indispensable for the next step: cleansing. Then choose the specific detoxing and anti-smog shampoo: these are gentle shampoos that respect the hydrolipid film of the scalp and restore moisture to hair stressed by fine dust. Finally, nourishment of the shaft becomes necessary: finally, completing the treatment with a good nourishing mask is a must to deeply rehydrate.