A gym workout is pivotal for you to keep yourself fit. Nevertheless, most of the people face extreme sweating after gym workout. You may even face the same consequence while working out at home. This sort of sweating impacts your hair the most. As this makes your hair scalp sweaty which further leads to hair fall and scalp irritation. However, you should not stop working out because of this. Let’s find out how to deal with the post workout sweaty hair now.
Don’t shampoo your hair everyday
It’s recommendable not to use shampoo everyday after working out. Even though shampoo cleans the hair but if you use it excessively, it may damage the natural oil of your hair & scalp and furthermore you hair may become rough. You shouldn’t shampoo your hair more than 2/3 times a week. Instead of using shampoo everyday you can go for moisturizing products such as conditioner and serum which will keep your hair hydrated.
Dry Shampoo
Dry shampoo can be your best friend to deal with sweaty hair. For that, you need to know the usage of it first. You should never apply dry shampoo on wet hair because it may cause your hair to become sticky. So, firstly you have to use a micro fiber towel for your wet hair. Then you should dry off your hair with a dryer for at least 3 minutes. Besides, it is useful to go for dry shampoo before working out. However, it is not advisable to apply dry shampoo long before you start working out. You should try to begin your gym workout as soon as you apply dry shampoo. It will help reducing the sweat on your hair scalp.
Cold dryer
You can use cold dryers as it helps significantly to keep your hair fresh. Keeping the dryer in cold setting, you can dry your hair root and the area above your neck. Following this will reduce sweating and provide you a soothing feeling in humid conditions.
Protect hair from ultraviolet rays
Sweat usually contains salty elements. These salty elements make your hair dry specially when you work out in direct sun exposure. You should go for oil, serum and also UV sprays that protects your hair from ultraviolet rays. This will help you to make your hair hydrated and well moisturized.
Use hair fragnance
You should look out for conditioners or creams that contain hair fragnance, as it will keep your hair both tidy and hydrated. You can check if there are keratin, silk oil and shine ingredients in such nourishing conditioner. In addition, you can also choose the fragnance according to your preference. The fragnance of the nourishing conditioner will keep your hair refreshing.
Keep your hands off your hair
You shouldn’t touch your hair repeatedly while working out. Becasue this causes an increase of oil production in your hair scalp.
While wearing a hijab
Often wearing hijab while working out makes the hijab sweat too along with your scalp. So, you need to clean your hijab everyday after gym workout. Otherwise, the hijab gets vulnerable to bacteria formation if it remains wet. Wearing the same hijab again may lead to irritation and rash on your hair scalp. So, it’s advisable to have couple of hijabs so that you can change and use a different one every day. And it’s definitely better to use cotton hijabs than the other ones.
There’s no alternative of gym or home workout to maintain a healthy life. At the same time, you should follow these tips so that your hair doesn’t get damaged in the process.
