3 Intriguing Benefits of Brushing Your Hair

Our Hair Is thick and strong. At times it can present challenges when trying to care for it and achieve the styles we like.

At times, our hair can dictate our lifestyle and when we are tired of being ruled, we choose styles that give us a “hands off” approach.

However, several of us choose the ponytail. You know the ponytail I’m speaking of. You brush your edges and gather your hair at the top of your head and put it in a ponytail.

You then add water, gel, and/or mousse to slick your edges down. You don’t brush the hair at the crown of your head. You take a “hands off” approach without wearing a hands off style.

But what are the benefits of brushing your hair?

1) Brushing Keeps Your Hair Clean

Did you know that brushing your hair is a form of dry shampooing! Proper brushing can eliminate waste materials, including deposits of uric acid crystals, catarrh and other acids and impurities that build up and become encrusted on the scalp.

(I know, that sentence is totally gross.) With so much talk about the benefits of ditching toxic shampoos, implementing proper hair brushing can help keep your hair hygiene in check. And it’s easy.

2) Brushing Strengthens Your Hair

Yep, the benefits of hair brushing go beyond simply cleaning your hair, it also conditions.

(Talk about a two in one shampoo/conditioner!) Scalp stimulation from both hair brushing and scalp massaging help distribute your natural sebum evenly through the hair.

This helps your overall hair health and keeps those shiny locks resilient and strong. In addition, as your hair is coated with sebum you’ll find moisture is restored, and the hair is generally more sheen, smooth, and manageable.

3) Brushing Prevents Hair Loss

This benefit of hair brushing was surprising to me. I have to admit, hair loss hasn’t been an issue for me (I tend to have more hair than I know what to do with!).

But hair brushing with a boar bristle brush stimulates the capillaries, increasing blood circulation in the scalp and transporting oxygen and nutrients to the hair stem, root and bulb.

It also helps to balance the sebaceous glands by stimulating them and allowing them to breath while retaining natural oils.

Sebaceous gland imbalance is often to blame for hair loss, as overproduction and underproduction of sebum cause weakening and undernourishment of the scalp.