Dull and lifeless hair needs careful care and special attention.Having lost natural beauty, they become brittle and weak.Hair restoration is a long process, which provides for an integrated approach.One of the effective cosmetics necessary for the treatment of the structure of curls is a restorative hair mask.

The causes of damage to the structure
Hair is susceptible to improper care and lack of nutrients.To provide curls with effective restoration and proper care, you need to know the causes of damage to their structure.This will eliminate the source of the appearance of the problem and move the process of regeneration of strands from the "dead point".It is important to really help hair, and not create a visible temporary effect that disappears when the cosmetic drug is stopped.
The causes of hair damage include:
- Incorrect care. Do not unconditionally believe advertising and buy all funds in a row: in addition to incompatibility, a frequent change in cosmetics can introduce hair into a stressful state, the result of which is damage to the structure of the hair and often baldness.
- Incorrect procedure for washing the head. You can not wash your hair with hot water: this leads to fragility, dry strands and often the cause of the appearance of the ended ends.
- The use of aggressive devices for drying and styling (hair dryers, ironing and other devices). With regular use, such a technique has a negative effect on curls.
- Chemical curl and staining. Frequent painting and curls look beautiful and fashionable, this allows visually it seems younger, but it causes serious harm to the structure of the strands.In addition, the ingredients that make up the paint often do not have a gentle effect, which leads to the loss of the integrity of the hair.
- Improper nutrition. In addition to an unbalanced diet, it is important to drink about two liters of water daily: the lack of moisture in the body affects the structure of the hair, making it dry.Lack of nutrients leads to a slowdown in the growth of curls, loss of elasticity and loss.
- Bad habits. The abuse of alcoholic beverages and smoking is one of the most common reasons.These pernicious habits destroy hair follicles from the inside, and the hair initially grows damaged.
- The negative impact of environmental factors. In summer, curls suffer from the scorching sun, and in winter, frost causes significant harm to them.They lose moisture and beneficial substances, become dull and weakened.

Having revealed the cause of the weakening of the strands, you need to reconsider your diet, timely trim the ended ends, wash your hair using sparing shampoos, taking into account the existing problem, and use restorative masks.
Peculiarities
The restorative mask has a directed effect, which is noticeable after several procedures.With prolonged (exchange rate) use, it has a long effect, strengthening hair for a long time and creating protection.The composition of such cosmetics includes vitamins and useful components that are sufficiently moisturized by strands.The effectiveness of such masks is explained by intensive care, because these drugs contain:
- oils, extracts of plant origin, providing hydration and nutrition of the scalp;
- vitamins saturating hair follicles and skin of the heads with useful substances;
- active components (collagen, proteins, keratin, panthenol, hyaluronic acid), which have a directed effect on solving a specific problem;
- Additional elements that enhance the effect of taking masks and making the process of applying the product light.
The regular use of restoring masks favorably affects the condition of the scalp, revives the curls, makes them obedient, healthy.They gain strength and vitality.
Before you begin a comprehensive treatment for the structure of strands, you need to contact a trichologist (a specialist in the treatment of hair and scalp). It will help to accurately indicate the problem and select the appropriate treatment. As a rule, a comprehensive restoration of curls includes several recommendations:

- eating products that help restore the structure of the hair from the inside (fatty fish, fresh vegetables, poultry meat, carrots, whole grains, nuts);
- taking vitamins and microelements (a complex of vitamins, which is necessary for the restoration, which may include B2, B5, B6, CA, C, Zn, K, Cu, Se, CR, I and others, is selected for a specific problem);
- the use of dermatological shampoo with the addition of essential oils (Mirra, chamomile, sandalwood, ylang-ylang);
- the course use of home or purchased masks for damaged curls;
- Adding vitamin E.
Indications
Restoring masks for damaged hair are effective due to active components that are a kind of building material for strands. Such procedures are shown in the following problems:
- loss of natural shine;
- dull and lifeless appearance of curls;
- brittleness and section;
- after a chemical curling, carving, dreadlocks;
- weakened, porous and thin curls;
- after lightening (discoloration) and staining;
- electrification;
- for the treatment of burned hair (from the constant exposure of heating devices for drying and styling);
- Stop hair growth.
Restoring masks have a therapeutic effect if they are used in a complex approach.Restorative cosmetic procedures for porous, dry and severely damaged hair will return the natural beauty and healthy appearance to the curls, moisturize and saturate them with vitamins and nutrients.
The benefits of such funds are very noticeable: they contribute to intensive restoration at a professional level, reanimating dry, colored and lightened curls.

Recommendations
In the approach to the restoration of the hair structure, it must be remembered that an integrated approach is not just moisturizing, nutrition, and a light cosmetic procedure. This treatment, therefore it is important to consider certain points:
- It is necessary to choose a tool for a specific existing problem based on the condition of curls (for brittle, dry, against section).Having made the mixture at home, you need to consider the purpose.
- Before applying, you need to conduct a test, applying a small amount of mask to thin skin near the ear.In the presence of redness, itching, tingling, the use of the product is contraindicated.
- Applying the purchase tool, it is important to follow the proposed instructions.
- You can not use cosmetics with an expired expiration date. A mask made at home is not subject to storage and re -use.
- During the procedure, the product is first applied to the scalp, it is rubbed with light movements, and then evenly distributed along the entire length of the hair with the help of palms or comb-grinding.
- The mask, even with prolonged use, will not be effective if you continue to injure the hair.It will be able to have a temporary effect, but at the same time, the curls will quickly get used to the components of the means and will stop responding to them. Before starting treatment, it is important to identify and eliminate the cause of damage to the strands.
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Features of home remedies
The advantage of home cosmetics is its naturalness.Masks created at home do not cause allergies, they are harmless to the hair and scalp.Their components are selected for the individual characteristics of the skin and the type of hair.They are always fresh, consist of natural components, so they have more efficiency than store products.As a rule, such means do not have parabens and contain only beneficial substances.Such drugs are a budget alternative to purchased cosmetics, but they are very effective and often have a more noticeable effect.The result from their application justifies expectations.

Such masks really reanimate the hair, restoring their structure at the cellular level.
How to do it with your own hands
The process of preparing a home mask will not take much time: it is exciting and allows you to conduct different experiments with components to obtain the most positive result.In order to make a mask yourself, components are needed, a container for stirring and a spoon or mini-mixer.When stirring with a spoon, the consistency of the product is more dense.If you want the texture of the product to resemble a light souffle, you can use a small mixer.The composition of the home masks that help restore the structure of the hair can include the following components:
- products (onions, bread, egg yolk, honey, beer, kefir, gelatin, lemon juice);
- essential oils (tangerine, lavender, pink tree, chamomile, myrrhic);
- herbal infusions (oak bark, calendula flowers, linden, chamomile, coltsfoot, nettle leaves, birch, plantain, burdock);
- cosmetic oils (coconut, argan, flax, almonds, peach, sea buckthorn, burdock, eucalyptus, grape seeds);
- Vitamins (riboflavin, ascorbic acid, retinol).
The use of such components will significantly enhance the effectiveness of the mask, will make the effect a long one.
You can not mix many different components in one tool: this can provoke the appearance of an allergic reaction and cause harm to sick hair.The correct selection of mask components is 80% of the success of recovery.The missing 20% will show how well the prepared tool is used.For example, by choosing a recipe with beer, it is better to add light to it, since the concentration of yeast, hops and organic acid amino acids in it are higher.The restoring effect with such a component will be more effective.
Several recommendations
So that there are no problems during cooking, you can take into account some nuances:
- Heating oils, honey or kefir in a water bath can only be up to a temperature of 40 degrees;
- If you need to add ethers or egg to them, the temperature must be reduced to 30 degrees so that the broadcasts retain their properties, and the egg does not curl;
- The mixer will solve the problem of lumps inherent in domestic masks.

The treatment procedure for damaged curls has its own characteristics:
- The duration of the mask session is from 15 minutes or more (less time will not give any result);
- After applying the mixture, it is necessary to warm the head with a plastic bag, a special hat and a terry towel;
- Rinse the mass with warm water (hot will add dryness and eliminate the therapeutic effect), if necessary, you can use shampoo;
- The frequency is 1-2 procedures per week for one to two months (a break is needed between the courses).
Recipes
Today, there are a lot of different home recipes for cosmetic and therapeutic masks designed to care for the scalp and damaged curls.The recipe can be simple (for example, consisting of light beer) or using exotic components. It depends on a specific problem, to eliminate which the product is used.
- To restore the hair of a mixed type and prevent their loss, you can use the composition of calendula tincture (8 - 10 tablespoons) and a tablespoon of castor oil: it resushes even severely damaged strands.The duration of this procedure is 1.5-2 hours.
- A gelatin mask with egg yolk and shampoo is suitable for strands of any type, eliminating weakness, fading and contributing to stimulation of hair growth. Gelatin (a large spoon) is dissolved in water (4 tablespoons), after swelling to the mass, the yolk and 3 tablespoons of shampoo are added to the mass.After 30-40 minutes, the mask is washed off with warm water.
- Eliminate brittleness, prevent the cross section, stop hair loss will help a tool consisting of castor and burdock oils mixed in equal shares (2 spoons), lemon juice or birch (teaspoon) and a few drops of ether.For the visible effect, hold the mask for 1.5-2 hours, and then rinse with the use of shampoo.
- A mask based on a decoction of burdock will give the hair the necessary nutrition and moisturizing, eliminate dandruff and give the volume to the hairstyle. The recipe for such a tool consists of onion juice, aloe juice, honey, olive oil or burdock (a tablespoon) and a decoction of burdock (two tablespoons).

Conclusions
To evaluate the justice of reviews about the usefulness of restoring masks, you need to take into account the duration of application.Often, a woman wants to get an effect immediately after one procedure, and in his absence on the Internet, a negative comment appears.The best effective mask is considered the one that is used as part of complex therapy.By studying the effectiveness of store drugs, we can conclude that not all products justify expectations.The effect of such masks disappears when they stop using them. Home masks are considered a good remedy that helps restore hair health.They treat and prevent the aging of the structure of curls.