Human hair is often credited with more problems or myths by professional beauticians than you can imagine.

Often, we are made to believe one thing or another about hair that split ends are caused by over washing, that one’s hair grays because of early contact with hair chemicals or that dry scalp gives rise to dandruff.

But Philip Kingsley, a top American Trichologist (expert in hair problems) declares it on authority that,

The claim that frequent shampooing leaves hair oilies or drier is false, that if anything, frequent washing of the hair has never changed the hair type.

That is it as false as it sounds to Think that dry scalp can cause one to develop dandruff. Dandruff he says, is oily in most cases. This is so because all scalps produce some oil via the sebaceous (oil) glands and this is absolved into the flakes.

Again, according to Kingsley, there is no truth in the claim that, cutting one’s hair (trimming) can make it stronger as generally believed, cutting of the hair tips he says, has no effect on the strength of the hair. Rather, longer hair is more susceptible to tangling and this breaks off easily. Another false claim is that grey hair is coarsed. Frenzy hair, if anything, Kingsley thinks is always finer but drier. The dryness in grey hair is what gives the coarse feeling when it is touched, according to him. Some people equally believe that the hair gets healthier when brushed upto 100 strokes daily; this, again, is false.

Rather than instill health, frequent brushing or combing for as much as 100 strokes daily, breaks, pull and scratches the scalp. Now we know better.

“According to Kingsley, there is no truth in the claim that cutting one’s hair (trimming) can make it stronger as generally believed. Cutting of the hair tips he says, has no effect on the strength of the hair. Rather, longer hair is more susceptible to tangling and thus breaks off easily.”