Hair loss is one of the biggest problems you face in your life if you don’t take care of your hair properly. The sense of losing hair, the insecurity of getting bald and the peer pressure you might expect due to hair fall can become real agony in your life. You can avoid hair loss by avoiding all those things which damage or weaken your hair. One such thing that causes hair fall but you still use it is sulfate. About 95% of shampoo being sold in your local markets uses sulfate in their ingredients.  

Can sulfate cause hair loss? Yes! It can. 

  Sodium lauryl sulfate and Sodium dodecyl sulfate are the ingredients of a shampoo you use in your daily life. These ingredients help shampoo to dissolve in water and give a foamy texture when you massage the shampoo in your hair. The low concentration of sulfates in shampoo isn’t bad for your hair, as they reduce the level of surface tension between your shampoo and your skin – helping the active ingredients in shampoo to wash out dirt, oil or dead skin cells. But when you are exposed to a high level of sulfates, they damage your hair causing dandruff, itchy scalp or hair loss. This guide covers a detail note on how sulfate damages your hair and how can you avoid such products?

How does sulfate damages hair?

Sulfates, when used in excess – can damage hair. They impact your scalp by stripping away proteins, natural oils and essential nutrients of hair. Human hair consists of 65% to 95% of proteins. Now you can imagine it yourself, how harmful will it be when it extracts out all those essential things out of your hair? Hair loss will become significant. Every time you comb your hair, you’ll see the hair falling.

Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) is also found in detergents that are used to clean garage floors or engines. The same way, it dissolves grease off of an engine, it removes essential oils and proteins from your hair. If something used for cleaning industrial goods is also used to clean your hair. You can imagine the disastrous results yourself.

Other effects:

Other than damaging and weakening hair, sulfates can cause severe skin irritation and allergic rashes called contact dermatitis (a red itchy rash caused by the use of certain cosmetic products). People with a low level of ceramides in their skin cells are most likely to get rash from the products which use SLS. Not everyone has a threat of contact dermatitis from using these products but experimenting yourself with such products to see if you get the rash or an itchy scalp doesn’t look sensible to me.

Ways to avoid sulfate-based hair products:

Now, as you are well familiar with all the hazardous effects sulfate can have on your hair. You need to prevent yourself from such products. Now, what better way is there to avoid these products rather than simply start using a sulfate-free shampoo. Always read the ingredient’s description of the shampoo before buying. Make sure that the product is sulfate-free.

Using sulfate-free shampoos might feel a bit strange as compared to sulfate-based shampoos. As there will be no formation of bubbles. So, you might feel it difficult to wash away the product. The shiny look and the cleaned feel you get after using sulfate-based shampoo will not be featured here. But it doesn’t mean it’s not effective. Its effects on hair health are far better than the other shampoos. It’s just the lack of foaming chemicals that makes it look dull.

As compared to sulfate-based shampoos using sulfate-free shampoo will give better results in the long run. After using this shampoo, you will get healthier and stronger hair. The protein count of the hair, level of essential oils and nutrients will be up to mark.

Customer’s Feedback:

The most important tip to know the value of a product is by knowing what others think about that product who has used it. Here are some of the reviews of the customers who have used our sulfate-free shampoo.