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Combing, brushing and hot air drying are further deleterious actions which roughen, strip and dehydrate, resulting in hair much weaker and duller than it need ever have become.

Bona fide hair care is a cosmetic concern because the appearance of hair downplays the success of cosmetic procedures and ideal skincare.

While shampoos containing silicone and trace quantities of Provitamin B-5 — most popularly Pantene — temporarily smooth-out hair's damaged structure and texture, shampoos containing sodium laureth sulphate and sodium pareth sulphate remove their fleeting benefit with each application while leaching hair's naturally-protective nutrients.

While the skin may be made to renew itself in as little as 3 months (or much sooner where dermatological procedures such as retinoic acid peels are employed), a full head of medium or longer-length hair is a seven year affair.

In reality, the original health of hair as it emerges is greatly reduced within days of mainstream hair-care.

Within weeks, the hair loses the intensity of its original hue, and the lustre of being moist from within.

Despite the massive volume of shampoos, conditioners and various sprays available in supermarkets and hair salons, products barely differ and essentially what is supplied is the following:

• detergent cleansers (sodium laureth sulphate, sodium pareth sulphate among other sulphates);
  
  
• rudimentary temporary moisturizers/conditioners (predominantly cetyl alcohol) and oils which smooth the hair by coating it, but always at the expense of volume due to their physical weight on the hair;
  
  
• a variety of silicones which smooth hair, but with a tendency to render it with a sterile appearance, particularly if dry or brittle underneath, and which have emerged as an environmental hazard to water-based organisms.

To enhance and protect the original quality of your hair, particularly with the aim of amplifying or matching your facial appearance:

• avoid shampoos containing sulphates such as sodium laureth sulphate and sodium pareth sulphate, whether they be of plant or petrochemical origin;
  
  
• use treatment products based on amino acids and photoprotective antioxidants according to your hair type;
  
  
• protect the hair from sun with hair sunscreens or a hat;
  
  
• do not blow dry the hair without first applying a genuinely protective product, and use cool air when possible;
  
  
• avoid silicone-rich shampoos and conditioners — they prevent absorption of better ingredients into the hair and can cause scalp acne;
  
  
• pay attention to your diet — avoid amino acid and sulfur deficiencies in particular.