5 Ways Hair Ties Are Bad For Your Hair. #3 Is Something You Should See

Here are 5 ways hair ties can damage your hair.

1. Pulling your hair back too tight. We love us a chic high pony, but it puts an extreme amount of pressure on the hairline, which is, by nature, very sensitive. In fact, if you wear your hair super-tight and pulled back day-to-day, it can damage hair follicles to the point that they fall out, leading to a permanent receding hairline.

2. Wearing your hair back while sleeping. Tying your hair back with an elastic band is actually most harmful when you’re sleeping. Because you’re tossing and turning through the night, you’re adding even more pressure the roots and hair shafts.

3. Wearing elastics in the same place EVERY TIME. If ever there was an incentive to change up your hairstyle on the regular, it’s the fact that tying your hair with an elastic in the same place over and over again damages that patch of hair follicles—just like repeatedly using a hot tool will.

4. Using hair ties on wet hair. In order to keep frizz at bay, you might be in the habit of pulling your hair back after a shower. However, because your strands are dense with water, it’s putting even more pressure on your hairline than a dry-hair style.

5. Using Ties With Metal Fastenings. If you’ve noticed an uptick in “snag-free” hair elastics on the market, that’s because it’s essentially common knowledge that ties with metal end on them are notorious for causing breakage. The tinny fasteners catch on strands causing deade ends or even pulling out strands all together.

Tying your hair up isn’t as safe as you think. Sure, it can help you create an easy, care-free do for your day, but you have to be careful! It’s good to be aware of your bad habits so that it doesn’t get worse later.

If you want to know more about how hair ties are bad, check out this article on seventeen.com by Lauren Valenti. This amazing article also provides you with some hair accessories that you can wear to prevent hair damage. It’s even greater because they aren’t too expensive!

If you don’t want to spend a lot of money on new hair accessories, here’s another amazing article on sheknows.com written by Krissy Brady. It gives lots of easy ways to let your hair relax!

Which of these unhealthy hair habits do you do?

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