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Excessive shampooing. Don't wash your hair more than twice a week. If you need to re-do your style, just spray water on the roots and blow-dry.

Roughly handling wet hair. Do not rush wet hair, no matter what. Wrap a towel around wet hair. When it is fairly dry use your fingers to gently de-tangle the knots in your hair. Divide your hair into small sections, work your way from the ends to the scalp. Avoid blow drying wet hair and try to tumble dry it as often as possible.

Neglecting scalp care: It's not just your hair that needs care. Your scalp needs a lot of attention too. Don't forget our scalp houses the roots of the hair. Scalp needs to massaged with warm oils regularly. And wash off with tepid water.

Over using heating appliances on your hair. Hair dryers, flat ironing devices and curlers can do immense damage to your hair if used wrongly and regularly.

Chemicals: Too much of chemicals like perms, colours and tints can make your hair brittle and damaged.

Over brushing your hair. A gentle brush with smooth strokes helps to spread oil all through our hair and produce a shine. But too many brisk strokes could damage your hair.

Washing hair on a daily basis strips it of its essential oil. Hair does not need to be washed every day. While washing your hair, don't scrub the scalp too vigorously. Always be gentle with your hair.

Leaving shampoo and conditioner residue in your hair after a wash can ravage your hair. And using styling products over and above that just worsens the damage. Besides inadequately washed hair also looks dull and lank.

Spend an extra few minutes washing your hair well.