Is Your Scalp Aging Prematurely ?

你的頭皮，已經”超齡”了嗎？

Our face and scalp are born with the same characteristics. If you have oily skin, the scalp should be oily too. If you are prone to face acne, your scalp will likely suffer from red rash easily too.

我們出生時，臉與頭皮就是同一張肌膚，所以臉容易出油的人，頭皮也會容易出油，臉容易長痘痘的人，頭皮應該也會容易冒小紅疹。

However, the aging speed is different as they are located on different areas of your body. Your scalp directly connects with your hair and is on top of your body; therefore more exposed to damaging UV rays; heat and pull damage from blow-drying; detrimental chemicals from perm and color etc…. Therefore, your scalp ages 8 to 12 times faster than your face.

但即使是同一張肌膚，因為生長位置不同的關係，老化速度也不同。生長於頭頂部的頭皮，因為容易紫外線的傷害、吹風機的熱傷害、吹整頭髮的拉扯、燙染頭髮藥劑的化學傷害…等，所以頭皮老化的速度，是臉部肌膚、其他部位肌膚的8-12倍。

 

Though the scalp ages faster, most people focus more time and money taking care of their face rather than their scalp. They neglect the fact that scalp ages faster than the face and will require more care and effort.

但許多人花許多時間、金錢保養臉部肌膚，但卻忘記了，實際上頭皮的老化速度比臉部快速許多，頭皮更需要細心照顧。

 

Is your scalp giving out early warning signs of aging? Let’s do a self-check!

→ Frequent itchy scalp problems
→ Often tie your hair taut or with a tight ponytail
→ Recurrent red rash on the scalp
→ Large scalp dandruff
→ After shampoo and blow dry, scalp still exudes an unpleasant smell
→ Scalp secretes excess oil
→ Significant hair loss when shampooing and combing your hair
→ Hairline progressively getting higher over the years
→ Hair gradually losing volume, not as thick as 5 years ago
→ Dry and dull hair
→ Prefer not to blow dry hair after shampoo

If you checked 5 or more of the above warning signs, your scalp is aging prematurely and urgently need your care.

你的頭皮，發出初老症的警訊了嗎？來自我檢測你的頭皮狀況吧！

→ 常有頭皮癢的問題
→ 經常很用力的綁頭髮、或是綁很緊的馬尾
→ 頭皮上常出現小紅紅疹
→ 發現頭皮有大片頭皮屑
→ 洗完頭髮後，吹乾頭髮時，頭皮散發難聞氣味、油臭味
→ 頭皮出油量很大
→ 洗髮、梳髮時發現大量掉髮
→ 看照片時，發現額頭的髮際線比幾年前退後許多
→ 髮量變稀疏，沒有5年前茂密
→ 頭髮乾枯無光澤
→ 洗完頭後，不喜歡吹乾頭髮

如果有符合上述5項以上，小心，你的頭皮正面臨著初老症狀，保養更是刻不容緩。

 

Your scalp is one of the thinnest skin of your body and is very sensitive and inclined to allergies. Research has found that the scalp is the second most fragile skin, second only to the skin near our eye.

頭皮是全身皮膚最薄的部位之一，它只僅次於眼周和雙唇的皮膚，所以頭皮也會比較敏感、也較容易過敏，研究有發現，頭皮是全身第二大最脆弱的肌膚，僅次於眼周。

 

We always assume that the shampoo and hair product we use causes our hair to be dry and frizzy. However, this may be due to the scalp condition. Diet disorder, stress, lack of sleep, natural damage from sun or acid rain and chemical damage from perm or color, will speed the scalp aging process, giving you warning signs like excess oil secretion, dandruff, dry scalp, hair loss and unpleasant smell.

常常頭髮出現問題時，總是以為是不是自己的髮質不好了、變差了，或是懷疑自己使用的洗髮精有問題，但其實頭髮出現問題時，可能是因為頭皮已經有問題了。每當你的飲食不正常、熬夜不睡覺、壓力過大、日曬雨淋、燙染的化學藥劑，都會加速頭皮老化，接踵而來的就是油脂分泌過多、頭皮屑大量掉落、頭皮乾澀緊繃疼痛、落髮、異味產生，這些都是頭皮正在提出抗議的警訊。

 

The effects of scalp aging is more than that. The scalp is an attributing factor to losing face elasticity. A wrinkle on your scalp may result in 4 wrinkles on the face. Scalp care is one thing you need to put more attention on. Do not let your scalp affect your face.

不止如此，頭皮的老化也是造成臉部肌膚老化、臉部肌膚鬆弛的原因之一，當頭皮產生一條皺紋的時候，臉部就會有3-4條細紋的產生，所以頭皮的保養不可不注意，不要讓你的頭皮拖垮了你的臉。

 

To put it simply, we do not wait for our face to feel dry before putting on moisturizing cream or masks, we adhere to our facial skincare regime every day before problems occur. Make the same consistent effort to your scalp, not just when it is itching, irritated or losing hair. We should care for it every day like we do to our facial skin.

簡單的說，我們都不會等到臉部肌膚已經脫皮乾燥時，才開始擦保濕乳液，大部份的人應該是洗完臉後，自然就會擦上保養品，保持臉部肌膚的水潤。頭皮也是一樣，不要已經開始瘙癢、發炎、掉髮了，才開始注重自己的頭皮健康，平常洗完頭之後，就應該好好的保養自己的頭皮。

 

Last but not least, a balanced lifestyle with healthy diet and keeping stress levels in check is the key to youthful beautiful skin and scalp. Care for your scalp every day and don’t let it reveal your actual age!

當然最重要的就是，飲食均衡、作息正常、有良好的生活習慣、保持心情愉悅，才是肌膚與頭皮健康的根本，千萬別讓你的頭皮肌膚，偷偷的透露出你實際年齡！

 

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