MANILA, Philippines - 1. Use old combs or hairbrushes.

Using combs or hairbrushes with nicks can cause hair breakage, tangling, and split ends. Replace your combs and brushes regularly to ensure that they are in good condition to take care of your hair.

2. Play hairdresser at home.

Experimenting with a professional?s job on your own, like using bleaches and straightening products at home, can lead to disastrous results. These chemical procedures are offered as salon services for a reason?professional hairdressers have the proper training and experience to ensure that you get good results.

3. Use heated styling tools that are too hot.

Very high temperatures on styling tools such as flat and curling irons can ?fry? your locks, which will result in damaged, frizzy hair. This is especially true for the ends of the hair, which are oftentimes the thinnest and most sensitized. Extreme heat causes hair to lose its elasticity, making it brittle and easily breakable. Always check your styling tools before use to make sure they are not too hot. As a precaution, apply leave-on heat-protection products to shield your hair from any potential damage before using any heated appliance.

4. Pull out frizzy hairs (patay na buhok).

Although frizzy strands of hair may be pesky at times, pulling them out will only cause greater damage, as this abrupt action disrupts the hair cycle. Pulling out strands of hair from the roots disturbs the hair follicle, which may cause other hairs in that area to stop growing or to take a longer period to grow back. It?s much safer to let these hairs grow to a length where they can be tamed with the right styling products or hair treatments.

5. Handle wet hair roughly.

When hair is wet, it is at its weakest and most vulnerable state. Treating hair roughly when wet can strip it of its protective cuticle layer. Avoid rubbing your hair with a towel to dry it; instead, squeeze the water gently from wet locks. Don?t comb wet hair without untangling it first with a wide-toothed comb. If you often encounter persistent tangles, apply conditioner in the shower and comb your wet hair before rinsing it out. Lastly, only use a comb and never a brush on wet hair?brushing can overly stretch the hair and may cause it to break.

6. Don?t rinse your hair well.

Failing to completely rinse out shampoo or conditioner during a shower results in a buildup of particles on top of your hair cuticles. This will weigh your locks down and make them look dull and limp. If you need extra moisturizer for your hair, use a leave-on conditioner or spray, but never use a conditioner that is meant to be washed out. For shiny, bouncy hair, make sure all your hair care products are rinsed out out of your hair completely.

7. Wash your hair too often.

Keep in mind that shampooing the hair too often will rob it of essential oils and will also overdry the scalp. In fact, the frequency of hair washing really depends on hair type. People with fine or short hair should wash every day since this hair type tends to become flat and greasy-looking if left unwashed for long. For people with thick, dry, or processed hair, it is best to shampoo every other day to avoid stripping the hair of moisture. Long hair should also be washed every other day since the scalp?s natural oils has a long way to travel before it gets to the ends of the hair, which tend to be drier than parts nearer the roots.

8. Have a lot of chemical treatments over a short period of time.

Subjecting your hair to more than one chemical treatment?like getting your hair colored, permed, or straightened?in a short period of time will most certainly lead to overprocessed hair. Overprocessed hair is characterized by dryness (especially at the ends), split ends, coarse texture, and rebellious, frizzy strands. It?s best to wait a few weeks after your chemical treatment before having another one. To be absolutely certain, ask a trusted hairdresser about the specific period of time that you have to wait before processing your hair again. Meanwhile, maintain your new color, perm, or straight ?do by using the appropriate hair care products to make sure the results last longer.

9. Tease and overprocess ageing hair.

For women in their senior years, it is not recommended to tease or even set the hair to create body for thinning locks. This will put more pressure on the dry scalp and weakened hair resulting from age. Perming the hair to achieve volume is also not advisable since this will make the hair even dryer from the chemical process. Go with a hairstyle whose shape naturally creates volume and body and do away with practices that are unhealthy for the hair.

10. Use way too much styling products.

Unless you?re a model getting ready for a fashion show, there?s no reason to have too much of any styling product on your hair. They can weigh down the hair and may cause buildup if not washed off properly. To prevent this from happening, make sure the product you are using has the correct hold strength for the hairstyle you want to achieve. Also make sure you are using the correct product type. In general, gels are used for slick, clean styles, hairsprays for voluminous styles and updos, mousses to achieve body and volume, and waxes for short, textured styles. (L?Oréal tips)