Scalp Care Essentials: Tips for Healthy Hair Growth in 2024

We think about skincare and haircare as some of the most essential aspects of a solid self-care beauty routine. However, most people overlook the often-hidden foundation of it all; the scalp and the role it plays in maintaining your overall hair. You may have a great hair care routine you swear by, but if you’re not considering your scalp and only thinking about your locks, it might be time to reassess. 

Scalp care is just as essential to integrate into your self-care routine as what we traditionally think of as skincare. We don’t question whether we need to wash our face as part of our general hygiene habits. We don’t necessarily ask if someone with pristine, healthy and glowing skin washes their face. We instead ask about their skincare regime to possibly unlock their secret to maintaining such a clear, healthy complexion. It’s why the single most influential beauty magazine, Vogue, puts so much effort towards its celebrity-studded Beauty Secrets videos and heavily features skincare as part of it.

It’s time to take care of the least thought of component of your skincare and haircare routine: your scalp. Here are some top tips from experts on how you can give your scalp some love and the scalp care essentials you need to know about. 

Take a good look at your scalp.

Get to know what’s lying beneath those luscious locks. Most of us don’t typically make a point to look at what’s beneath our hair when doing our parting, but starting to care for your scalp is as simple as sectioning your hair a little differently in front of the mirror and seeing what you’ve got going on underneath your tresses. Take notice of whether there are any of the following warning signs that your scalp might not be in great condition: 

• Buildup of oil
• Flakes
• Dryness
• Irritation or redness
• Potential heat burns or sunburns

Don’t wash your hair! (You can, just a little less than you might think)

We’ve all heard that we shouldn’t shampoo our hair every day, but how exactly can cleaning it less lead to healthier hair and a healthier scalp?

When you wash your hair, you’re stripping it of all oils – including the natural oils that your scalp produces that are necessary for hair growth. Cleaning it too much will dehydrate your hair and make your scalp more prone to irritation. The last thing you want is to be overdoing it and wasting product, as well as taking the natural shine away from your hair. Wash your hair very thoroughly when you do, but try and lessen the number of times you do it per week to ensure your hair keeps its natural moisture and your scalp doesn’t lose its pH balance (which can actually lead to an angry red and painful scalp). 

Be gentler with your scalp. 

If you’re used to wearing your hair in a tight bun or ponytail or utilising heated styling tools that put your scalp at risk of burns, it’s time to let your scalp breathe. We know that it’s damaging to hair, but it’s also worth considering the stress that it might put on your scalp to often use hot tools that irritate the scalp and potentially cause yeast overgrowth. 

Part of considering your scalp means integrating products into your beauty routine that can counteract the dryness and irritation your scalp goes through regularly. By integrating a tried-and-true product such as our own Kenzan Scalp Brush for Hair Growth, you can seamlessly introduce scalp care into your existing hair care routine. If you plan on using heat or doing any hairstyles that might put pressure on your scalp, giving your head a thorough massage with this scalp brush ensures that you’re promoting blood circulation to the scalp and nourishing the hair follicles. This reduces and prevents the potential negative effects that might otherwise occur, such as product buildup, excess oils, dandruff and dryness.

Scalp care is all about simplifying your routine and getting back to the basics: taking care of the parts of your body that may have been neglected up until now. Through observation, hydration and deep cleansing, you can relax knowing that you’re taking care of your scalp whilst saying goodbye to the dirt, impurities and product buildup keeping you from having healthy hair and scalp.