Do girls damage their hair?

[Twalli]

A lot of girls have expressed that want their hair to look as good as a guy's in terms of smoothness and lack of damage. Most guys use basic department store brands of shampoo. Girls, on the other hand need about 5 different brand name types. Then they also dye it, needing to use other shampoos for that too.

Is it possible that if girls didn't mess with their hair so much and just treated it like guys, would that fix the problems? Could putting all those products in their hair damage it?

[NathanDavis]

it is not so simple...

most men have short hair and that does not require much care or no care at all... and it does not reflect much of "damage" but if you think about it... there are a lot of men who start losing their hair when they are young... and that can actually happen because of damage you've done to your body (stress)

and then you have people with longer hair... whether they are men or women, longer hair needs a bit more of care... my hair is usually longer to in between my jawline and shoulders and IF I did not take care of some things, trust me... my somewhat wavy hair would look like an absolute mess so, I just do some basic care

but there is also dying your hair, which involves some chemicals that are a bit aggressive and yeah... if you do this too much, then there will be more damage

[Twalli]

I know about premature balding since I started waking up with hair on my pillow in 11th grade. It was actually probably due to a combination of malnutrition and the fact that as a wrestler, eating was frowned upon (at least during the season).

[TheMadLad]

Yes, Marketed women hair products do damage a woman’s hair.

I feel bad for women because they always try their best to look but they are too vulnerable to realize that these products are doing more harm than good.

[OlderAndWiser]

You may be right. I wash my hair every day, no conditioner or anything else, never use a blow dryer, no coloring, nothing else. And I still have all my hair, thick and healthy!

[worldscolide]

Considering the sheer amount of product women use in their hair, it's no wonder most women fry their hair. I wash my hair, that's it..

[jamesgoldman]

Dyes and heating cause the most damage and women are frequently guilty of both