What are the dangers of washing your hair during menstruation?

We also know that washing hair during menstruation can cause great harm to women, but many people probably can't tell what the specific harm is. They only know that it is best not to wash your hair during menstruation. So what are the specific harms caused to women by washing hair during menstruation? Well, let us have a detailed understanding of this knowledge.

Does washing your hair during menstruation really cause cancer? In this regard, some people in the medical field pointed out that the relationship between menstrual conditions and hormone secretion is that hormones affect the arrival of menstruation, but menstrual conditions will not affect the body's hormone secretion.

In addition, if bad living and eating habits during menstruation, or washing hair during menstruation as mentioned above, affect the discharge of menstrual blood, causing blood stasis to remain in the uterus, it will cause physical diseases over a long period of time, but it does not necessarily mean cell cancer.

Moreover, menstrual blood is not dirty blood, but normal blood in the human body. There will be no "residual" menstrual blood either, because once it is produced, it will enter the vagina from the cervix and then be discharged from the body. In addition, most of the factors that affect uterine contraction are related to endocrine. Prostaglandins and thromboxanes secreted during menstruation can promote uterine contraction to stop bleeding. Promoting the discharge of menstrual blood is certainly one of the results of uterine contraction, but if there is really any reason causing "incomplete uterine contraction", the consequence will be continuous bleeding from the vagina instead of "residue" inside.

What are the dangers of washing your hair during menstruation?

So, since the harm of washing hair during menstruation is not that great, can we wash our hair during menstruation? Actually, not really. Although washing hair during menstruation does not have particularly great harm, it will still have a certain impact on women during their menstrual period.

1. Dysmenorrhea

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the head is the head of the six yang meridians and the uterus is the starting point of the Ren meridian. During menstruation, blood circulation is already relatively poor. Washing your hair will cause blood to concentrate in the head, affecting blood circulation in the uterus, making it impossible for the blood in the uterus to be discharged smoothly, which can easily cause a decrease in menstrual blood volume or menstrual pain.

2. Headache

Because the pores on the hair roots are open, if you catch a cold at this time, it is easy to cause headaches, especially if you wash your hair at night or before going to bed. Night is Yin and head is the first of six Yang. When Yin and Yang are at odds, headaches will be more serious. If you go to bed immediately before your hair is completely dry, all kinds of problems will definitely occur when your body resistance and metabolism are low.

Precautions for washing your hair during menstruation

The weather is hot in summer, and many women pay more attention to their image. The menstrual period is a very fragile period for women. If you must wash your hair, you must remember the precautions for washing your hair during menstruation and avoid being blind.

1. It is best not to wash your hair two days before your period, as women's body resistance is very low at this time;

2. If you must wash your hair, you can choose to wash it during the day on the third day;

3. Don’t wash your hair for too long at the same time;

4. Be sure to wash your hair immediately after washing. You can wear a hat or go to bed only after your hair is dry, otherwise you will easily get headaches.

The harm to women during menstruation is very great. Washing hair during menstruation will cause the menstruation to not be completely discharged. Over time, it will cause an imbalance in hormone secretions in the body. Long-term accumulation will lead to cancer. Therefore, we would like to remind all female friends here that for the sake of our health, it is best not to wash your hair during menstruation.