Can I wash my hair during my period?

My period lasts for several days. It is said that you cannot wash your hair when your period comes. Many girls are used to washing their hair every day. This is bearable for one or two days, but if they don’t wash their hair for three or four days in a row, their scalp starts to itch. Especially if you have to go out for something, you will feel very uncomfortable both mentally and physically if you don’t wash your hair, so some girls can’t help but wash their hair. So, can girls wash their hair during their period? Is there anything I should pay attention to?

Can I wash my hair during my period?

Women always feel uncomfortable during menstruation and there are many taboos. Many people say that you cannot wash your hair during menstruation. Why can't you wash your hair during menstruation?

Generally speaking, women will feel tired and exhausted during their menstruation. This is because their bodies are weaker and their resistance is lower at this time. If you wash your hair during menstruation, it is easy for women to catch a cold, which will aggravate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea. In particular, many women experience dysmenorrhea during menstruation. During menstruation, you should keep warm, avoid taking cold showers, and it is best not to wash your hair.

What are the dangers of washing your hair during menstruation?

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.

Weibo: Washing your hair during menstruation may lead to cervical cancer

A piece of common sense began to circulate on Weibo: A survey found that most cervical cancer patients have the habit of washing their hair during menstruation. They also said that washing hair during menstruation is not a question of whether it is cold or not, but that this practice will cause incomplete contraction of the uterus, and the dirty blood that should be discharged is not discharged, but remains in the uterus. Over time, it causes an imbalance in hormone secretion in the body, which can lead to cancer due to long-term accumulation.

Expert opinion:

1. The incidence of cervical cancer has nothing to do with washing hair during menstruation

The reason stated on Weibo that washing hair during menstruation can cause cervical cancer is unscientific.

First of all, menstrual blood is not dirty blood, but normal blood in the human body. In addition to blood, there are also broken and detached endometrial fragments, cervical mucus and the vaginal epithelium that falls off. Under the regulation of the hypothalamus, the endocrine center of the human body, estrogen and progesterone in sexually mature women undergo cyclical changes. As levels of these hormones rise, the uterine lining thickens and ovulation occurs, but if there are no sperm to conceive a woman, the hormone levels drop. At the same time, the endometrium is destroyed, disintegrated, and falls off due to the loss of hormonal support, resulting in menstruation.

Secondly, there will be no "residual" menstrual blood, 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.

2. Wear less low-waist pants and keep your abdomen warm

Experts say that the cause of cervical cancer is now clear and is related to the HPA virus. "If we have to link washing hair during menstruation with cervical cancer, we can only say that women's immunity is low during menstruation, and washing hair may cause a cold, which in turn leads to viral invasion. However, this statement is too far-fetched." There are many factors that cause cervical cancer, such as early marriage and early childbearing, disordered sexual life, multiple births, gynecological inflammation, etc., but they really have little to do with washing hair during menstruation.

In addition, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the female uterus is extremely susceptible to cold, so try not to eat spicy, stimulating, or raw or cold foods during menstruation. Experts say that apart from menstruation, women should also pay attention to keeping their abdomen warm even during normal times, because a cold uterus can not only cause dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, etc., but in severe cases can also lead to miscarriage or infertility.

Precautions for washing your hair during menstruation

Menstruation is a very fragile period for women. Taking a bath and washing hair during this period will cause some women to suffer from severe dysmenorrhea. However, women generally pay more attention to their image. In addition, the weather is hot, and if they must wash their hair, they must remember the precautions for washing their 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.