there are many myths that are believed in the promise of healthy lustrous hair as we move from winter to summer lets say you may have been informed or heard not to wash your hair every day since it could lead to breakage or that you should occasionally oil your hair to treat dandruff lets debunk some of these mythsmyth 1 dont wash your hair every day as it could cause breakagetruth during summer our hair is exposed to the sun chlorine and pollution and hence gets dirty quickly therefore daily gentle cleansing is essential using a sulfatefree shampoo will not strip the hair of essential oils but will still keep hair bouncy and shinymyth 2 using conditioner in summer makes the hair oilytruth after being exposed to various elements like sun and chlorine the hair becomes dry and damaged hence using a good conditioner will reduce the dryness and damage caused using deep conditioning masks also helps make the hair healthier conditioner is always used at the tip or the middle of the hair to lock moisture inmyth 3 dont use hair oil during summer as it makes the hair stickytruth to prevent damage to the hair using hair oil can form a protective shield on the hair making it soft and giving it a good shine oiling strengthens the hair from within and the fatty acids in the oil replace the lost lipids in the hairmyth 4 regular haircuts help your hair grow better and strongertruth haircuts dont affect the hair follicles or the roots frequent haircuts will in turn reduce the split endsmyth 5 100 brush strokes a day contribute to healthy hairtruth frequent vigorous brushing of hair can damage it and make it brittle instead gentle brushing can stimulate blood circulation dont brush wet hair as that can cause hair breakagemyth 6 constantly change your shampoo and conditioner every few monthstruth changing your shampoo or conditioner will depend on various factors such as chemical treatments you may have done to your hair or where you live using an appropriate shampoo and conditioner can be beneficial to your hairmyth 7 fix dandruff by oiling your hairtruth dandruff is caused by a skin fungus oiling your hair wont fix your dandruff issues instead using a good antidandruff shampoo will get rid of your dandruff woesmyth 8 heat styling damages hair more in summertruth heat styling can damage your hair any time of the year not only in summer always use a good heat protectant on the hair before using any heat styling toolsmyth 9 you can smoothen frizzy hair with watertruth adding water to your hair doesnt smoothen your frizzy hair but in fact may make it frizzier instead use good nourishing hair care products to keep the moisture locked in and to get lovely luscious locksmyth 10 dandruff is only prevalent during the winter due to the cold and disappears during summertruth dandruff can be troublesome even during the summer as sweat drying on the scalp can