You know fall is starting in New England when one day the sun is shining and you're looking cute in your tank top... and that very same night your teeth are chattering and you have 3 layers of clothing on. Fall definitely started up in the Capital Region over the weekend. I ran back to my dorm that night because I thought I was going to die from the cold. To my delight, I walked into my room and discovered that the heat in the building had been turned on and my room was nice and toasty. I did not even bother setting the heat. I was just so thrilled that it was warm that I jumped into my bed and fell asleep...
BAD IDEA!! Cold exterior + Warm interior = Drastic Drop in Humidity!! You would think that as a physical science major, I would have remembered this... /images/graemlins/wallbash.gif
Not that it is really humid up here often, but there is usually some amount of humidity... and you never know what you have until it's gone... I woke up in the middle of the night, itchy all over! My skin was so dry that it was uncomfortable to lay down. On top of this, I was already battling a cold and my throat was not appreciating the extra dryness... But most importantly! My hair... it had been so well-behaved and bouncy that day... when I woke up... it was bone dry. I was horrified.
All that moisture sucked out from my skin and hair in such a short period of time?? This is why doctors say not to take hot showers in the winter:| I called my mom who informed me that it is time invest in my own humidifier. When I was younger, I got eczema on my legs. We tried every creme, antibiotic, and potion on the market. Nothing worked, until one doctor made a simple suggestion... a humidifier. From that day on, I had a humidifier in the room that I shared with my younger sister. And although I still have sensitive skin, I never had eczema again
My sister and I were also the 2 out of 8 people in the house who were rarely sick.
This was many years ago and my hair was already damaged by then. But whenever I went home and stayed in my room with my trusty humidifier, my hair was always softer and more manageable (If only I had found this board sooner! Then I would have made some connection... Better late, than never
). Also, my sister (who was 8 when we got the humidifier. She's 14 now.) was lucky, because after my mom realized she relaxed my hair way too early, she let my sister's hair stay natural (she got it relaxed when she was 13). Anywho, my sister's hair is almost bra strap!!! For years I thought that maybe she just got the "good hair gene" or something dumb like that. Now that I know better, I realize that the fact that she got a relaxer later in life and the fact that she slept in a pleasant, almost tropical type of humidity all year long... probably gave her a better chance of hair survival than me... /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Sorry this is so long! To get to the point, I called up my cousin, who is a doctor, and asked her about humidifiers. She sent me this link and told me that these are among the best:
http://www.allergybuyersclub.com/compare-humid.html
I will be purchasing one this week and I am excited! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif It might just be the best purchase for my hair yet! I'll update you guys on it in a few months! But please let me know what you think of the idea! Thanks Help out my hair? Help out my skin? Keep germs away? Who knew that one product could do so many useful things:] I think if it does even one of these things successfully, then I will be happy.
BAD IDEA!! Cold exterior + Warm interior = Drastic Drop in Humidity!! You would think that as a physical science major, I would have remembered this... /images/graemlins/wallbash.gif
Not that it is really humid up here often, but there is usually some amount of humidity... and you never know what you have until it's gone... I woke up in the middle of the night, itchy all over! My skin was so dry that it was uncomfortable to lay down. On top of this, I was already battling a cold and my throat was not appreciating the extra dryness... But most importantly! My hair... it had been so well-behaved and bouncy that day... when I woke up... it was bone dry. I was horrified.
All that moisture sucked out from my skin and hair in such a short period of time?? This is why doctors say not to take hot showers in the winter:| I called my mom who informed me that it is time invest in my own humidifier. When I was younger, I got eczema on my legs. We tried every creme, antibiotic, and potion on the market. Nothing worked, until one doctor made a simple suggestion... a humidifier. From that day on, I had a humidifier in the room that I shared with my younger sister. And although I still have sensitive skin, I never had eczema again
My sister and I were also the 2 out of 8 people in the house who were rarely sick.This was many years ago and my hair was already damaged by then. But whenever I went home and stayed in my room with my trusty humidifier, my hair was always softer and more manageable (If only I had found this board sooner! Then I would have made some connection... Better late, than never
). Also, my sister (who was 8 when we got the humidifier. She's 14 now.) was lucky, because after my mom realized she relaxed my hair way too early, she let my sister's hair stay natural (she got it relaxed when she was 13). Anywho, my sister's hair is almost bra strap!!! For years I thought that maybe she just got the "good hair gene" or something dumb like that. Now that I know better, I realize that the fact that she got a relaxer later in life and the fact that she slept in a pleasant, almost tropical type of humidity all year long... probably gave her a better chance of hair survival than me... /images/graemlins/smile.gifSorry this is so long! To get to the point, I called up my cousin, who is a doctor, and asked her about humidifiers. She sent me this link and told me that these are among the best:
http://www.allergybuyersclub.com/compare-humid.html
I will be purchasing one this week and I am excited! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif It might just be the best purchase for my hair yet! I'll update you guys on it in a few months! But please let me know what you think of the idea! Thanks
Help out my hair? Help out my skin? Keep germs away? Who knew that one product could do so many useful things:] I think if it does even one of these things successfully, then I will be happy.
