Is Your Hairstyle Ageing You? Salon Experts Weigh in

The hair mistakes you’re making could be ageing you beyond your years. Hair experts, including Grow Haircare expert, Aimee Egan, weigh in with best advice on how to choose an appropriate hairstyle for your age. Here is what the experts had to say about hairstyle lessons :

1.Watch out for length. “There is definitely a point where it [hair] gets past a certain length, and it can make a person seem older and weigh them down,” Haircare Expert for Grow Haircare, Aimee Egan, says. “I’m talking about hair that reaches down to a person’s hips and starts to look scraggly, thinned out and tired at the ends – it’s been on your head way too long!”. Our hair naturally thins out as we age, Egan explains, so wearing a particularly long ‘do will accentuate worn-out ends.

2. Colour choice is king. What many of us don’t realise is that our skin tone changes with age, Vincent Nobile, Cofounder & Colour Director Headcase Hair explains. “You need to find colour adjustments that add glow to your complexion versus washing it out,” he said. The secret is to work with your hairdresser to regularly reassess which colours will “soften the contrast and bring light to your features”. Egan agrees, saying that generally, cooler complexions should “avoid gold, yellow, red and bronze tones” as they can leave your skin looking “sallow and drawn.”

3. Avoid wearing the same style for too long. If you’re hoping to maintain a youthful look, giving your hair a regular style shake-up is a great move. Egan believes that folks “usually get used to a certain style by the time they hit 40 and beyond”. This sounds convenient, but according to the experts, adapting your ‘do at least once a year is the best way to avoid stale styles. This could be as subtle as going “a shade lighter or darker”, she says.

4. Don’t ignore hair care. “Our hair ages just like our skin does,” Panozzo says. And one of the best ways to counter the effects is with “moisturisers and hydration”. Fuchs agrees, recommending a weekly hair mask once you hit your 30s. “10-15 minutes really penetrates through the hair structure and repairs from within the hair shaft,” he says. In addition to nourishing your strands, however, Ribera wants people to look after their scalps. “When you go to the dentist, they want you to have healthy teeth; they treat the gums. This is the same concept,” he says.

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