Are you hearing more and more about hair porosity, but you still don't really understand what it is?

Your hairdresser tells you that you have porous hair but you don't know what that means?

You've come to the right place!

In this article, we will see in detail what is the hair porosity , and you will discover all our tips for taking care of your porous hair.

Understanding Hair Porosity

What is hair porosity?

Capillary porosity corresponds to the hair's ability to absorb and retain moisture . This characteristic will depend on the structure of the hair scales.

For the Low porosity hair has tight, closed cuticles, which means the hair has difficulty absorbing moisture, and therefore hair products. However, the advantage is that once moisture is absorbed, it is better retained because the tight cuticles prevent water from evaporating.

For the normal hair , the cuticles are arranged regularly, which allows for optimal absorption and retention of water.

Finally, for the porous hair , the scales are spaced or damaged, which allows water to penetrate easily but makes it difficult to retain, because the water evaporates immediately.

It is therefore important to know the porosity of your hair in order to choose a suitable hair routine.

Identify your hair porosity level

You've probably heard of the glass of water test to find out if your hair is porous or not. We do not recommend you take this test. because it is not very precise and the result can be biased very easily.

To know the porosity of your hair, the simplest way is to observe their behavior.

THE low porosity hair will put a lot of time to be very wet in the shower because the water will have difficulty entering the fiber, and will also take a long time to dry after being washed. In addition, low porosity hair will tend to become heavy and sticky easily if the hair products used are not suitable, because they will not penetrate the fiber well.

On the contrary, the high porosity hair get wet very easily in the shower, and also dry very quickly because They do not retain water well . Since hydration is not maintained, they will therefore tend to be dry, dull and prone to frizz . They will also tend to get tangled easily.

Please note that it is entirely possible to have different porosities on your hair . Indeed, the hair at the back of the head can sometimes have a different porosity than the hair on top of the head.