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Do you take long hot showers, shampoo your hair every day, and use your fingernails to lather your scalp?

Well, it turns out that these are among the common mistakes that people make in the shower.

Yes, mistakes.

It turns out there's a good chance you're actually showering wrong?

Luckily, we have a few easy tweaks you can make to your shower routine so you can improve

the health of your skin, hair, and even your mood.

First off, if you're washing and conditioning your hair every day, then it's likely you're

drying out your hair strands.

Your scalp does need to be hydrated and cleansed of excess oil, but it's better to leave at least a day in between washes so you're not stripping your hair of its natural healthy oils.

So you can rinse your hair every day, but you only use the shampoo every other day?

I use conditioner every day day and I only use shampoo.

Not often at all. You don't get into that.

Speaking of scalp health, resist the urge to use your fingernails when massaging shampoo into your hair.

Your fingernails can scratch your scalp and cause flaking, as well as cause hair damage, including split ends.

You've likely heard that you should only condition the tips of your hair,

but the skin on your scalp needs to be moisturized too.

Just be sure to wash the conditioner out completely and buy the correct products for your hair type.

Next up, hot showers.

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