From trendy brushes to favourite moisturisers, brushing wet hair has become a hot topic in hair care communities. However, hair transplant specialist at Treatment Rooms London Dr Roshan Vara warns brushing wet hair may damage follicles.
Vara said the habit and trends around it are commonly done post-shower, weakening hair structure at a molecular level and potentially leading to increased breakage and thinning over time. This is especially a problem in the summer when some people find themselves dealing with wet hair many times a day after pool sessions, beach dips or cooling down in the shower.
Wet hair has a lot of physical differences from hair when it is dry and that can affect its ability to handle stress from brushing. Water affects the hair shaft and as a result it experiences stretches in the cuticle because of swelling, and that leads to breakage due to the strain, said Vara.