Hair Tapping: I Didn't Practice This Technique When I Showered Until an Expert Told Me This

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…until I recently heard about the benefits of hair tapping from Laura Romero, Guerlain's training director in Spain. According to Romero, the unexpected gesture—a movement in which you tap lightly with your fingertips on your head—can help stimulate the blood circulation of the scalp.I already knew the benefits of lightly massaging the scalp on a daily basis as a way to combat .

Dermatologist Eduardo Lopez Bran had already told me that hair massages, in addition to providing an important relaxing effect that relieves scalp tension, activates blood circulation around the hair follicle and thus “favoring the penetration of any product that we apply to combat hair loss.”Romero backs this up, adding that finishing your traditional head massage with these stroking movements—and even adding a gentle pinch—provides an extra dose of volume.

It is important to clarify here that originally the term tapping refers to an emotional release technique based on acupuncture principles in which work is done on different specific points of the body; in this instance, hair tapping is more closely related to the drumming or light tapping movement that stimulates blood flow and improves lymphatic drainage.

In fact, , the digital community dedicated to hair care created by Kardashian stylist Jen Atkin, already talked some time ago about the benefits of this movement.