{"id":12,"date":"2008-01-29T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T05:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/?p=12"},"modified":"2008-02-04T16:16:58","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T21:16:58","slug":"the-importance-of-humidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Humidity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Humidifier\"<\/a>Whenever I travel back to the tropics of South-East Asia, I brace myself for the sudden heat and humidity changes. Growing up in such a climate had been quite harsh on everything that lives there… (well, at least the people and animals, not plants as they LOVE the climate, thus the lush rainforests).<\/p>\n

The average daily temperature there, stuck at 30\u00c2\u00baC (86\u00c2\u00baF), and the constant sun beating down on your backs – it’s the kind of heat that could kill you if you weren’t careful.<\/p>\n

Growing up, I never quite understood why the region received great amounts of sunshine, heat and humidity, not forgetting its stormy monsoon seasons. I’ve almost always thought the sweatiness generated from the heat and humidity had been a curse to all mankind living in these lands.<\/p>\n

One of the victims of this weather happens to be my hair. My hair never took kindly to the heat and humidity. I believe that my hair received so much torment from the weather, that it permanently went streaky and wiry. One can say that the humidity level there is at a constant 115%, and we are practically swimming in the air!<\/p>\n

Thank goodness with the lessened humidity here in the USA, my hair has become more manageable. This probably reversed the signs of distressed hair, and I happen to love my hair now. However, every now and then, a high school friend, whom I decline to name, sometimes lovingly reminds me of the “good-old” bad hair days. My fringe (or if you could call it a fringe), was referred to as burnt! Yeah… it was that<\/u> bad. I blame it all on the humidity!<\/p>\n

Anyway, I guess I did my hair a favor and went to school in the USA. The lessened humidity eventually calmed my hair’s nerves, so to speak (even though it took approximately 3 years). However, with the much humidity lacking in a place such as Boston, I found another problem – dryness and static-galore!<\/p>\n

It was not until sometime in 2004 that I realized I needed a humidifier, not only for my hair; but also for the health of my skin, keeping my allergies in control and soothing my respiratory system. I had never realized that humidity would play such an important role in a person’s well-being. All those years that I grew up in a humid place made sense to me now. And however long I went by without a humidifier made my hair staticy, my skin dry and flaky, my clothing cling, especially in the winter months. That’s when I realized that I had jumped from the pan, right into the fire!<\/p>\n

Mr GC and I recently went out to get a replacement as our old humidifier had breathed its last breath. With this new humidifier that I adore, I no longer wake up parched, or have the tendency to rip my skin off. My hair is no longer staticy and Mr GC is now able to hold my hand without receiving the unwelcoming static zap. One added benefit to the boost from the humidifier’s humidity over the past years : I have not gotten my routine sick-as-a-dog feeling as I had before.<\/p>\n

Now, I only need to get the humidity up from 45% to at least 75%….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whenever I travel back to the tropics of South-East Asia, I brace myself for the sudden heat and humidity changes. Growing up in such a climate had been quite harsh on everything that lives there… (well, at least the people and animals, not plants as they LOVE the climate, thus the lush rainforests). The average […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[22,21,18,92,20,17,16,19,23],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-dryness","tag-frizz","tag-hair","tag-health","tag-heat","tag-humidifier","tag-humidity","tag-south-east-asia","tag-static"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeleine.gillisonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}