Good Hair: For Colored Girls Who've Considered Weaves When the Chemicals Became Too Ruff by Lonnice Brittenum Bonner

Author:Lonnice Brittenum Bonner
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780307830074
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2013-03-27T04:00:00+00:00

If you are diligent about the way you treat your hair physically, in addition to avoiding the use of heated appliances or at worst severely minimizing the use of heat, you will prevent 95 percent of hair loss due to breakage. I know this is true because I’ve done it and have the hair to prove it. I have even made the mistake of over-straightening my hair and due to the way I handled it and avoided blow drying and other heat, I managed to grow it out and keep the length. I was then able to gradually trim away the damaged hair without a major haircut. I learned then that my hair looked and felt better with little or no chemical straightening.

Let me stress that this isn’t about having long hair as it is about having healthy looking, full hair.

Hair maintenance is quite simple when you think about it. They are probably things that you have heard most of your life but when you see pictures of the latest weave you toss caution out the window and do anything you can to get that long, shiny look. But you’re about to learn better.

After shampooing and conditioning, there are some other things that you need to do to your hair to keep it supple. Here they are:

HOW TO COMB AND DE-TANGLE

First of all, you can’t comb your hair properly if you haven’t gotten the tangles out. Here’s how you do it:

DE-TANGLING: Always work from the ends of your hair toward your scalp. If your hair is natural or texturized, use a spritz of water on the section you are trying to de-tangle. The water softens the hair and makes it easier to work with. In fact, I prefer to comb my hair only when it is dampened. You can also use a dab of cream rinse or moisturizing conditioner to help it along.

COMBING: After you’ve de-tangled, part your hair into three or four sections. Then, use your wide-toothed comb and gently, but firmly comb through. If you reach a snag, stop and de-tangle with your fingers, don’t be impatient and jerk the comb through.

TIP: You’ll find that if you wear your hair naturally or texturized in a curly or wavy style you will tend to use your fingers for everyday combing and use the comb when you are changing styles—let’s say from crimps to a traditional straight wet set. If you’re wearing it curly or natural, fingers will preserve more curls than a comb.

SHEDDING: If you take out snarls with your fingers instead of the comb, most or all of the hair that comes out will be shed hair. By this I mean hair that has completed it’s growth cycle and fallen from the follicle. Hair that have been shed naturally have a little whitened end from the dead root. Of course, if you’re shedding an unusually large amount of hair you should see a doctor.

I know a lot of you will say “That isn’t right! That’s unclean! you’ve got

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