Black hair is naturally prone to dryness. The reason why our hair is often shorter than other cultures is because our ends break off quickly due to its dryness. As quickly as our new growth comes in the breakage of the ends counter acts any growth. This problem leads many African American women to believe that our hair doesn't grow. The most important part of our hair growth practices should be keeping our ends moisturized.

Tips to alleviate dryness to your ends:

1. Eliminating or at least reducing its usage will make an enormous difference in maintaining the health of your hair and its ends. (blow drying, flat iron, hot curling etc..)

2. Keep your ends protected and moisturized daily.

3. Prevent your hair from rubbing against your clothes and being exposed to the harsh weather. By keeping ends tucked away in a bun or up-do will alleviate ends from becoming dry and breaking off. Fabric like wool is a hairs worst nightmare so keep it away at all costs.

4. Dyeing hair causes dryness and breakage.

5. Deep condition hair each time you wash, with or without heat.

6. Use a moisturizing shampoo or substitute shampoo with moisturizing conditioner. Shampoos including sulfates are very drying and tend to strip the hair of moisture. Shampoos are made to wash the scalp not necessarily the hair shaft, which is why Conditioner is needed.

7. When washing the hair try only concentrating on the scalp. Rinse with cool water, hot water strips natural oils from the hair. Washing hair multiple times can cause dryness.

8. Leaving your weave or braids in longer than 3 months is a no no. You must wash and moisturize your hair daily even while in weaves, braids and underneath wigs. Using a braid spray or spraying moisturizer and redoing every 3 months will help reduce breakage. Washing every 1- 2 weeks is important even while in braids & weaves. Doing so with watered down conditioner in an applicator bottle directly to the scalp will keep hair clean and moisturized while in these styles.

9. Reduce combing and brushing your hair. Detangling should be done by starting at the ends and working your way up with a wide-toothed comb.

10. Average hair growth for all ethnicities is a ½ an inch per month. The treatment of your hair determines how much growth you will retain.

#1 Hair Myth: Hair does not need to be trimmed every 6-8 weeks even if the ends are split (there are other methods to handle split ends). Cutting off the ends counter acts the growth process. How are you expected to retain your ½ inch of growth per month if you trim the progress away every salon visit?

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And if you get the corn-row style weaves can it damage your hair? My hair has been bleached to extinction almost, and just breaks off, I need to get all the split ends cut off but my hair would be too short then, hence the need for extensions.
Will it damage my hair even more????

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I've seen some females with straight weaves, and when their hair gets wet it goes into this really pretty wavy look... and then when she wants it straight again, it can be flat-ironed and still look shiny and natural.
What type/brand of hair is this?!?!
update: im talking about hair for sew-in weaves. i know its some type of human hair and the expense doesn't matter to me. I've heard ppl say its some type of bohemian hair or something like that, but i've done some research and haven't been able to find it.

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Amarie asked:


I need to learn how to tighten a sew in hair weave. I have always sewn the braids tighter together but is there some other way to do it? Does it depend on how the hair is sewn in? I know a lot about weaves and I am going to hair school. But this lady asked me to do it for her now, and I just want to know is there another method before I have her come over my house?

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Ms.Bonita asked:


Although im only 17, I really want to have long glamorous hair but I really don't which kind is best. There are too many choices: sow-in-weaves, glue-in-weaves, and texture. I just want a weave that is flexible for many different styles, and easy to care for. Does anyone have any idea what kind of weaves are best?

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Angel L asked:


I have been getting itchy eyes and rashes recently since wearing different weaves. It is so annoying cos I do hair modelling so I often need to wear extensions and weaves.

How can I get rid of this problem?

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