The past couple years have been such a journey for me. Whoever said that we are supposed to have it all figured out by age 30 lied... yup that was a flat out lie!! I've always known that I wanted some kind of digital presence, I've always known that I wanted to be an entrepreneur but I've never quite got it to click. Over the past years that I have been absent from this blog I've gone from working a fulltime 8-4, to creating my own hair product line, opening an online retail store, having several part time jobs, whew I am getting tired just writing this lol. Then came 2020..... the year covid hit. There was a lot of silence, stillness and healing in 2020. I needed a time out. I needed to stop. If I am being totally honest 2020 rocked me in ways that I still cannot quite put into words. Maybe one day, far far into the future looking back I could explain. At present I sit here in June 2021, still trying to catch my footing, not wanting to go back to the mundane activit
Hi Guys,
This post is just to shed some light on rentention.
ALL hair grows!!!
To often I have heard persons saying that their hair isnt growing and that african hair cannot get as long as indian or caucasian hair. This is completely FALSE.
If your hair has been at the same length for almost all your life, it may seem like it is not growing but what is actually happening is that you are not retaining the length. For example, a person may go to the salon every 6 weeks to relax their 'new growth'. If you have new growth then it must mean that your hair is growing but why are you not seeing any progress in the length of your hair? Why is your hair still shoulder length after soo many years or relaxing your new growth?What causes you not to retain length?
Well the answer is simple....BREAKAGE BREAKAGE BREAKAGE!!!
Let me explain, you are not seeing a difference in the length of your hair because you are losing hair from the ends. Those short pieces of hair that is all over your sink and clothes after combing...yup...the hair on your bedsheet..check.... hair coming out in clumps after a wash and detangle... definately!! All of these are clear indicators of breakage. Your hair strands are breaking from the ends... even sometimes midway up the shaft and this is why you never see any progress.
Now this is not to be confused with shed hair. We shed hair every single day, this is when hair falls out of the scalp after finishing the growth cycle. We can identify shed hair by looking for a white bulb at the end of the strand.
Now that you have had your light bulb moment... lol...lets talk briefly about some of the ways we can keep our hair on our heads instead of in the bathroom sink.
Nutrients: Hair is dead... but there are certain compounds needed to prevent it from breaking off. Some of these include water, protein, fatty acids etc.
Styling: This is very important when it comes to retention. Protective styling and low manipulation styles significantly reduce breakage.
Healthy Pratices: There are vairous practices that aid in rentention. Stretching relaxers, using heat protectant, careful detangling are just a few of the ways we can retain length.
All of the post on this blog will in either directly or indirectly be related to helping you retain length and would go more indepth in the aforementioned points. I just wanted to create a clear understanding of growth and rentention as all of my future posts would be aimed to towards helping African women grow long hair.
Thanks for read.... HHJ
This post is just to shed some light on rentention.
ALL hair grows!!!
To often I have heard persons saying that their hair isnt growing and that african hair cannot get as long as indian or caucasian hair. This is completely FALSE.
If your hair has been at the same length for almost all your life, it may seem like it is not growing but what is actually happening is that you are not retaining the length. For example, a person may go to the salon every 6 weeks to relax their 'new growth'. If you have new growth then it must mean that your hair is growing but why are you not seeing any progress in the length of your hair? Why is your hair still shoulder length after soo many years or relaxing your new growth?What causes you not to retain length?
Well the answer is simple....BREAKAGE BREAKAGE BREAKAGE!!!
Let me explain, you are not seeing a difference in the length of your hair because you are losing hair from the ends. Those short pieces of hair that is all over your sink and clothes after combing...yup...the hair on your bedsheet..check.... hair coming out in clumps after a wash and detangle... definately!! All of these are clear indicators of breakage. Your hair strands are breaking from the ends... even sometimes midway up the shaft and this is why you never see any progress.
Now this is not to be confused with shed hair. We shed hair every single day, this is when hair falls out of the scalp after finishing the growth cycle. We can identify shed hair by looking for a white bulb at the end of the strand.
Now that you have had your light bulb moment... lol...lets talk briefly about some of the ways we can keep our hair on our heads instead of in the bathroom sink.
Nutrients: Hair is dead... but there are certain compounds needed to prevent it from breaking off. Some of these include water, protein, fatty acids etc.
Styling: This is very important when it comes to retention. Protective styling and low manipulation styles significantly reduce breakage.
Healthy Pratices: There are vairous practices that aid in rentention. Stretching relaxers, using heat protectant, careful detangling are just a few of the ways we can retain length.
All of the post on this blog will in either directly or indirectly be related to helping you retain length and would go more indepth in the aforementioned points. I just wanted to create a clear understanding of growth and rentention as all of my future posts would be aimed to towards helping African women grow long hair.
Thanks for read.... HHJ
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