Healthy Hair by Ren

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 o

Hey, I wanted to come at you first and foremost with some information about the structure of the hair strand and some of the challenges we curly girls face because of the structure of our strands. Ok, so the  basic layers of a hair strand are captured in the image below. Any type of hair from pin straight to tightly curly  is made up of these three layers. This is just a basic overview of each layer for general knowledge, not going into too much detail to confuse anyone. Cuticle- This is the outermost layer. It is made up of  transparent/colorless scales that overlap eachother in order to protect the inner layers of the strand. Most topical hair products are aimed toward affecting the cuticle in some manner. Cortex-This is the largest layer of the strand and is made up of a protein called keratin and pigment. Within the cortex there are protein bonds, the number of bonds determine the texture and strength of the hair. Greater the number of bonds, the curlier the hair. The pigmen