The last 7 months have been a real eye opener for me. I am sad to say that what I have learned is that African American women are experiencing hair loss at an alarming rate and most of this is caused by hair weaves and other hair replacement options used to give them "good hair."
African hair is very fragile as it is not nourished with as much natural oil as hair from other races. Therefore the hair must be nourished externally with products made especially for this hair type.
The chemicals used in straightening hair are some of the most toxic chemicals in the beauty industry and if they are used, they must be used with great care. One cannot continue to use relaxers over and over with extreme damage to both the hair and the scalp. Applying relaxers only to the new growth and only for the minimum time are critical to protecting fragile African hair. The chemical base of relaxers is lye, and lye causes serious burns to human tissue. Once the scalp has been burned, hair will not grow from the follicles.
It is so sad to me that an entire industry has been cultivated, telling African American women that they have bad hair so it must be changed in such a way that ultimately will result in no hair at all. If your provider tells you you have alopecia, they may be correct, however the alopecia African American women suffer from is traction alopecia and scarring alopecia, not the autoimmune condition.
http://www.chrisforhair.com/
African hair is very fragile as it is not nourished with as much natural oil as hair from other races. Therefore the hair must be nourished externally with products made especially for this hair type.
The chemicals used in straightening hair are some of the most toxic chemicals in the beauty industry and if they are used, they must be used with great care. One cannot continue to use relaxers over and over with extreme damage to both the hair and the scalp. Applying relaxers only to the new growth and only for the minimum time are critical to protecting fragile African hair. The chemical base of relaxers is lye, and lye causes serious burns to human tissue. Once the scalp has been burned, hair will not grow from the follicles.
It is so sad to me that an entire industry has been cultivated, telling African American women that they have bad hair so it must be changed in such a way that ultimately will result in no hair at all. If your provider tells you you have alopecia, they may be correct, however the alopecia African American women suffer from is traction alopecia and scarring alopecia, not the autoimmune condition.
http://www.chrisforhair.com/
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