Beauty & fashion

Tips To Grow Black Hair

It’s not as hard as it may sound. The only way to accomplish this task is by wiping the slate clean. What do I mean by that you ask? Well I want you to throw away everything you think you already know about hair and start from scratch. I would like to share with you a few hair tips to begin your growing process.

First and foremost heat is not and will never be your friend. What I mean by this is, direct heat on your hair will cause dryness and damage. So let’s begin our long hair care journey with putting the blow dryer, flat iron, and hot curler away. Using this type equipment can and will hinder the growth process. Your main focus should be moisture especially if your hair is chemically altered in any type of way, meaning relaxed, colored or permed. Oh and stop believing your hair stylist when she says you need to get your relaxer touched up every 4-6 weeks. That’s a ploy to get you to keep coming back at least once a month or more. Your hair will become over processed and damaged, therefore hindering your growth process.

Finding the right products to use in your hair is also important to hair growth. You have to read labels and find out what ingredients are being used. Making sure the product isn’t mainly made up of alcohol, mineral oils and excessive amounts of protein. Alcohol based products are very drying and should be limited. Mineral oil is the worst enemy to hair next to heat. Why you ask? Lets me put this picture in your head for a moment, just imagine yourself using Vaseline or petroleum jelly on your legs to combat a bit of ashyness. Now once you have greased up take a spray bottle and squirt a little water over the area you just slathered with the grease. What happened? I’ll tell you what happened the water rolled right off and did not penetrate the skin. That is exactly what mineral oil will do to your hair. It coats the hair shaft and prevents any moisture from penetrating the hair, therefore causing dryness. Another culprit is protein, now all hair needs a moisture and protein balance. However too much protein will cause dry and brittle hair, so read the labels people and make sure you know what your putting in your hair.

And finally protect the ends of your hair at all costs. The ends are the oldest and most fragile part of the hair, therefore making it liable to break. All hair grows no matter what you may think. If you relax and you need a touch up every 6-8 weeks that means your hair is growing. If you color your hair and your roots begin to come in and you need a touch up your hair is growing. What you don’t understand is your ends are breaking off while the new growth is coming in. Leaving you with the biggest hair myth there is “my hair doesn’t grow”. This is so far from the truth that the next time I hear someone say this I will have no choice but to scream. Protecting your ends is such a major part of growing black hair that as soon as this theory is grasped the sooner you will begin to see progress. Stop your hair from rubbing up against your clothes, especially wool. Cover your head with a satin scarf or bonnet and if you can’t do that then sleep on a satin pillow case. Wear your hair up in a bun or tucked under and protected until you reach your goal and then enjoy your long beautiful black hair.

Oh and last but not least stop letting your hair dresser or stylist do what they like to call clipping your ends. This is the absolute biggest myth there is. How are you suppose to grow long hair if you let your stylist cut away all of your progress every 6 weeks? All hair grows approximately 6 inches per year. So let’s say they trim a half an inch every 6 weeks, what will that leave in a year’s time? I’ll tell you what, the same length of hair you had a year before. Don’t let them do it, if your goal is to grow your hair just live with the split ends for a little while until you reach your goal length. Once you have reached the length you desire then let them trim or even it out. And even then pay close attention because stylist love to give you a trim and end up giving you a new hair cut.