Tips for Growing Your Hair

I was searching for new natural blogs to subcribe to and came across this bit of advice:

1. The most important thing you can do is be consistent. You won’t see any progress or know what’s helping or hurting your hair if you’re jumping on every bandwagon. Keep a hair journal with pictures, come up with a regimen that’s suited to YOUR hair needs, and then stick with it.



2. Moisturize your hair!!! I cannot stress this enough. I used to be crazy enough to think grease equated to moisture, which is WRONG!!! You need to find a good water based moisturizer and an oil( I like Extra Virgin Olive Oil) to seal with.


3. Deep condition your hair at least once a week! African American hair is notoriously dry. It craves extra moisture (or at least mine does) therefore deep conditioning at least 1x per week will be extremely beneficial to your hair health.


4. Search and Destroy. If you’re hair is not damaged….meaning no brittle, burnt, split ends, there’s no need to cut it. Just doing regular search and destroys is enough. You do this by sectioning your hair in four parts and searching each section for split ends. Clip only the ends that are actually split. You can also keep your ends looking nice by dusting them (only trimming 1/4 of an inch).


5. Limit your use of direct heat. Direct heat is the devil!!! Excessive heat causes split ends which hinders retention. Your hair is always growing, but if you aren’t retaining any length then you’re not gonna see any progress. If you must use direct heat, please use a heat protectant.


6. Protect your hair at night. Cotton dries your hair out. Dry hair is prone to breakage. Sleeping wild with your hair uncovered also leads to tangles. Find a good silk or satin scarf.


7. Shampoo your scalp only. A clean scalp is a healthy scalp, but excessively cleaning your hair will only lead to dryness. Also, don’t gather your hair up on top of your head when washing, because that leads to tangles.


8. Limit manipulation of your hair. Try not to comb and brush your hair everyday. Even the healthiest head of hair can be sabotaged by excessive manipulation.


9. Stretch your relaxers. Only relax when you have at least an inch of growth This way you don’t risk overprocessing hair that was previously relaxed.


10. Stay away from jealous hair stylists. You’ll never see any growth if they’re constantly chopping it off and ruining it.

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BTW: I Googled "Long Hair + African American" and when I went to the images all I saw was pictures of Beoyonce, Ashanti, Tyra, etc. Picture that. LLS.