Long Hair Don't Care

Black Hair Growth Tip #5 + BONUS

#5 HYDRATION

Hydrating  your hair inside AND out is the 5th tip to growing your hair to maximum lengths!

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#6 LOW MANIPULATION

 

"MANIPULATION IS MURDER ON BLACK HAIR"

~LHDC, Relaxer Stretch Tips YouTube Video

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#7 HEAT

DIRECT heat affects Black hair primarily in two ways

1. It virtually destroys the hair's protein structure and
2. Direct heat depletes and diminishes your hair's moisture content

Again, there are exceptions to the rule, but the majority of us CANNOT use heat on a regular basis if we want our hair to grow to its optimal length.

Direct heat works like this:

The tools that we use to heat style (blow dryers, pressing combs, flat irons, curling irons, etc) are designed to quickly evaporate much needed moisture from the hair's cortex.  The LESS prepared your hair is for heat styling the more likely it will be you will experience heat damage.  

Secondly, direct heat temporarily alters the natural shape/texture of your hair's strand.  Unlike relaxers (which break the disulfide bonds of your hair) in order for your hair to become straight, the hydrogen bonds must be broken.  This process alters the protein structure of your hair as well.  As we all are well aware, the protein is the backbone of our hair.

Direct heat IN MODERATION is OK just be cautious...you don't want what is supposed to a temporary hair style to permanently damage your hair and hinder your growth.

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#8 CHEMICALS

We hear it and say it all the time - CHEMICALS ARE BAD!  But WHY are they bad?  In a nutshell, chemicals (hair dyes, relaxers, etc) permanently alter the molecular structure of your hair, oftentimes leaving it dry, brittle and highly susceptible to breakage.

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#9 CONDITION

I know the long time readers of this blog predicted this tip, but it is definitely worth mentioning over and over again!

10 tips to grow your hair longer!

Clearly the goal for many Black women who are active in hair forums, blogs and vlogs is to grow LONGER hair!  I've been at this hair growing thing for nearly 3 years and over that time I've been able to pin point a few things that we all can be doing in order to maximize our growth potential.  So without further ado,

LHDC's Top 10 Hair Growth Tips!

I haven't done a Top 10 in a LONNNNNG time!  My veteran readers probably vaguely remember a couple of my Top 10s but unless you've ever taken the time to scour the blog, you have no idea what I'm talking about!

Never fear!  You'll be all filled in over the next 10 posts...why, over 10 posts?  Well, I want to go into a bit of detail on each of my tips so rather than loading it all down in one extra long post, I'm spreading it out.

So, starting tomorrow, I'm bringing the Top 10 back!

100% natural suffering from heat damage...

READER: Hi,I am fully natural. I straigtened my hair 2 weekends ago in order to get it trimmed. I have washed it 4 to 5 times since then. My hair is now 1/2 straight and 1/2 curly. I want it all back curly. I am so sad,frustrated, and angry that this is happening to me. Any suggestions????

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ACV SPRITZ questions answered!

 

I received a couple questions on my ACV post last month, that I wanted to go ahead and address.  So, here we go!

Tia says: "I have been wanting to try the ACV rinse as a spritz, but was wondering are you rinsing out the ACV after spritzing or leaving it in???"

The cuticle truth

As I read different books one message continues to resound the same: the hair is a delicate fiber and it must be handles with care. I’m sure you’re all familiar with the diagrams of the piece of hair magnified under a microscope. You see the scaly looking outer layer labeled as the cuticle and if you’re like me you are thinking, ‘man hair is ugly!’

Ironically that ugliness is what actually keeps your hair beautiful. The cuticle is the outer layer of the hair and it protects the center of the hair shaft called the cortex. The cuticle is easily damaged and once the cuticle is gone the hair is too! The upside of this is the cuticle is 7-10 layers thick, the downside to this is it is easily damaged.