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March 05 2015

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I Destroyed My Hair, Now I Have to Cut It

Written By Bold Apps - March 05 2015

Posted by Dalilah,

 I know, I know…you’re trying to figure out if my hair was damaged enough to cut it off and the answer is yes! I’ve been really bad to my hair and it was starting to show. After bleaching it, cutting it, coloring it a million times, bleaching it again and neglecting my weekly and nightly routines, my hair looked worse on my four year natural hair anniversary than it did before I did the big chop. In the beginning of my natural hair journey my main focus was having long, curly hair like my favorite natural hair icons. I didn’t care much about the healthiness of my hair because in my mind, length was more important. Being a new natural was exciting too because there was so much to learn and experiment with so it was easy to stay on top of my hair care routine. By year one, I was over it. My hair had pretty much grown back to its original length (yes, it grew back in a year!) and I was happy with it, so I slowly got away from my healthy hair practices. At some point or another I realized that my hair was in fact growing, but it was breaking off at the same rate. I wasn’t retaining length. Finally, after watching my twist out look more and more pitiful each time I tried it, I made a decision to cut it all off into a tapered style. Watch the video below for more details and commentary.

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August 07 2014

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Bold Apps

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Heat Free Hair

Written By Bold Apps - August 07 2014

Posted by HMH Blogger By Patience Muia If heat is often used too often or in high degrees it can seriously damage your hair and even make it look ratty in addition to making it look thin and weak.Letting your hair dry naturally is the best option you can take in favour of your natural hair. Some of us are not even aware of the damage blow drying can cause to their hair and scalp as well. Anything that is harmful to your hair can cause permanent damage to your hair.

 

Someone lost her hair because of straightening it with heat on almost an everyday basisfor a whole year. Heat can also create split ends. It is quite unfortunate that most of us are uninformed. Heat breaks the physical side bonds on hair. It also expands the cuticle layer of the hair and speed up the loss of moisture from the hair.  If your hair is already porousor chemically processed, heat from a hair drier can result into excessive moisture loss.

Exposing your hair to high temperatures even for five minutes only can cause damage toyour hair. Using flat iron to damp hair or to bleached hair, permed or dyed hair makes it prone to damage even at low temperatures. Things thatexpose hair to heat include; Flat ironRoller setBlow dryThe effects of heat onyour hair include; Dehydrating your hairDirect heat evaporatesmoisture from your hair hence breakage Dry dull hairYour hair is left lookingdull and dry as well. Split ends of your hair are at adanger and it is always advisable to trim them.

Denatured protein bonds Hair contains proteins but heat damages the protein structure in an effort to make hair come to a certain shape. The best and safest way tois allowing your hair to dry naturally and maybe using direct heat less often.

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