The Basic Truths About Your Relaxed Hair

Before we can easily take care of our hair, we must understand our hair. I will share some truths I have gathered from my hair journey.

1. Your hair is fragile

Relaxed or virgin, your African / Nigerian hair is fragile and must never be compared to that of the Americans, Asians, Europeans and the Indians. (Especially the Indians lol). This is because the structure of our hair makes it hard for natural sebum to flow from the root to the tip of the hair. When you relax your hair, this flow of sebum improves slightly (about 25%) but there's still about 50%-70% of the vulnerable hair.

2. The Hair is Strongest At The Roots

As your hair grows and ages, it is exposed to the wind, sun, temperature fluctuations and blunders we commit so the longer our hair gets, the more prone to drying out and breaking it gets so we have to be mindful of these when we feel like flaunting it every other day.

3. You Must Try To Retain The Hair Tips

Our hair is always growing. Some at amazing speeds while some at a slower speed but the hair grows but if the hair tips cut as fast as the hair grows, my dear sister, you will have the same hair length for donkey years. Need to see an increase in your hair length? Repeat after me...... My tips...... You shall never cut. Say it again :-)