Hair breakage

for clarifying- i reccommend sally's generic version of Nexxus Aloe rid- i used this for the first time last weekend and it was very moisturizing and brought my hair back to life. Very pleased. also i totally agree with everyone else- you need to deep condition weekly with a thin, plastic cap under heat for 45 mins to an hour. Some really good deep conditioners are Queen Helene Super Cholesterol treatment, Lamaur's bone Marrow, also i use a dominican "roostertail" of miss keys 10 en 1, rivas silicon mix and emergencia. for protein i add Jherri Rhedding's 100% natural protein conditioner to the dominican "roostertail". for shedding i use either queen helene garlic shampoo or Nutrine Garlic shampoo and nutrine garlic conditioner. Shampoos that i like are Salon Care Shampoos and Conditioners that can be purchased at Sally's Beauty Supply. I also like Aussie Moist, Tresseme- the one anti-breakage one, and a shampoo concentrate that i got at www.thechemistrystore.com (i also like their vitamin fortified hair conditioner too). for moisture- i use a glycerin/aloe juice/distilled water/rosemary oil spritz. I also add liquid aloe vera and glycerin to my conditioners-since i have hard water. to oil my scalp i am currently using rosemary oil diluted in coconut oil but i also have evening primrose oil, sweet almond oil, apricot kernel oil, castor oil, jamaica black castor oil and grapeseed oil on hand. I use the castor oil/jamaica black castor oil for ends treatments/pre-shampoo treatments( i sometimes use heat for 10-15 mins prior to shampooing). Hope this helps.

I second what everyone was saying about the absence of moisture in your regimen...  The same thing happened to me - I thought I was doing everything right and I was getting frustrated that I was still getting breakage...  Then I figured out the culprit - LACK OF DAILY MOISTURE.  So I made my own daily moisturizer:

distilled water/glycerin/Emu oil/alcohol-free aloe vera gel/and a moisturizing conditioner (w/no protein in it)... 

Talk about SILKY, MOISTURIZED, and STRONG!!!  My hair has made a complete turn-around! I still see a couple broken strands every now and then, but NOTHING compared to what it used to be.

Be careful with the long term daily use of the Hollywood Beauty Carrot Oil, because there is protein in it.  I was using it everyday thinking it would stop my breakage, but it made it worse due to the protein in it. My hair is "protein sensitive".

Oh... and don't worry so much about mineral oil and petrolatum in your conditioners or oil moisturizers - Pokahontas is right, you are rinsing them off.  And whatever stays on is somewhat beneficial in that it will smooth and protect strands... Only be concerned if you are applying a product directly to your scalp, because you don't want to clog the pores.  Alot of ladies with long, healthy hair SWEAR by Vaseline (petrolatum) on their ends.

 

 

 

Edited by NoNapNique

after i followed my hair regimine mentioned above my hair turned out soft and pretty but still with breakage not as much buti dont want there to be any could this be relaxer damage ?

TwinkletOes23 wrote: after i followed my hair regimine mentioned above my hair turned out soft and pretty but still with breakage not as much buti dont want there to be any could this be relaxer damage ?

Sorry if you've already mentioned this but how often do you get trims?  You should probably trim some of those damaged ends off because that's why they are breaking.  Like cmesweet said, the damage is probablly from your past regimine.  But by following a better regimine you hair will be much healthier, especially after you get those bad ends off.

If you ends are really damaged this may only be a temporary fix but castor oil is good for ends.  It is a humectant and is very moisturizing.  A lot of people swear by it for stopping/reducing breakage.

I've heard a lot of people say mango butter caused their hair to be dry but I've never tried it.  If your hair feels okay using that then continue use but if not I would try something different. 

Okay.....so you get regular trims.....the only other thing that I would think it might be is the heat.  You may be using heat too often.  Have you ever thought of trying styles that require no direct heat so your hair can get a rest or maybe stretching your relaxer or growing it out and being natural?  Do you blow dry as well as flat iron?  My hair gets fragile with blow drying and that's why I don't do it.  Sorry to ask so many questions, just trying to help as much as I can. 

Yes, I would talk to a doctor about bc pills just to be on the safe side.  Did you experience breakage before you started taking that particular bc?

 

i only flat iron once a week and i have started to rolls my hair up with rollers wrapped in satin when its wet let it air dry and then flat iron it on setting three just to smooth it out......my hair is breaking less but i dont want it to break at all.....

the mango butter seems to do alright for my hair ...except it has cones in it and cerytol alcohol

You guys had some great tips and suggestions for hair breakage.  I was looking for the post for emergencee and relaxers, because a stylist recommended it too me and I tried it, but it always leaves my hair hard and brittle.  I have follewed the directions and I have even tried putting it on for only 5 mins before shampooing and then continuing my usually hair regimine.  That seemed to work, but I am still very skeptical about it.

What I am experiencing though, which is most concerning me is.  Breakage which happens every time the new growth comes after a touch up.  My hair will break off exactly where the new growth comes in.  I have been plastering my hair with moisturzers but I am hoping someone can suggest a better way of dealing with this.  My hair has grown alot of the past year.  Its soft, it has body, but it starts to break off as the new growth comes.  I use wigs and hair pcs right before the touch up so I can hold off for a couple of weeks.  I try to minimize my touch ups to 8 weeks and 6 weeks minimum.  But the breakage is frustrating.

 

I wash my once a week, then deep condition.  I do a conditioner rinse on Wednesdays.  I pull my hair into a pony tail and let it air dry, then blow dry on a low setting ( I use the cold air blast to dry) then I hot curl with my curling iron ( rather than flat ironing) set at 3.

 

Please help. 

Syn 

If there is, can someone tell me.  I would give it a try. LOL

I stopped using sponge rollers years ago.  I don't like how they leave my hair.  I don't really like the regular rollers, I was thinking if I should try the rubber ones that you can wrap and sleep in, but I haven't decided yet.  Even when I go to the hairdresser, I will let her wrap my hair and then blow dry it. Then use a curling iron.

Edited by SexySyn - April 26 2007 at 7:47pm