Help...hair shedding
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Topic: Help...hair shedding
Posted By: BrownDiva
Subject: Help...hair shedding
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 10:06am
| My sister needs help... She goes to two different hair dressers. She got a lye relaxer (Narobi) from one stylist and went there and got another one (not sure if it was another Narobi relaxer) 4 1/2 weeks later from another shop because she thought she needed another one. She has medium 4/A,3b hair, I believe. Now her hair is shedding drastically. What should she do now to stop the shedding and get her hair back healthy again? |
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Posted By: carameldiva
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 11:18am
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I would suggest trying a good garlic shampoo- Queen Helene makes one, Nutrine makes one and Henna queen makes one too. those are the only ones that i can think of- you can do a search on the net for these brands. ------------- Me and you, your cousin and your momma too rollin on da strip on bow's |
Posted By: LadyJay114
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 11:54am
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she's probably shedding because she got two relaxers within a short amount of time. she's going to need a good protein treatment to repair her hair, something like Nexxus Emergencee or the Dudleys DRC 28. A cheaper alternative is Lamour's Bone Marrow. I had severe damage a couple of years ago and the Bone Marrow really helped my hair. also, she should wait at least 6 weeks between relaxers. And I'm only suggesting 6 weeks if there's a great amount of new growth. It should really be 8-10 weeks. |
Posted By: sexyyella316
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 12:55pm
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yea I agree with lady jay. your sister have to be more careful, try this, use domincan leave in treatments call Alter Ego and ORS olive oil treatment. First use the olive oil treatment then wash it out and put in the Alter Ego leave in treatment keep doing this for a couple of weeks and see how it works. Alter ego have different types of treatments leave in and non leave in. check this web page out if you can't find it in the stores. GOOD LUCK http://www.alteregousa.com - www.alteregousa.com http://www.ibeautyny.com - www.ibeautyny.com
------------- Arita a.k.a Sexyyella316 |
Posted By: Renata22
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 1:07am
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10 weeks is too soon also. I get relaxers only twice a year. I'm sorry if I seem ignorant of this topic, but what's the point in getting so many relaxers when 2 or 3 a year will work? ------------- Hair type: who knows? Length: 23 inches as of 3/10/06 MY HAIR IS OFFICIALLY BRA STRAP LENGTH!! Goal: Waist Length, which is only 30 inches so ADVISE ME ON HOW TO GET JUST 7 MORE INCHES OF GROWTH! |
Posted By: pinky21
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 11:16pm
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Some peoples hair cannot stretch a relaxer twice a year and they have to get them more often than that. But I do think that the lady should have waited longer to give her a hair a chance to grow a little more because too many perms in a short period of time can lead to breakage.
------------- Pinky21 |
Posted By: Jamgurl
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 3:08pm
| 10 weeks insn't too short. The instuctions say 6-8 weeks. However, I believe stretching is better and the longer you can stretch, then great, but I dont think everyone can do that. |
Posted By: Vanity3
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 7:18pm
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MOISTURE, MOISTURE and more MOISTURE! and she needs a no contact style for a while, buns and styles like that. Protein treatments and avoid heat. Everyone else has lended some great advice too, most importantly, tell her, don't EVER do that again! ------------- Natural since March 2006 No "heat" challenge for Winter 08-09 public.fotki.com/Vanity3 keepitsimplesista.ning.com/profile/Vanity1920 |
Posted By: BrownDiva
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 8:08am
| Thank you for all of the advice. She has successfully stopped the shedding and it started getting healthy again. Well, she has another problem. She put a glue in weave in her hair for 2 weeks. The stylist that put it in told her how to remove it. Well she had problems getting that bonding glue out and has severe thinning in the top. The whole row where it was glued tore her hair out in the crown. She's never had thick hair just med. and kinda fine. Now it's pretty thin in the top and she's all sad about this mishap. She went back to the stylist and showed her what happened. The stylist just apologized and put a treatment in it. Told her to come back in a week for anther treatment. She looked at the stylist head and her hair is really thin. I told her to RUN like hell. This stylist is probably taking her own advice. Anyway, what can she do to thicken it back up? Sorry for such a long post. |
Posted By: Supersugar
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 9:39am
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She can't really do anything to "thicken" her hair besides grow more of it. And the best way for her to do that is to leave it alone and let it grow on its own. Her hair is in a damaged state, it needs time to recuperate. Would she be willing to look into getting a wig? ------------- Make every day you have count, before the time comes for you to count every day you have. |