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Hair Growth Tip 11 - Heat and Natural Hair

17/2/2016

 
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Heat! This is one of the top contentious issues regarding natural hair, everyone has their own opinion and that is A-okay as long you know what is fact and what is opinion. I'ma lay it to you straight:

FACTS

Heat can damage hair in one of two ways:
  1. Heat dries hair out so much that it becomes brittle and very prone to breakage.
  2. Heat can destroy the bonds in hair such that the curl pattern is completely removed and the hair no longer curls. As the structure has been broken, this hair will be weaker than the rest of your hair.
  • Heat damage is cumulative - that is, the impact on hair gets worse and worse with each successive use.

OPINIONS

One or two blow dries per month is enough

I think one or two blow dries per month is enough for my type of 4C hair. My hair is quite strong but I think anymore than this would just lead to a dry, brittle mess. In fact, this is my max and I use blow driers even less than this.

No, thanks to straighteners

Since I went natural straighteners have only been used once, on my wedding day (11.11.11). Because they apply such direct heat to hair I think they're not worth the risk. 

HALF FACT, HALF OPINION

Avoid heat, air dry as often as possible

Yes, less heat is better than more heat but how much less depends on your particular hair. Course hair can take more heat without damage than thin hair.

If you going to use heat use these 9 Tips to blow dry your natural hair gently - no more breakage!

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