Knowing your hair's qualities can help you better understand your natural hair type and communicate your needs to a hairstylist, says Ollarvia. But my hair is thin and frizzy! It took me a while to realize that everyone has different kinds of hair – and my hair is perfectly normal. I thought that healthy, natural hair had to look super thick and sleek. When I went natural, I would look at pictures of other people and use their hair as a baseline for what I wanted to achieve. Learning about your hair's unique qualities - texture, surface texture, hair density, porosity and curl pattern - help you better understand your natural hair type and communicate your needs to a hairstylist, says Aeleise Ollarvia, one of the founders of Black Curl Magic. Ollarvia recommends getting your hair cut every 12 to 16 weeks, preferably by a professional who can help shape your hair into a desired style. Once the damage has been gradually cut away and your natural hair is at your preferred length – a process that can take several weeks to years, depending on the hairstyle - maintain the look with regular haircuts to remove naturally occurring split ends and breakage. Since damaged hair is visibly different from new, natural hair, this is something you can do at home yourself. Added weight can cause the natural hair to break off. "Every month or so, slowly trim off those ends so that it's on that newly grown, healthy, natural hair," Chambers-Harris says.
The natural hair from the roots is extremely healthy and a lot stronger than the hair that has been for years." If you do this, she adds, you'll see something known as the " 'line of demarcation.' It's where that natural hair meets the hair. This is what's known as a "long transition," says Chambers-Harris. So they prefer to keep their current hairstyle - and slowly trim away the damaged hair over time as the natural hair grows in. You may feel inclined to go to a salon and cut off all the damaged hair, says Chambers-Harris, in what is known as "the big chop." Doing so would allow you to begin the process of growing healthy hair more quickly with less chance of further breakage.īut for many people, including me, wearing a short hairstyle is a bold look.
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