Things You'll Need:
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Step 1
African American Hair Growth Golden Rule #1: Keep Your Hair Moisturized. African American hair needs moisture and deep conditioning, especially when the hair is exposed to chemical relaxers, stressful styles, and heat appliances, like blow dryers and flat irons. You must deep condition Black hair, at least once per week for it to thrive. A conditioner is nothing more than a cream that is applied to the hair to smooth the cuticle, soften the hair, add sheen, and restore moisture. Although conditioning your hair cannot make it grow---it can reduce shedding and breakage. As a result, your hair will actually become longer.
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Step 2
African American Hair Growth Golden Rule #2: Find the Right Conditioner
Instant or Leave In Conditioners are great for African American hair, because they coat and give the hair body and shine rapidly. However, they often contain silicones, which make the hair look shiny, but also seal the cuticles and coat the strand so much that additional moisture is unable to penetrate the hair strand. That’s why I recommend that you use hair lotion or leave in conditioners. Try to choose an all natural hair lotion that has EFAs and natural oils, such Beauty 4 Ashes GodHead hair care products (wwwdiscoverb4acom).. If you cannot find an all natural hair lotion then definitely try Carols Daugther (wwwcarolsdaughtercom). -
Step 3
African American Hair Growth Golden Rule #3: Deep Condition Your Hair. Deep Penetrating Conditioners: A conditioner that is absorbed into the hair shaft to improve the health and appearance. Usually made from keratin and amino acids. Beauty 4 Ashes GodHead Silky Smooth is an excellent conditioner for African American Hair. It contains amino acids and essential fatty acids, two necessary components for healthy, longer African American hair. It also has almond, jojoba, coconut, olive, shea, and a host of other hair shaft penetrating moisture rich oils, which contain protein and vitamins to reduce breakage and splitting in African American Hair. You can find it at wwwdiscoverb4acom. Make sure your thoroughly rinse your hair after using a deep penetrating conditioner.
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Step 4
African American Hair Growth Golden Rule #4: Shampoo Your Hair Regularly. As an African American you must protect against dry hair, but you also have to protect against an unhealthy, clogged, and dirty scalp. You need to wash your hair at least once per week. However, you cannot do this with cheap shampoos or high priced shampoos that contain the same harmful ingredients as the low priced, disguised under better brand labels. As an African American , it is best to use all natural hair care products that contain natural oils. If you purchase quality products like Aubrey organics or Beauty 4 Ashes Super Hair Growth Products, then your scalp can be healthy and your hair will not be dry. Just remember, dirty scalp equals short hair. Remember, that after shampooing and rinsing your hair, gently ring your hair to remove excess water. Towel blot your hair dry, and use a quality hair lotion before applying heat. Do not rub the towel up and down your hair. This will result in breakage and splitting. If using a deep penetrating conditioner, just gently remove the excess water from your hair.
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Step 5
African American Hair Growth Golden Rule #5: Style Your Hair from Home Section your hair into even parts. Apply Olive or Jojoba oil directly to the scalp. Then follow with a hair lotion or leave-in conditioner, and style. Everyday you need to treat your hair just as well as you did the moment you walked out of the salon.
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Step 6
African American Hair Growth Golden Rule #6: Pay close attention to the ends of your hair, African American or Curly Hair needs a lot of moisture at the ends. When conditioning your hair, or even applying protein treatments or hair lotion, make sure you target those hair ends.
Comments
aunaturalefree said
on 7/7/2009 Natural hair and relaxed hair should be and need to be treated differently. Relaxed haired females can get away with washing bi weekly. Not the natural sisters, 3 days I feel is too long to go without washing. And when I say washing I don't mean with shampoo, worse advise this site could give. Shampoo is bad bad bad. You don't need shampoo too loosen the dirt and unclog pores. All you need is a good conditioner and vigorous rubbing of the scalp with the fingertips. Excessive washing strips, weakens and breaks the hair. The only real good advice I feel this site gave was the stressing of conditioning the hair. MOISTURE MOISTURE MOISTURE!!! As well, trim every 6 months or so. Ehow is not where african american women or curly haired sisters need to be going for hair advice. Nappturality.com. motowngirl.com. naturallycurly.com those are just a few. Go there if you want to REALLY lear...
aunaturalefree said
on 7/7/2009 Natural hair and relaxed hair should be and need to be treated differently. Relaxed haired females can get away with washing bi weekly. Not the natural sisters, 3 days I feel is too long to go without washing. And when I say washing I don't mean with shampoo, worse advise this site could give. Shampoo is bad bad bad. You don't need shampoo too loosen the dirt and unclog pores. All you need is a good conditioner and vigorous rubbing of the scalp with the fingertips. Excessive washing strips, weakens and breaks the hair. The only real good advice I feel this site gave was the stressing of conditioning the hair. MOISTURE MOISTURE MOISTURE!!! As well, trim every 6 months or so. Ehow is not where african american women or curly haired sisters need to be going for hair advice. Nappturality.com. motowngirl.com. naturallycurly.com those are just a few. Go there if you want to REALLY lear...
ayina4 said
on 4/22/2009 If you want to know about transitioning from relaxed hair to natural hair (which is a great way to grow out black hair) search youtube for "how to transition to natural hair" or see this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf1LCBFYVWs
htowndiva said
on 4/4/2009 to complete the story; i am looking for a SAFE and Effective way to strip my hair of a perm and go back to my natural texture. I would like any product recommendations also. Help!
htowndiva said
on 4/4/2009 I'm African American and until 4 weeks ago I allowed my hair to grow out using the typical weave method. It all began on a whim when i decided to cut my hair about 3 inches all over to accomodate a mohawk. After about two weeks of hating it i went back to a weave for a year and a half. My hair grew tremendously however; i decided i would not go back to perms. I started using a new stylist to maintain it because it was too hard to manage on my own by flat ironing and washing. This stylist complained about her wrist and her carpel tunnel. she then began to tell me how the humidity in our city would be horrific on my hair in the spring and summer months. after a few months of seeing her i decided to cave and get a relaxer. My hair has been breaking more than ever and shedding like crazy. it no longer has the healthy look it did when it was natural and just getting flat ironed and washed. I