Black Hair Problems - Breakage and Shedding

Hair breakage and shedding is a battle that is constantly faced by black hair. Problems such as these often causes massive breakage and limits hair growth. This is a vicious cycle of black hair.

Causes of Hair breakage

• Excessive combing/brushing

• Very dry hair

• Porous Hair

• Improper handling

• Poor nutrition

Black Hair Problems- Understanding the difference between breakage and shedding is an important part of any healthy hair regimen.

So what is the difference between shedding and breakage?

Shedding Hair

• Shed hair is hair that has reached the end of its growing cycle and naturally falls from the scalp along with its root attached. When the whit bulb is present you know the hair has detached from the root.

• Shed hair tends to be longer in length.

• Shedding hair is natural and on average most people shed 50-100 hair per day. Considering you have over 100,000 hair strands at any given moment shedding hair is only a natural part of the hair cycle. Once a hair is shed the root begins growing a new strand with a life cycle that will last 3-5 years.

Hair breakage

• Hair breakage is not natural

• Breakage is short pieces of hair broken off from the hair ends.

• Hair breakage happens when there is an improper balance of protein in moisture.

Hair Breakage Problem Scenarios- read these hair scenarios to figure which category you fall into

Protein and Moisture- A proper balance of both protein and moisture is needed to maintain a healthy black hair and minimize breakage.

Performing a Wet Hair Assessment-figure out which end of the balance wheel you fall under

Moisturizers- to prevent hair breakage and grow long black hair