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Over the years, my hair has sustained a lower degree of damage.
I believe everybody has damaged hair. There I stated it and I am thankful I got it off my chest.That quite head of relaxed hair is harmed and yes that gorgeous head of well taken care of natural hair is damaged too.
I chose to compose this post since of a popular discussion aka argument I see all over social networks about whether or not it is possible for relaxed hair to be healthy.Ive never ever seen or checked out any remarks which echoes my own view on this topic so it appears to be my own special viewpoint. A popular view is that relaxed hair can not be healthy since it has continual damage during the relaxer process.My argument is that if damage is being used as a yardstick by which we determine healthy hair then nobody has healthy hair — since every individuals hair has sustained a degree of damage.The only time our hair is “healthy”, if healthy ways absolutely no damage, is when it at first grows out of the scalp. Afterwards, it begins to sustain damage. It is exposed to UV Rays, we use tight ponytails, puffs and buns, we gel it down, coiffure it, twist it and untwist it, comb it, it gets matted so we detangle it, in some cases we flat iron it, put all sorts of products and extensions in it, I might go on and on but I am sure you get the picture.
Our hair is a fiber and all the examples given above will cause the fiber to sustain some degree of damage. Even the simplest hair care routines in which the hair is taken care of exceptionally well will lead to a degree of damage from physical wear and tear being sustained over a number of years of care.So if everybodies hair has sustained damage, can we say anyones hair is healthy??? Everyone has harmed hair however the more serious the damage, the more “unhealthy” the hair will look, be and feel. The relevance of degrees or levels of damage is not somthing Ive seen being gone over on any healthy hair platforms.
Focusing on relaxers in particular, yes relaxers breaks down the disulphide bond in the hair fiber. The disulphide bond is what provides hair bulk of its structural strength and the relaxer chemical and process breaks down about 40 to 50% of this bond BUT what the majority of people do not realise is that the broken bonds will reform when lanthionine is produced in the hair throughout the relaxer process. The bonds do not stay damaged. A new kind of cross link bond is formed. Although the hair fibre is harmed, compromised and not as strong, it is still classified as a “steady structure since of the brand-new cross links that are formed” (quoting my trichology textbook).
Please keep in mind that I am not trying to sugar coat anything, the fact remains that yes relaxers triggers a lot of damage to the hair but it does not ruin the total integrity of the hair fiber especially when relaxer abuse and inaccurate procedure is avoided.Please note that ladies with very fine delicate natural hair will probably wish to keep away from unwinding as it is likely to result in a degree of damage that is too high for their high fibers to still have sufficient levels of elasticity and structural stability. Not everybody has hair that can endure a relaxer procedure and texlaxing too is not suitable with some hair types.
Remeber likewise that relaxed hair should never be fully directly, why? That the fibre keeps some degree of strength and flexibility which is essential for the fiber battle breakage.This is a key opportunity to tell any girl who sees relaxing as the “simple method out” that idea couldnt be even more away from the truth. The more damage hair has actually sustained, the more essential it is to have a good hair care plan in place to support the weakened fibre or structure of the hair. If your hair has been relaxed you simly can not pay for to slack on your hair care if you desire your hair to remain on your head
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I had a high degree of damage in these photos.
My essential message is that, it is the severity or degree the of damage that hair has actually sustained that ought to used to figure out whether it can be classified as healthy. The less damage your hair has actually sustained, the healthier it is.Based on the portion or intensity of damage sustained, it is possible for a female with relaxed hair or texlaxed hair to have healthier hair than a woman with natural hair who might flat iron her hair frequently or who might have colored her hair.If you take two ladies with identical hair types, who both take care of their hair, if one is relaxed and the other is natural, the woman with the natural hair will clearly have much healthier hair since it has actually sustained less damage however it does not suggest that the lady with unwinded hair isnt healthy too, depending upon the degree of damage her hair has actually sustained and ongoing hair care.
My other aim with this post is to emphasize the function or the point of hair care which is to minimize the incident of damage, to minimize the severity of damage, alleviate the signs of the damage currently continual and the continued preservation of the hair fibre.Hair care helps us preserve the integrity of our hair so that it looks healthy, feels healthy and is strong enough to withstand damage so that it is able to get longer. Hair care is also essential to keep our scalp healthy which in lots of methods is much more crucial.
We all have damaged hair however avoiding damage from happening frequently and reducing the extent of damage sustained through healthy hair care is important to preserve the fibres (aka keep the fibres in a stable adequate state to be classified as healthy.
I hope you find this concept of degrees of hair damage instructional and I hope it will assist readers appreciate why hair care is essential.
I have not flat ironed my hair in over a years. Through healthy hair care I have decreased the intensity and frequency of damage my hair has actually sustained and that is why is now healthier and longer and thicker than it utilized to be.
If you were to rate the percentage of damage your hair presently has, what would your figure be? #nojudgement.
Stay safe.
Take care of yourself and look after your hair.
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Lade.

A popular view is that unwinded hair can not be healthy due to the fact that it has sustained damage throughout the relaxer process.My argument is that if damage is being used as a yardstick by which we measure healthy hair then no one has healthy hair — due to the fact that every single individuals hair has actually sustained a degree of damage.The just time our hair is “healthy”, if healthy methods zero damage, is when it at first grows out of the scalp. Our hair is a fiber and all the examples offered above will trigger the fiber to sustain some degree of damage. Although the hair fibre is harmed, compromised and not as strong, it is still classed as a “steady structure because of the brand-new cross links that are formed” (estimating my trichology textbook).
If your hair has been relaxed you simly can not pay for to slack on your hair care if you want your hair to remain on your head
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Through healthy hair care I have actually lowered the seriousness and frequency of damage my hair has actually sustained and that is why is now healthier and longer and thicker than it utilized to be.