Reviving Damaged Natural Hair: Wear Protective Styles, Twist Your Hair at Night
WARNING!!!! I didnt go to school for hair [like most people on the web that give hair advice] therefore any bit of advice I give will be simply from personal experience with my hair and with the hair of those that I take care of on a weekly basis. With that being said I hope this helps someone out 
I always feel like doing a video is helpful, but having both the video and write up is always the best way to go. With that being said lets talk about how wearing protective styles and how twisting my hair at night has helped me revive my damaged natural hair.
If your familiar with my youtube channel you know that back in January I had some hair “snapping” [see video here] or shall I say weakening due to the fact that my hair was lacking protein. Of course I started giving my hair protein treatments [and I still do see updated video here] but I knew that wouldn’t be enough so I stopped wearing puffs and simply kept my hair in twist. Ever since then, my hair has been on point!
More Protective Styles Less “Cute Styles”…
This was pictures taken when I was doing someones damaged Natural Hair NOT MY HAIR!
Believe it or not, unless your hair is dyed fried and sat to the side you dont truly have to do a “Big Chop” [cut off all your hair] over again just because your hair is thinning, becoming weak, or shedding more then normal. What you will have to do is ask yourself, how are you taking care of your hair on a day to day basis. Are you:
1. Not twisting your hair at night….
2. Applying heat to your hair more then 2 times a week….
3. Wearing your hair in puffs, wash and goes, twist outs ect.. everyday….
If you answered yes to any of these questions and you’ve been having damaged hair then that just might be your answer to whats going on up there. I will get back to “Not twisting your hair at night” a little later but lets talk about what I like to call “cute styles” you know the typical, puffs, straight hair, twist outs, blow outs, things like that. If your doing this all the time and your hair is thin, breaking, heck just simply not growing then taking a break for all that is what you should do. Like they say “it hurts to be beautiful” and in a natural girls case, “cute styles” cause stress on the hair, hair loss, missing edges, and weakened hair.
This is a style I do with my twist when Im being lazy LOL
I feel that if you are going to as we call it “fire your hair stylist” after going natural then you better be able to take notes on what you are doing to your hair on a daily and know that those “cute styles” could be the reason why your hair isnt retaining the length that it should be. Don’t get me wrong, wearing a “cute style” from time to time is just fine, and if your hair is heathy, please be my guess, but if your hair is damaged, there is no reason for you to be wearing your hair out and lose unless you would like to lose more hair then you already have. A protective hair style can be cute if you make it cute. Personally I could care less if its cute. I just want my hair to grow. When my hair started to become weak and shed more then normal because of its lack of protein, wearing my hair in a puff or twist out was the last thing on my mind for a good month if not more. Some people like to style their protective styles I dont. I just put my hair in some big twist or braid and throw on a hat. Reason for this is because if my hair is damaged why would I want to cause stress to my hair by pulling my twist this or that way? It almost defeats the purpose dont cha think??? Depending on how tight that your pulling those twist to be in a style that you feel looks good you could be causing more damage then you realize. So in my opinion, for the fastest results, just put your hair in some twist strand twist for a few weeks and leave it alone, while conditioning it and keeping it moisturized.
Twist Your Hair Every Night!
This is what I do to my hair EVERY NIGHT before bed sometimes they are bigger though..
This may seem time consuming, but its going to be more time consuming when your hair is dry, brittle, and deflated, every morning so you now have to take care of that before you go anywhere….Now I dont know about everyone else but if I decide to be lazy and not twist my hair up and night, when I wake up in the morning my hair is dry, brittle and flat on the parts that I slept on the most. I’m sorry but I dont like that, and come to think of it when my hair was becoming damaged I was not doing my hair every night and it was always dry the next day. However once I stopped being lazy [and yes not doing your hair at night is being lazy] and began to twist my hair up every night, my hair started to retain length the way that it should be, I didnt have to dust my ends as often, and when I wake up in the morning my hair isnt dry as a tumble weed.
The other benefit of doing your hair at night is, if the next day you want to lounge around the house, your hair is already in braids so it wont be all flat and dry from rubbing up against things all day. Personally since I’m a blogger, I maybe busy all day but I’m normally at home therefore the last thing I want is for my hair to be lose in my bonnet rubbing up against my couch, getting dryer by the hour, while creating knots that I will eventually have to cut out; meaning I will be loosing more length. Personally I try to keep my hair in braids when I’m just chillin at the house because I dont see a need to get all dressed. For what??? Im at home, and I’m working.
If I and doing a protective style this is how my hair will look on a daily
With that being said, I will end this post with a video, and some video links that I think you all might like incase you are having trouble with your damaged hair. Let me know if you have request for spacific natural hair videos or post by e-mailing me at nay@naybesa.com
UPDATE TO: My Hair Is Becoming Weak
Weekly Protein Wash Routine PART 1 [applying Henna N Placenta]
Weekly Protein Wash Routine PART 2 [appyling Cantu Shea Butter]
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