Growing my hair longer?

Question

Okay, I know tons of people have asked this question. And I've looked up the answers you guys gave. But there are a few things I still don't have answers to.
My hair is permed and I'm Black. And I know chemicals are hard on my hair. But I can't just stop getting them. I wait until my hair is so unmanagable and horrible looking to get a perm. So what's an alternative? Is there one?
I don't use heat on my hair and I don't get perms too often. But my hair is breaking. I was wondering why though. I wear a head scarf, I oil it, avoid heat, and don't over perm. Any ideas.
People say to put moisture in the hair. What exactly do you mean. I use Indian hemp. Is that moisture?

thanks for the help

Answer 1

Here, first I want to show you a link of my hair. I recently chopped off several inches for my own personal reasons. But I am very WARY of taking advice about hair when I can't see the hair of the person so:

http://fiu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2017039&l=d8e8e&id=18700346
Here you go, that's all mine.

Now:

You should roller set your hair every week. Roller setting your hair distributes low heat over a long time when underneath a dryer. Some people let their roller set air-dry. You should do actual blow-drying with a blush kept at a bare minimum especially since your hair is damaged. Spray your hair with a heat protectant or use a setting lotion.

You should do protein treatments every 2-6 weeks depending on how damaged your hair is. Also deep-condition every week. I go to a salon that uses high-quality products and that has a woman who knows all about ethnic hair. I'm not saying go to a black salon, because I have personally seen of them use very low quality products. I am saying go to a hairdresser that knows how to deal with your kind of hair. Go to her ASAP and let her repair your hair, then you can either keep going (I do this weekly to maintain healthy locks but only because I am in a good financial situation, I can more than take care of my hair without going this much) or take care of it at home, which you can do as long as you know WHAT to do :)

Once you take the rollers out and brush out your hair, it should be soft, straight, shiny and have a bit of a curl at the end and have bounce. Try to stay away from the flat iron, if you do use a heat protectant. If I am going out somewhere special and it's toward the end of the week and I want some extra bounce and my hair a bit straighter, I will use a flat iron.

This is what I do. I have Iron Smoother by Matrix. It's a spray that protects heat up to 450 degrees. I also own a Chi flat iron, which is a high quality iron along with Sedu and a few others. After that, to make it shinier, I use Matrix's sleek look sealing serum. Use can also use Paul Mitchell's skinny serum drops. Do NOT use Biosilk right now because your hair is damaged and in the future use it veerrrry sparingly. It does the job in making your hair shine, but it is extremely drying. It is made up mostly of alcohol.

The shampoo I use is Biolage Hydratherapie. The deep condition I use is Biolage Ultra Hydrating Creme. The protein treatment I use is Nexxus Emergencee Reconstructer. Your hair needs a healthy balance of protein and moisture.

Wrap your hair at night with a silk scarf, it's so important to keeping your hair moisturized.

I know that money doesn't grow on trees but I promise if you invest your money on high-quality hair products, your hair will thank you.

You might also need a trim or cut because you may have a lot of split ends along with damaged hair.

Also, you can start trying taking supplements. I use GNC's Ultranourishair, Biotin, and MSN. All these things are good for your hair. HOWEVER, if after 3 months you don't see improvement (and I mean look at your roots) then stop taking them. Some people don't metabolize synthetic vitamins as well as others, that's why you see some people swear by them and some don't. I started taking them about 2 months ago and I like them.

I think this covers it all but you can always ask for more, I love to help people with relaxed hair! A lot of people hate on us and say we should go natural but there is such thing as healthy relaxed hair that you can grow long and thick as I have!

:)

Answer 2

You need moisture and protein. Moisture makes the hair managable, and protein strengthens the hair. Hemp oil only replaces lost oils in the hair, not moisture.
You need to get Nexxus Emergency and do a treatment. This puts a MEGA amount of protein in your hair. Your hair will stop breaking immedietly. Then you need to use a mositurizing shampoo and a moisturizing conditioner because protein forces moisture out of your hair. Use Nexxus Therappe shampoo and Humectress conditioner.

Answer 3

Try a natural style like twists, or some way you can keep chemicals out. Don't do braids, they damage the ends so even if your hair grows you have to cut a lot out. Make sure you take care of your ends, once they split they keep going, also pay attention to the way you comb your hair out, try not to snap it at the ends.

Answer 4

I would check your conditioners to see if one of the ingredients is protein. If not get some products with protein. It will help.

Answer 5

If your black why dont you just shave it off? Alot of black ppl and women look good that way, serioulsy.