What to do if your hair is breaking !

1. Stop The Hair Breaking Behavior

There are 3 common types of breakage: mechanical/manual (breakage from combing or manipulating hair), physical (breakage caused by heat appliances or physical elements such as winter air), and chemical (breakage caused by chemical treatments such as relaxers, Brazilian blow outs, or Keratin Treatments. If you notice more breakage or any hair loss, assess your routine and eliminate the hair breaking behavior.

2.  Learn the Best Ways to Handle Your Hair

As my hair gets longer, I have to make gradual changes to care for my hair.  That means preventing breakage by sometimes pre-pooing (pre-shampoo treatment) with coconut oil, using olive & coconut oil for an oil rinse, and shampooing my hair in twists or plaits.  Experiment with extra measures to minimize breakage in your hair.

3. Deep Condition Regularly

I deep condition my hair almost weekly to add an extra boost of moisture and breakage prevention.  After deep conditioning with any one of the many ways  you’ll notice less breakage and shedding.

4. De-tangle Damp Hair Not Wet Hair

Hair is its most fragile when wet. If you have highly textured hair that tangles easily, its best to lightly mist hair and de-tangle with a wide tooth comb before shampooing.  Shampooing in plaits or jumbo twists also prevents tangles and breakage.  

5. Trim Those Dead Ends

  removing split ends is the only way to prevent further damage on other parts of the same hair strand where split ends are present. 

6. Choose The Best Detangling Tool

There are tons of de-tangling tools and some are better than others when it comes to de-tangling with little or no damage at all.  

7. Moisturize Your Hair As Needed

Hair needs the perfect balance of moisture and protein to remain healthy or breakage free. Hydrated hair is not easily broken. If you notice popping of hair strands, that’s a good sign that moisture is needed.

8. Don’t Over Do It With Moisturizing

There is a such thing as over moisturizing. Your hair will feel spongy with you deep condition overnight, or baggy. You can remedy this by incorporating a protein-based deep conditioning treatment. 

9. Pay Due Respect To Your Scalp

A healthy scalp is good for growing healthy hair.  Cleansing your scalp at least bi-weekly and keeping scalp moisturize can prevent hair loss and scalp irritation. 

10. Give Your Ends Extra TLC

Your ends are both the oldest part of your hair and the most fragile.  They need a little extra attention.  Make sure you have your ends covered by applying product from ends to roots.  This is especially important when using the LOC method to moisturize hair.

 If you follow these steps continuously you will have bouncy, coily, soft non-breaking hair :)