Learning how to grow black children's' hair and keep it growing seems futile when the latest styles call for excessive use of heat and other procedures that do not lead to healthy hair.
Knowing how to grow black children's' hair and keep it growing is a
legacy in itself. Because when you use good products and you practice
good habits, you have the opportunity to pass them on from generation
to generation. Many of the tips I have written about for adult black
hair will apply to children and adolescents. In today's world where
beauty is defined as having straight hair, adolescents suddenly feel
the pressure of trying to emulate that type of beauty standard. In
order to keep up with these beauty standards, they will often throw
caution to the wind all in the pursuit of the straight look.
The straight look is fine, but when the means to get the straight look
become excessive like using a curling iron or flat iron every single
day, then the teen's self-image becomes distorted causing her to hate
her natural curls, and this will have a devastating and destructive
effect not only on the hair, but on the teen's self-image, self-esteem
and confidence.
I personally have witnessed many black adolescent girls subjecting
their hair to the damaging effects of the flat iron on a daily basis.
For your hair to be subjected to such intense heat on a daily basis is
like killing the hair and setting the stage for a point of no return
where nothing can be done to save your hair except to cut it off due to
extensive damage.
When you compare the two utensils, the flat iron and the curling iron,
the flat iron is far more dangerous to the hair as it produces heat in
such an intensity, that more damage is done. If you are going to allow
your teen to use heat, make it a minimal occurrence (once or twice
weekly) instead of everyday. Minimizing heat to black hair will aid in
growing the hair, reducing dryness and breakage.
The blow dryer is another utensil that if used often will cause dryness
and breakage. The one mistake that is often made is that the heat is
usually turned up too high on the blower in order to speed up the
drying process. Using a medium or moderate setting may take longer, but
in the long run, if you absolutely have to use the blow dryer, medium
setting is recommended. Better yet, using an old-fashioned bonnet hair
dryer or simply air drying is often recommended for the healthiest mode
of drying.
A good guide that will be of great help in the management of black hair
care for adults as well as children is the book entitled, Secrets to Growing Black Hair Long. Lots of common sense techniques and tips and good habits
to follow for hair growth can be applied to our children's' hair. When
you learn the secrets of how to take care of your hair as an adult, you
will learn how to grow black children's' hair and
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