Hi ladies,
Three months ago I shaved my head completely Bald/bare, and now I have a little over an inch of hair. Around 6/7 years ago I big chopped, but I had a few inches of hair. I used wigs and braids to protective style during the twa/short phase, but this time, Id like to not use fake hair and enjoy my hair until it gets colder outside. This week I've notice that I have breakage, those little C shaped pieces of hair. I use to wash my hair almost every day for the past two and a half months, using trader Joe's tea tree conditioner, in the mornings before work. At night, I oiled my scalp with a sulfur based oil, and add add some AOHSR as a leave in conditioner. I was baggying/GHE for a few hours every night too.
Now I'm thinking that since I haven't used a clarifying shampoo in 3 months (or any shampoos for that matter) , I may have some built up on the hair shaft, thus the breakage. To be honest I haven't deep conditioned my hair either, but it hasn't been feeling too dry.
My questions to you ladies are:
1. Since I only have about an Inch of hair, is it necessary to deep condition weekly?
2. How soon or at what length do I start doing protein treatments?
(when I had longer hair, I use to do it every 6/8 weeks)
3. Is it excessive to moisture and seal an inch of hair every day?
4. Also, oiling and massaging the scalp every day, is that too much manipulation?
5. Since my hair is too short to braid or twist, I am combing it everyday, something I never did when I had longer hair (I have a seamless comb and a metal hair pic, btw). What can I do, in terms of grooming, instead of combing my hair?
6. What was the best practice/method/thing that you did or wish you had done when you were starting all over?
Thank you in advance for your responses.
Three months ago I shaved my head completely Bald/bare, and now I have a little over an inch of hair. Around 6/7 years ago I big chopped, but I had a few inches of hair. I used wigs and braids to protective style during the twa/short phase, but this time, Id like to not use fake hair and enjoy my hair until it gets colder outside. This week I've notice that I have breakage, those little C shaped pieces of hair. I use to wash my hair almost every day for the past two and a half months, using trader Joe's tea tree conditioner, in the mornings before work. At night, I oiled my scalp with a sulfur based oil, and add add some AOHSR as a leave in conditioner. I was baggying/GHE for a few hours every night too.
Now I'm thinking that since I haven't used a clarifying shampoo in 3 months (or any shampoos for that matter) , I may have some built up on the hair shaft, thus the breakage. To be honest I haven't deep conditioned my hair either, but it hasn't been feeling too dry.
My questions to you ladies are:
1. Since I only have about an Inch of hair, is it necessary to deep condition weekly?
2. How soon or at what length do I start doing protein treatments?
(when I had longer hair, I use to do it every 6/8 weeks)
3. Is it excessive to moisture and seal an inch of hair every day?
4. Also, oiling and massaging the scalp every day, is that too much manipulation?
5. Since my hair is too short to braid or twist, I am combing it everyday, something I never did when I had longer hair (I have a seamless comb and a metal hair pic, btw). What can I do, in terms of grooming, instead of combing my hair?
6. What was the best practice/method/thing that you did or wish you had done when you were starting all over?
Thank you in advance for your responses.