Ladies help! Is this a normal amount of breakage?

[OnPoint]

I just finish taking out the braids I wore from Nov 5 until now, and this is the amount of breakage I got. I compared it to a quarter so that you can see the difference. It is a total of hair that I loss from braid removal, washing, and combing out afterwards. I loss more hair, but did not add it to the pile. I think that this is a lot of hair to lose, what do you think? Is there any way to stop this from happening? Any help would be appreciated, I really need y'all to come through for me.

 

[mkstar826]

Well to me it looks pretty average. It's not all breakage. I'm sure the majority of it is hair that would have shed naturally from Nov. 5 until now.

 

[VelvetRain]

I would do an emergencee treatment to strengthen your hair and follow with a good moisturizing conditioner afterward. Noone here is immune to a little breakage. The key is to minimize it the best you can with gentle handling of your hair and good products to maintain moisture.

 

[TigerLily]

It doesn't look like an abnormal amount to lose for that time period.

 

[OnPoint]

Thanks so much! I was feeling a little discouraged

 

[reformatio]

Yes, that looks likes a normal amount of hair to lose after seven [or so] weeks with braids. I also agree with the other member it is probably mostly hair that has shed rather than broken-off.

 

[jd_bdfly]

That looks normal to me, and I think that's mostly shedded hair rather than broken hair.