Ediese
Well-Known Member
Hello Ladies!
Just wanted to give you guys a quick update re: my excessive shedding issues. Good news is that you'll be pleased to know that I've gotten it under control. The only bad thing about is that I still don't know what caused it.
erplexed
I've taken the great advice of all of you. I attribute the decrease in shedding to black tea rinses. I bought the english black tea a few weeks ago. I steeped it overnight, and poured it into my spray bottle. After I shampooed, I sprayed my hair and covered it up for about an hour. After I rinsed, I left my Kenra moisturizing conditioner on overnight. (I think this was absolutely necessary because my hair felt really stripped after I rinsed the tea). I've also started taking saw palmetto, but since I just started, I can't really say how well it's working.
I posted some pics of when the shedding first started to slow down. I twisted my hair lastnight, and there was hardly any hair in my comb. I've been wearing my hair in a bun if I go anywhere special. If I'm going anywhere else, I've been twisting my hair and pinning it up. This allows for me to take out the pins and spray my Care Free Gold and use my crisco to seal (yes I am quite fond of this mix)
. I usually do this everyday, so my hair stays moist. I have a personal juicing challenge. lol My forehead and neck stays shiny. I've been detangling when I wash every week. I've noticed even more breakage than I had before. Some areas of my crown is broken too, so I'm really trying to stay on top of it. Also, my hair is the softest that it's ever been, (except of course when I had the bkt), and it FINALLY looks so moisturized (ya'll know how much I've complained about it always looking dry)! My comb easily glides through it when my hair is dry. That's an amazing feat!
One last thing, the color from the bkt has my hair looking kinda weird. I know this was the source of my breakage. You can see it in the pics. I have about 1.5" of off black new growth, followed by 5" of reddish brown followed by jet black dye on the ends. I noticed that my hair broke at the line between the reddish brown color and the dye. Instead of nursing my hair and upping the moisture level when I noticed the light color after my bkt, I installed a weave to hide my shedding problems. That was a huge mistake. I'm just happy that I can work on it now. I'm having a wig made, and that's the only other protective style that I'll be using.
Anyway, here are some pics.
(1st and 2nd week of shedding)
(it's a medium size patch that's broken. more hair is broken below it. need to take pics of the left side too)
smaller twists lol
http://imagefra.me/
Just wanted to give you guys a quick update re: my excessive shedding issues. Good news is that you'll be pleased to know that I've gotten it under control. The only bad thing about is that I still don't know what caused it.
erplexedI've taken the great advice of all of you. I attribute the decrease in shedding to black tea rinses. I bought the english black tea a few weeks ago. I steeped it overnight, and poured it into my spray bottle. After I shampooed, I sprayed my hair and covered it up for about an hour. After I rinsed, I left my Kenra moisturizing conditioner on overnight. (I think this was absolutely necessary because my hair felt really stripped after I rinsed the tea). I've also started taking saw palmetto, but since I just started, I can't really say how well it's working.
I posted some pics of when the shedding first started to slow down. I twisted my hair lastnight, and there was hardly any hair in my comb. I've been wearing my hair in a bun if I go anywhere special. If I'm going anywhere else, I've been twisting my hair and pinning it up. This allows for me to take out the pins and spray my Care Free Gold and use my crisco to seal (yes I am quite fond of this mix)
. I usually do this everyday, so my hair stays moist. I have a personal juicing challenge. lol My forehead and neck stays shiny. I've been detangling when I wash every week. I've noticed even more breakage than I had before. Some areas of my crown is broken too, so I'm really trying to stay on top of it. Also, my hair is the softest that it's ever been, (except of course when I had the bkt), and it FINALLY looks so moisturized (ya'll know how much I've complained about it always looking dry)! My comb easily glides through it when my hair is dry. That's an amazing feat! One last thing, the color from the bkt has my hair looking kinda weird. I know this was the source of my breakage. You can see it in the pics. I have about 1.5" of off black new growth, followed by 5" of reddish brown followed by jet black dye on the ends. I noticed that my hair broke at the line between the reddish brown color and the dye. Instead of nursing my hair and upping the moisture level when I noticed the light color after my bkt, I installed a weave to hide my shedding problems. That was a huge mistake. I'm just happy that I can work on it now. I'm having a wig made, and that's the only other protective style that I'll be using.
Anyway, here are some pics.
(1st and 2nd week of shedding)
(it's a medium size patch that's broken. more hair is broken below it. need to take pics of the left side too)
smaller twists lol
http://imagefra.me/
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I put the clip on, and smooth the front with a toothbrush. After I took off my scarf, it laid down my edges.
especially from what I've seen before on this board and myself 
