Shedding Vs. Breaking

[Samaria]

I would love to know, what should you consider shedding and what should you consider breaking?? I'm new to the whole perming thing and I need as much knowledge as possible. thank you.

 

[Samaria]

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[Allandra]

Shedding - hair that comes out at the root (white bulb on it)

Breaking - hair that breaks somewhere along the hair strand

 

[Allandra]

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Samaria said:
I'm new to the whole perming thing

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How long have you been getting relaxer touch-ups?

 

[Samaria]

I dont understand

so my hair should come out from the roots of my hair?? so when I touch my hair and a couple of strings come out that's breakage??

 

[atlantatiffany]

bump...good question

 

[Samaria]

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Allandra said:
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Samaria said:
I'm new to the whole perming thing

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How long have you been getting relaxer touch-ups?

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I've only had 2 touch-ups. I didn't want to relax my hair without knowing the right way of taking care of my hair.. I'm blessed to have found this site.

 

[Samaria]

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Samaria said:
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Allandra said:
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Samaria said:
I'm new to the whole perming thing

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How long have you been getting relaxer touch-ups?

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I've only had 2 touch-ups. I didn't want to relax my hair without knowing the right way of taking care of my hair.. I'm blessed to have found this site.

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Because if that's the case, I've never had sedding, I've never had hair from the roots come out.

 

[Allandra]

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Samaria said:
I dont understand

so my hair should come out from the roots of my hair?? so when I touch my hair and a couple of strings come out that's breakage??

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I was just giving you the definition of shedding and the definition of breakage. I noticed in your album, you mentioned you had breakage.

 

[Samaria]

Yeah, I did(maybe I was incorrect). My reason for the post was to make sure I had an understanding of what breaking is and what shedding is.

 

[CurlyCrly]

Samaria, Everyone has hair coming out from the roots. They don't stay attached to your head forever. They have a lifespan. Due to illness, nutrition, chemicals, etc. someone could be shedding more than the norm. Breakage is typically due to damage, dryness, pulling, brushing, stress on the strands, loss of elasticity, etc.

 

[Isis]

Shedding 50-100 hairs each day is considered normal. Anything more than that would be another story and would require remedies such as protein conditioning to strengthen hair, regimen changes, checking hormonal changes, etc.

 

[FrizzMizz]

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Samaria said:
I dont understand

so my hair should come out from the roots of my hair?? so when I touch my hair and a couple of strings come out that's breakage??

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No but if a couple strands come out and the they don't have white bulbs on them, then yes it's breakage.

You might not be able to check all the hairs but look at a few in good lighting and you should be able to see.

 

[Samaria]

I'm so sorry to sound so ignorant, but umm how would a white bulb look ??

 

[Tene]

bump

 

[Samaria]

hope someone answers..lol