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I read a couple weeks ago you suspected you had breakage from wearing your bun.

How is that going? What other styles did you try? Did you have to dust your ends?

 

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[Supergirl]

Hey, I totally missed this thread. I'm sorry

Um well, I've started folding the length of my hair back and forth and tucking the ends under then securing with a clip. I did trim the ends of the broken part only because it was shorter than the rest of the hair and uneven. I figured I should at least even it up so it wouldn't look so ugh! But it's under the rest of my hair so it's not noticeable.

 

[Guest]

Even though I didn't ask the question, thanks for answering. I noticed that I had some breakage in the back of my head also...and I was trying to pin-point the cause between two different things..1. The way I was wearing my hair 2. The products I was using in my hair..I think maybe it could be the fact that it was the way I was wearing it..because if the products caused the breakage then wouldn't my hair be breaking all over instead of that one spot.....? I would think so..but sometimes I hear a "snapping" sound when I comb too even though I don't see breakage in the comb...so now I'm back to square one..maybe its the products...

 

[Supergirl]

Natori,

Are you relaxed? I've been thinking about this--I'm relaxed and the part that has the breakage is my least-manageable part of hair. It usually gets underprocessed on relaxers so it's a mixture of waves, bigger waves, straight hair, etc. I've been wondering if that's really the reason for the breakage.

 

[Guest]

Supergirl, I'm not relaxed but I don't press my hair as much either. I think what it is the that I don't moisturize my hair enough in that area. I just realized that I should part my hair in sections to ensure that all areas are moisturized..I didn't really do that. I just slathered the moisturizer on the top layer of my hair and focused on the ends. Also, I tried the Baggie Technique a few times and everytime I took it out-my hair felt shorter. I know this technique works for some but I don't think it works for me. Even though I don't sleep on my back I may toss and turn and eventually wind up on my back throughout the night. I wear a silk scarf but I guess breakage can still occur. Another thing, I always wear my hair pulled back so it could be a combination of all these things. I use a mild protein conditioner twice weekly and someone suggested that could be the problem. I really don't know...I wish I could really pinpoint the problem. As for your situation, I think that it could be possible that its the underprocessed area causing the breakage. I always heard that if you go too long without relaxing [not knocking those who extend relaxers]that it could cause more breakage. When I had a relaxer, I extended it once and the next time I went to the stylist she was commenting on the breakage I was having...it was mostly at the ends of my hair though. I think that would be the same if the hair is underprocessed too. Maybe you can tell the stylist to start on that section first and then continue to the other sections of the hair; that way it might not be underprocessed as much. I know that some people underprocess their hair on purpose aka texturize..but some hair textures don't need alot of chemicals to process...mine was that way too except I went too long once.

 

[Supergirl]

I like your suggestion about sectioning to apply moisturizer. I pretty much do it like you've been doing which is getting it on the top layer and the ends. Good suggestion--I'll be doing that