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Originally Posted by whitekzbc
Thanks so much for the help soblessed...my hair has been doing really well! I only wash my hair twice at the most per week and the products are working well for me. The only problem I'm having is that when I detangle my hair I feel like I am losing SO MUCH hair! I don't know if I'm detangling wrong or what but it seems like there is wayyyyy too much hair coming out of my head. I am using a good detangling comb too, so I just don't understand. It does seem like I am losing the permed parts of my hair, not the roots that are really thick. Any suggestions?  |
Your welcome!
I'm so glad to hear that the products are working well for you. Now, are you experiencing a fair amount of shedding when you detangle your hair with a comb when it has conditioner in it or when you detangle your hair after you have finished conditioning it? Now, it is normal for you as you get farther along in your transitioning journey to begin experiencing an increase in shedding. As, I experienced that as well. Detangling your hair when relaxed is much easier as the cuticle normally lays much flatter. But, when you begin transitioning and you get more and more new growth, you must understand that the new growth is coming in curly. Therefore, you are now dealing with more than one texture on top of your head. Some areas of your hair has a smoother cuticle and other areas of your hair has a raised cuticle. So, this does in turn contribute to an increase in shedded hairs.
The hair's normal shedding rate is 50-100 hairs a day. So, the amount of hairs that your probably shedding now probably is anywhere between 50-100. Now, as long as you aren't noticing bald patches appear on top of your head or having your hair come out in clumps, then excessive worry over your hair's shedding rate at this time in not necessary.
Now, I only normally wash my hair once a week. So, my hair only gets a thorough detangling done to it once a week. As, I feel that the less manipulation that I do to my hair (with either a brush or comb) the less hairs I actually shed. So, I detangle my hair first with my MEBCO Detangling Comb first while my hair has conditioner in it. Next, I do a second, more thorough detangling of my hair while it is wet with my Denman No. 4 Brush (after sectioning my hair off of course).
I don't know how many times a month you do deep conditioning treatments using heat on your hair. But, I would honestly suggest that you do perform deep conditioning treatments using heat on your hair at least 3 times a month. As, this will allow your deep conditioner to penetrate your hair to its deepest level possible. And, this in turn should provide your hair with increased strength and resiliency.