Black Hair Shampoo Technique
Written by Samara on May 5, 2009Have you ever shampooed your hair and noticed that there was alot of breakage and some hair loss while you were rinsing? This may be because of several different factors including: damaged weak hair, washing too vigoriously, and natural hair shedding.
First and foremost, African American women shed about 100 hairs a day. These hairs have completed their life cycle and should contain white tips on one end of the strand. Naturally shedded hair may come out while combing and/or even cleansing the hair. If a white bulb is absent then this means the hair is breaking off, not shedding meaning it is damaged and will need a good protein treatment to stop the breakage.
Another cause is virgorous shampooing. It isn’t the amount of times you shampoo your hair per week or month, but it is how you go about it. Are you scratching you scalp as you wash? Vigorously rubbing and twisting and pulling through the hair with your fingers? If you are you are causing unneccesary breakage when you treat your hair in this manner!
Black hair is already fragile, especially when it is wet. It is even more fragile if it is chemically treated and wet. Black hair should be handled gently at all times, especially when cleansing to prevent uneccesary breakage.
The Technique
1. Pour about a half dollar amount of sulfate free shampoo into your palm and rub hands together while holding your hands over your hair so the excess shampoo may drip into the hair. Apply the shampoo to the hair, paying close attention to the scalp. Your goal is to make sure your scalp is cleansed, the shampoo will eventually run throughout the hair and remove the dirt.
2. Gently massage the scalp with finger tips in a zig zag motion from front to back, massaging the entire scalp. Next gently rub the shampoo through the length of your hair with your palms and rinse with warm water. The water should not be a strong force because this can also be damaging. When rinsing the water’s force should be similar to the strength of a rain shower. After the hair is free of shampoo remove excess water by gently squeezing and running your palms down your hair to remove it. Apply your deep conditioner and cover hair with a cap and sit under a hooded dryer for 20 minutes.
3. Rinse the hair again with warm water and apply a leave in conditioner followed by a mositurizer and style as usual.
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