My hair falls out and I shed like the dog. Can you expound further on your hair care? If it is on YT, I don't get much out of it. My internet is not the best.....it starts, stops, the circle thingy rolls on, start, stop, roll the circle, stop, start, roll the circle.....I get ticked off and shut it down.
It's pretty simple...wash your hair one last time with a clarifying shampoo of your choice to strip it pretty good. Then follow up with an all natural shampoo and conditioner that has no silicones, no sulfates, no parabens, no mineral oils, etc.
Then continue in that from now on. Many brands are jumping on the no silicones, no sulfates band wagon lately but you have to be careful and read your labels. They will try to trick you with the front of the bottle. Here's a site with the current list of products that are healthier for your hair and contain none of the bad stuff:
https://curltalk.naturallycurly.com/discussion/147483/cg-friendly-products-list
I'll make it real easy on you...Walmart carries two brands/lines that are fail safe and will produce good results, with the one line being the choice of all people doing natural hair care(Shea Moisture). Shea Moisture and Maui~both have some amazing products of all kinds and for all kinds of hair. Shea Moisture is the more popular of the two, but Maui is cheaper.
The key to stop losing so much hair is to moisturize, moisturize, ,moisturize your scalp and hair. No more hair dryer on a heat setting, no heat styling at all. Rinse your hair in tepid water to seal the moisture into the cuticle of the hair.
Use a large tooth comb for detangling. Don't wash your hair more than 2 times a week and take it down to one time if you can work up to it.
No using a terry cloth towel for drying your hair and no rubbing to dry it...you can use a microfiber towel or even an old T shirt and you just scrunch the hair with that or wrap the hair up in these things to soak up the excess water.
Protective hair styling for sleeping...either place your hair in a loose tie(scrunchies...no thin hair bands) on top of your head or sleep in a satin cap and/or use a satin or silk pillow case. All that friction against a cotton pillow case as you sleep at night is wearing on your hair strands. I just use a silk/satin pillow case as my hair is really too short to do any good by placing it all on top of my head...plus I sleep on my stomach, so it doesn't touch the pillow all that much.
Deep condition at least once a month with a good hair oil or oil mix~I use castor oil, olive oil, amla oil and tea tree oil. Warm in microwave, place on scalp and massage in for 10 min. then wash out and proceed with normal hair routine. I use mine once a week as I'm trying to grow my hair out, but you don't really need to do that with your long and lovely hair, Bay.
For me it was very soon after I started using the Maui product, particularly plenty of conditioner, that I noticed the lack of hair loss...it was amazing. If I had all the hairs I used to lose in one place I could make my own yak. Every year.
Now I'm using the Maui shampoo and the Shea Moisture conditioner, following up with a little Maui or Shea Moisture deep conditioner on the ends. I never used to use more than a little conditioner on my ends but never all through my hair...thought it would weigh my hair down and leave me greasy. Maybe the old chemically conditioner would do that, but this all natural stuff is amazing! Soft hair, never a heavy or greasy feeling even on day three hair, amazing shine.
To think that all that hair will remain on my head now is astounding...could be I can finally grow my hair back out to where it used to be when I was young.
Sugar and sour cream mixed 1:1 is y favorite sugar DIY seems to work best. I leave it on as a Mask and wash off when dry.
