Naomi Campbell's Hair Line
Hair Problems - by Djehuty Ma'at-Ra
Human hair is alive. It breathes and must have air. It must be nourished. It responds to emotions and how we are feeling. Again, hair is alive. Anything living must be given care, this includes hair.
Now I can hear many women saying "But I do take care of my hair!" Getting your hair done is not necessarily taking care of or taking good care of your hair.Getting your hair done is all external, at least for most people.
When you think about all those harsh and caustic chemicals placed on the hair (relaxers, perms, etc.) in addition to all that other abuse (hot-combing/flat-ironing, sitting under a hot dryer or blow dryer for hours, etc.) it can hardly be said that the hair is being taken care of by doing all of these things. Harm is not involved in care or taking care of something.
Now my goal is not to make anyone mad, upset, or to feel guilty; yet, simply to educate so as to help eradicate many of the hair problems that form a barrage of inquiries to me on a monthly basis.
Many women (and a few men too) complain to me about their hair falling out and in patches at a time. Others complain that their hair is thinning. Some complain that they are balding. Well, there are many reasons for these problems.
First of all, there is a serious lack of nutrition pertaining to the hair. While many people buy hair products that list nutrients as ingredients in them, however, these nutrients do not go or get into the body on the level that will resolve the core issue.The nutrients need to be consumed so as to get into the bloodstream. The hair must be fed inside out, not outside in. So lack of hair nutrition is a major factor in hair complaints. Some of the hair-specific nutrients include copper, zinc, PABA, biotin, silica, Vitamin C and E; and sulfur.
Next up we have over-processing of the hair. I'm not saying processing of the hair is bad or detrimental because the hair can withstand processing when it's done infrequently. The problem occurs when the hair is processed too much or constantly. You may think you're taking care of your hair when you are getting it done (processed) every two to three weeks, but you are in fact giving your hair a serious beating.
African-American females, generally-speaking, process their hair too much. Many complain that their hair is problematic (kinky, nappy) so they continually process it. However, over time, the hair begins to lose its vitality and strength due to the effects of over-processing it. Maybe you are unconscious about what you're doing.
When you are constantly hot-combing your hair, relaxing it, perming it, dying or coloring it, etc., you are actually killing your hair. This is applicable to all people.
Process is just another word that means "unnatural." If many African-Americans didn't process their hair, they'd have a "natural." But wearing a natural or an afro has played out (and I'm not suggesting that they come back). Afros were big in the 1960s and 1970s because back then the energy reflected Black pride and Black consciousness, but thanks to the strides (?) of the Civil Rights Movement, the consciousness has shifted and what is the opposite of "natural?" Answer: "Unnatural." Precisely! Folks are greatly sporting unnatural hairstyles today and doing unnatural things to their hair. Why? Answer: Simply because the consciousness has shifted.
And yes I know African-Americans (especially the females) have been doing unnatural things to their hair under the guise of beauty since the days of Madam C.J. Walker. But can we call torture "beauty?" Women (and men) are torturing their hair today under the guise of beauty and grooming.
When you put a "relaxer," on your head/hair, you are making the statement that your hair is wild and needs to be tamed or calmed down, hence, relaxed. Your hair is too anxious and needs to relax, so you put on a "relaxer."
Then you put on a perm, which is short for "permanent." But is it really a permanent? Not really if you have to do or get another perm. So as the late great Kwame Toure said, it's really a temporary.
All I'm saying is that the constant inundation of harsh chemicals applied to the hair is and has played a major role in the epidemic of hair problems. There are many creative new hairstyles today that don't involve harsh chemical treatments that can be looked to as an alternative.
Remember, chemicals applied topically can enter the body via the skin. The harsh chemicals in hair products penetrate the pores of the scalp and enter into the bloodstream. This is a major reason some women don't process their hair while pregnant.
Hair problems are not limited to the African-American female, but all American females. Many women complain to me that after they have a baby their hair thins and falls out - a clear sign of nutritional deficiency due to the pregnancy. While pregnant, the Body Intelligence utilized what little nutrition in the body that was available and used it for the developing baby.
And then there's stress? Stress is really causing serious hair fallout these days. Stress denotes you are not grounded. When a thing is not grounded, it will fall off. The same thing applies with human beings in relation to their hair.
What Can Be Done To Help Your Hair/Solutions
Change or modify your diet to a healthier one that includes plenty of raw, organic fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts; change your lifestyle for the better; only think good and loving, positive thoughts to the best of your ability; love and pamper yourself; keep away from stress and stressful situations and persons and start eating for purposes of nutrition rather than taste and eye appeal and your hair will stop falling out, thinning and balding. These are merely responses to an action that is within your power to control.
For more insight on male hair problems, read our article entitled Male Pattern Baldness.
Dherbs formulas that help in restoring the hair back to health and prominence include Hair Skin Nails Formula, Vitamin C Formula, Iodine Phosphate, Electric Greens Cell Food, and MSM sulfur.
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*Thanks Amber* = )
