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Let’s discuss chronic dehydration today and how protective styles can cause this issue.
Chronic dehydration of your natural hair can show in many ways.
Your hair may become thin, brittle, dry, and break off easily—leading to the appearance of thinning hair.
Your hair may become thin, brittle, dry, and break off easily—leading to the appearance of thinning hair.
Back to back protective styling can cause chronic dehydration because you are keeping your hair strand removed from water for extensive time periods.
The lack of water + friction from extension hair can negatively impact your real hair.
The lack of water + friction from extension hair can negatively impact your real hair.
Let’s say you wear protective styles back to back for a 4 month time period. (2 installs with no break for 8 weeks at a time)
You finally take it out and now you want to wear a wash and go.
You finally take it out and now you want to wear a wash and go.
The definition is barely there and you know the style isn’t gonna make it through 5-7 days cause day one looks like day 3 because your hair is soooo thirsty.
Your hair has been out of the cycle of hydration for so long that it is not acting the way it used to.
Your hair has been out of the cycle of hydration for so long that it is not acting the way it used to.
Protective styling = no water exposure
No water exposure for curls, kinks and coils impacts your definition and style longevity.
No water exposure for curls, kinks and coils impacts your definition and style longevity.
So the next time you think protective styles mean “taking a break from taking care of your hair” or that you “need to get your money’s worth “ by keeping it in for 8+ weeks think about the long term impacts.
Especially if you want to enjoy the versatility of switching it up.
Especially if you want to enjoy the versatility of switching it up.
