By Jc of The Natural Haven
One of the most frequent questions emailed to me is ‘Help! My hair is breaking! What can I do?’ Many women automatically want to jump to trimming hair to solve the problem but there is a better way to permanently solve hair breakage issues. This method is to critically assess your hair and methods to determine what caused the breakage.
Recent onset hair breakage
If you have only just noticed that your hair is breaking but previously your hair was in good condition and did not suffer breakage, the first elimination is the way you handle your hair. The methods and tools that you used previously did not harm your hair. The remaining possibilities are changes to your hair, environment and products.
1. Have you recently coloured your hair with permanent colour or bleached it?
Solution: Change your hair products to those intended for colour treated hair. Utilise protein treatments (like Aphogee Two-step Protein Treatment
2. Have you recently moved to a different place (hotter or colder, less humid)?
Solution: Climate makes a difference to your hair with humidity playing a big role in how moisturised your hair is. Consider using humectants such as glycerin
Just moved to a new climate and am trying to establish a new regimen for my hair. This new place is TOTALLY different from where I just lived. I was in Atlanta, where the humidity was my hair’s friend in the summer. However, I’m in the middle east now, and it is extremely arid in the summer, but more humid in the winter. Having to adjust and find products that work. Thanks for the article!
Thanks for this mail..
This is just a confirmation of what i have been going through..I recently just moved from Nigeria to Scotland,where the weathers are at two extremes..
Don’t even know if i would need to cut the hair to just maintain a low cut as everything has fallen of badly.
Aww.…Scotland is cold and the air is dry (humidity is actually quite high — 85–90%.…..but there is not much water to form water vapour at 0 degrees in winter, so don’t let the humidity figure fool you).
Protective styling for me is a must. I do not moisturise my hair that often (just once a week when I wash my hair) but if I feel the need to then I will opt to use a humidifier at home or just gently mist with water. Protective styling is the most important factor for me.
Can i just ask if you have any particular product you would advise i use????
THANK YOU! i’ve been dealing with long term breakage for y e a r s now, but this was a good starting point to begin addressing it.
I have to get more trims and have a regular product. Hopefully I will see a change in hair breakage. Thank you for this info.
Can i just ask if you have any particular product you would advise i use????I cant control the breakage anymore..and its very embarrassing.
I love Qhemet Biological Olive and Amla Heavy Cream! It’s castor oil based and has been heaven sent since using it. I highly recommended it for moisturizing and their Cocoa Tree Detangling Ghee. HTH 🙂
i think im losing hair because of stress andidk what i need to do to keep myself up and not down.. but idk what products will help me stop my hair from breaking… and i just washed my hair today so i had saw alot of shedding and breakage… i need help… tell me what i need to do! :/
Heat is not good. I can attest. Check out my post on hot comb alopecia:
http://peacelovenhair.blogspot.com/2012/10/hair-lesson-hot-comb-alopecia.html
Ladies I just had an awful experience with hair breakage but I learned a lot from it. Please visit my blog and check out my new regimen and advice on how to overcome hair breakage. Of course, this is my perspective due to why it happened to me, each person will have a different set of circumstances.