Many people have the misconception that African American hair is very hard to grow long, but this is actually not true at all. In fact, the problem with growing African American hair is that it relies on too many remedies and treatments with too many commercial hair care products. Also, it is a fact that African American hair care products tend to do more harm to hair than it does any good. With this said, during this article, to help you grow your hair stronger and faster, we will discuss some tips you can use.
If you are someone who would like to grow afro hair, it is advised to relax your hair every 4 weeks or so. If you do this more than advised you need to be careful, as it could cause breakage and do more damage than intended.
If you want to grow your afro long and strong, another tip you can use is to not wear braids. They could cause unwanted hair loss due to tightening and pulling, if you wear braids and they are too tight. Especially if you are interested in making your afro hair grow stronger and faster, you need to put the least amount of stress on your hair, which is crucial. If you decide to relax your hair as recommended, you should also use the most effective relaxer, but one that will not stress or damage your hair. You should create a routine of using non-alcohol shampoo, deep conditioners and hot oil treatments every week, in order to grow your hair to be strong and thick.
As your hair grows you are going to want to style it and in this case you should use a leave in conditioner or pomade. You should also never use heavy greases like petroleum jelly on your hair, since they could cause hair loss due to blocking pores.
As this technique will give you the longest and strongest natural growing hair possible, one of the single best ways to grow long and strong afro hair is to use the un-relaxed technique. Actually, the fastest way to grow the healthiest head of hair is using the simplest curly hair products or none at all.
Dreadlocks is another good way to grow a healthy thick head of hair. This could be because the hair you would typically shed is stuck underneath the dreads, which gives your hair a much thicker look, but for some reason your tresses seem to grow much faster with them.
If you are someone who would still like to use a product, with all of this said, one of the best products available on the market today is oil.