Showing posts with label EDGES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EDGES. Show all posts

Thursday, August 1, 2024

Recovering your thinning edges

Thinning edges are among the top five hair concerns for black women. Too many experience thinning or balding edges. Much of this thinning is preventable. It's easier to prevent your edges from thinning than to restore them. Nevertheless, with early treatment, in most cases, your edges can recover. 

HOW TO PREVENT YOUR EDGES FROM THINNING

Prevent thinning by remembering the causes of thinning edges. 



1. Small or tight braids 

Very small or tight braids of any type around your edges. Those small braids which look like they are coming out your scalp might look good, but they are terrible for your hair. Most hairlines naturally consist delicate and finer hair, when compared to the rest of our hair. The braid extensions around your edges should be bigger to avoid hair loss. Never have your braids put in tight around your edges.
2. Braiding your hair in the same direction all of the time

Cornrowing hair into the same pattern over and over. This creates traction hair loss. If you are constantly getting cornrows, be sure to change the direction of your cornrow pattern each time. Allow your hair to rest from manipulation at least a week between each braid style. 

3. All types of adhesives: tape, gels, glues etc.  
4. Combs from lace front wigs. 
5. Hats
6. Scarfs tied tightly day after day.
7. Relaxer chemicals

Hair loss solutions


CQR EDGE FUSION RECOVERY 
Supplies needed for this treatment
Silk wrap
Plastic wrap
Natural moisturizer
Stimulating hair growth blend #1
If you cannot cornrow then flat twists your edges as shown here. One cornrow down each side. 

1. Cornrow your edges going in the downward position
2. Massage stimulating oil to all of scalp with extra concentration on the edges. 
3. Spray scalp with warm water
4. Apply moisturizer
5. Cut a strip of plastic wrap, wide enough to cover your edges.
6. Wrap plastic around your edges.
7. Apply silk wrap on top of plastic wrap.
8. Now tie down the rest of your hair as you normally would. 

When you remove the silk wrap in the morning your edges should feel nice and soft. You will do this treatment every night for the first week. Week two, you switch to every other night for 40 days. 

If your hair follicles remain open, you should see your edges filling in nicely within 40 days. You may continue the fusion treatment twice a week until your edges are fully restored.

Additional hair loss solutions
Hair skin and nail vitamins (works wonders if you use them right)
Rogaine (you must continue to use for continued results)
DHT blockers
HAIR FIBERS (temporary solution)
HAIR TRANSPLANT (lasts many years)



USING HAIR FIBERS TO GIVE YOU FAST RESULT!
After you finish the 40-day edge fusion recovery, you can then use some hair fibers to help your edges look better as they grow back. Do not use the hair fibers during the first 40 days of the edge fusion recovery, because you do not want to risk clogging your hair follicles and slowing your progress. 

The hair fibers I recommend are said to be healthy for the hair. They work well to give you the illusion of full edges, without causing you further damage. Check out NATURALME4C as she shares how great the hair fibers work for her. 


HAIR TRANSPLANTS 
There are cases where hair edges cannot be restored and have no chance of regrowth. After consulting a doctor and consistently following all suggested tips, if there is still no 90% recovery of your edges, a hair transplant may be considered. For those experiencing significant hairline recession, this could be an excellent solution. It's worth researching before dismissing the idea. YouTuber Destiny Godley's detailed journey through her hair transplant procedure, which addressed her long-standing receding hairline, can be insightful.








Saturday, June 16, 2018

HELP, my braid extensions are to tight!



 It's midnight, but you cannot sleep because your scalp is throbbing. Earlier in the day, you got a set of braid extensions. You should never allow someone to intentionally braid your hair to tight. Doing so is a sure way to cause permanent hair loss.

Signs you need to leave your braid appointment

1.  If you are wincing every time she does a braid. Extensions should be secure, but not uncomfortable.

2.  If you need to take a painkiller before or during braid service. STOP!

3.  If you tell the Braider it is to tight and she continues to braid to tight. STOP!

Test the tightness of your braids. Move your braid side to side, from the root.  It should do so without causing you any pain. 

Say you got your hair braided and none of those things happened as you were getting it done. Your scalp felt fine when you left the appointment. But within a few hours or at bedtime, your scalp begins to hurt. Our muscles relax as we sleep. It is common for annoyances to be magnified when we lay down. Even to the point that it disturbs our sleep.

5 Ways to loosen tight braids



1. Spray scalp with warm water

2. Apply some cold creamy leave in conditioner to tight area. 

3. If a large portion of your scalp hurts. Run water over your scalp for about ten to 30 seconds.  

4. Rub an ice cube over sore area.

5. Rub some pure cold aloe vera gel onto scalp.

Gently massage scalp after each of these methods. 

There are times when you will need to remove the braids or weave quickly. Take this seriously. You can get "permanent" root damage. 

1. Pain still bad, after 48 hours.
REMOVE THEM!

2. White bumps  on the scalp. Those bumps are inflamed hair follicles, filled with fluid.
REMOVE THEM!



Friday, August 25, 2017

Grow your thinning edges back in 40 days


IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
These tips work the best for the following hair loss situations
a. Your edges do not have bald spots. Areas void of hair. 
b. Your hair thinning, is less than a year old. 
c. Currently you are not wearing wigs, weaves or applying any type of tension to your edges. 

BALD EDGES WHICH HAVE BEEN THAT WAY A LONG TIME
If you have clean bald spots on your edges, I recommend that you make an appointment with the dermatologist. Ask the doctor for a scalp biopsy to see what is going on under the scalp. You stand a greater chance at recovering your hair when you seek treatment early. The absolute worst thing you can do for your hair loss is continue to put stress on the area by wearing extensions or using harsh chemicals. Go ahead and make that doctor's appointment. Write down everything you can think of to tell the doctor about your hair loss.


Examining bald areas for yourself, in the meantime



Get a friend to look at your scalp up close with a magnifying glass. Have them examine any bald areas. Even if no hair is there, if the follicle is still alive they should see the small hole. Ask them do they see any holes. Seeing holes is a good sign that the follicle is still alive. This gives you a great chance at recovering hairs in those holes. If no holes are present the hair follicle is most likely closed. Sometimes you will see a follicle that is partially closed. If you see some which appear to be closed make a dermatologist appointment asap. You need to know what is going on under the scalp. Medical tests are the only way to know that. 


4 SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR RECENT HAIR LOSS

If you have recently received the hair loss, it will be fairly easy to recover that hair. When I say recently, I mean within the last 3 months. The older the hair loss the harder the recovery.

  1.  Remove all stress from the edges. Do not even use a brush or toothbrush on your edges. 
  2.  Create a stimulating oil blend and massage that oil onto your scalp for ten minutes daily. 
  3.  Cleanse scalp weekly and condition it daily. 
  4.  Take a hair growth supplement or a multi vitamin. 


Doing those simple things, you will see your edges recover in 40 days. The main change is to immediately stop anything which appears to  take your edges out.  Your hair will recover in no time. 

Many years ago, my edges started thinning out. I was wearing a curly hair sew in, with a leave out. Daily I was brushing my edges in attempts to blend my leave out with the curly weave. After months of this treatment, my edges began to thin a lot.  I didn't notice it until I saw my edges on a picture. 

I immediately stopped using a brush and did the steps above. My edges recovered fully within a month. 


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Other tips to recover your edges

1. Do not use gel.
2. No type of brushing of your edges, 
3. Moisturize them daily and smooth back using your palms only.
4. At bedtime, braid or cornrow your edges going in a downward motion. Simply one braid on each side of your head, from top to the ear. 
5. Cover hair with  a satin scarf or at night
6. When you deep condition add extra product to your edges.
7. Invest in a hair growth oil. I recommend the liquid gold sulfur oil