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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