My scalp craves moisture. I remember when I would get my hair braided over several days and we would have to add more moisturizer every day because my scalp just drank it up. That's why I have to drink water. If I don't, my scalp will tell on my. And tell on me it did. Over the last few weeks, I noticed that I wasn't drinking enough water, but I didn't try to do better. As a result, after I got my hair done two weeks ago, I could tell the next day that the future was not looking good. Even with steaming and adding moisture to my hair daily, my scalp was talking about me. The dryness made me scratch. The scratching lifted my scalp. That led to bleeding in some spots. That led to scabs. Then I picked the scabs. Oh, it was horrible. I was too embarrassed to take pictures to post. So I've gone back to a water only drink list this week. Today I washed my hair and what a difference. The remnants of the scalp I angered are gone. And I'm not itching anymore. Praises be!
That's all. I need to drink more water.
Learn from my trial and error: Leave all the fancy/complicated advice alone. Use a shampoo that has NO chemicals in it (I'm using Alaffia liquid black soap from Whole Foods - but any one will do). And then use what I call a "noncontroversial" oil. Something that has no astringent, stimulating, etc. etc properties. Right now I'm using sunflower oil with a little cocoa butter mixed in, but found out the hard way that coconut oil, lavender e.o., rosemary, olive oil all made my hair WORSE, i.e. drier.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice.
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