This post
is long overdue since I actually have had my braids undone for about three
weeks now. Thank you so much for your patience. Please click on the video to watch how I undo my braids.
After
unravelling the braids I rocked a wash and go for a week and then I decided to
go back to stretching my hair so as to avoid knots and tangles.
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| wash and go on natural type 4 hair |
Undoing braids
correctly is a very important step if you are trying to grow your hair out
because this is when the most damage occurs. In my latest YouTube video I share
with you how I undo mine without causing unnecessary breakage.
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| Bun on stretched natural hair |
Stretching my
hair brought to my attention that I had actually suffered breakage from the
braids. I am not exactly sure what caused the breakage but I can bet on two
things. The first one is that the stylist detangled and blow dried my hair with
a lot of heat, I probably lost a lot of hair during the blow drying and
detangling session than I noticed.
The second thing that might have caused the
breakage is the fact that braid extensions are too heavy for the hair. I
literally weighed myself before taking down the braids and after and there was
a difference of about 700g. That is a lot of weight on the hair strands and
since the braids were in for 7 weeks it might have caused some breakage too.
I am not
going to be braiding my hair anytime soon because my aim is to retain as much
length as possible. My protecttive style of choice will be buns and two strand twists.
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