Rice Water Gave Me Protein Overload | HeyLayah 

Girl I’m going through the same thing as we speak, but I used rice water waayyyyy more then you did tho 😩 Before and even while I was using rice water I didnt know my hair type. Come to find out I have protein sensitive low porosity hair. I would literally let my rice water ferment anywhere from 24hrs, to a whole week 😳 I would leave it on my hair up to an hour or more but I would also use a deep conditioner at the same time BUT the deep conditioner I was using had protein AND coconut oil in it so I was just all fucked up 😂🤦🏾‍♀️ Mind you I was doing this for a good month and a half smh My hair is in the 4b-c range and I have a lot of it and I think that’s why my protein overload signs took longer for me to notice then you did. When I realized what was happening I stopped using rice water BUT I didn’t realize I needed to eliminate all products with protein in them, so a couple of my wash days were pointless to say the least 🤦🏾‍♀️ but now I am a lot more educated in what I need to do to fix it. I just did a wash routine using all products with absolutely no protein in them and my hair finally feels moisturizer and it’s lasting too! Thank god! 🙌🏾 I’m lowkey happy my hair is super short (1-2 inches) and I’m making these mistakes now and just learning my hair in general. Glad to know I’m not the only one out here who has made the rice water mistake lol

I got mild proteinoverload from rice water aswell. But I used it 3times until I noticed any issues. My hair actually really liked it after the first use, so I got super excited and used it too much. Besides dry hair, and more shedding I also noticed that my hair was less shiny and got more Tangles than normally when I was on protein overload.

My brother told me his hair was falling off a little too much and when I asked like did he do anything and he said he's been using his wife's keratin shampoo and conditioner (which wasn't a problem). The problem was he used it like every single day for a month thinking his hair would grow all thick and curly. Of course, I had to reeducate him and thanks to your videos! Much love from Malaysia girly

After using rice water I had protein overload and my hair broke off and I had to cut it really short.

I’m glad I found your channel because I experienced the same thing. 😞

I think I gave myself a protein overload... after using a protein mask.... this video was very helpful! Thank you 💓

Great video. Protein overload is a nightmare.

My hair was super dry after I rinse it out so I don't think I'll do it anymore

My hair was Brittle soon as I rinise it out I had to use some moisturizing products to make my hair feel soft

I use the rice water with some oil as a prepoo then deep condition after and I didn’t have any side effects after that

I lowkey think that these products and natural hair community hacks emphasize protein because protein gives automatic results...its so easy to get protein overload and natural hair products are the culprit. I went back to using the products I used when I was relaxed and I'm waiting to see if it makes a difference.

I tried the black rice water method and it worked. I was having a lot of shedding do to the stress of losing my mom. I used the black rice water and shedding stopped. Now the shedding is back and I don’t know what to do...

Should I avoid eating protein as I have protein overload in my hair?

This happened to me using rice water. Be careful because while I was trying to remedy the protein overload I got moisture overload. On a good note, it can and will be fixed.

Me too Sis❣️. Now I'm coming back❣️

I used rice water Yesterday I regret it so much now I have 2c/3a hair my curls are Waves now ughhhh i'm never gonna use it again

So for a few months my hair wasn’t looking the best and I was having some good hair days and some bad , I didn’t want to have frizz in my hair anymore so I started using rice water a lot more often again, I was already using a strong protein treatment every month and I possibly could of done that 2x in the same month. I decided to use rice water cuz I felt my treatments and even deep conditioning wasn’t doing anything good for my hair or making it worse. I let rice water sit in my fridge for 3 days😂😭 used it and my hair looks 2nd to worse than it ever has 😔

Can rice water thin your hair ?

Of course hair has different textures but one part of my hair was straight and like straw. It was bad so shampooed with sulfate shampoo and it's better now. However I will start keeping a good clarifying shampoo on deck. Maybe I will try rice water again who knows.

Hi, I have low porosity hair as well and I just starting using Curls & Potions Rice Water & Bamboo Hair Rinse. I also have the Growth Stimulating Rice Water by Curls & Potions. Yes, there is so much out there about rice water but it is best if you do your own research. This is the 2nd video of yours that I have watched. I did indeed hit the subscribe button😘😉

I used rice water before I bleached my hair, got protein overload so I thought "Oh well I'm gonna bleach it anyway so the bleach will break down a lot of the extra protein", ended up bleaching ALLL the protein out of my hair and now I'm in hygral fatigue and I'm having to do ANOTHER rise water rinse 🙃🙃🙃

What is your regiment?

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I didn't stop fermentation either.

I got protein overload the same way 💀

Yuuuuuup me tooooo

I have a video that I did ima put it up on my channel and just say fail.

i hear this all the time but how when rice is only 5-10% protein

This rice water just burned me. I did the same as Layah and my hair is brittle and I am here for advice 😔

Rinse the starch off that rice that is what is coating everyones hair, it builds up over time and BAM problems. When you cook rice you see that white starchy stuff, yup that is what is effing you all.