@@atlsweetit means you need some inner work cuz no one can teach you to be comfortable in your own hair, take it to God at that point cuz it’s not something you can teach
She kinda right but the reason it doesn’t grow is because of the abuse done to it. Hair can’t breathe. My hair always been long. But doesn’t really grow now due to hair color n I wear a bun daily. Too many blk girls don’t take care of their hair
Right. When I was a kid, my hair was bigger and longer than I was. In fact there was a picture of me at four MONTHS with cornrowed hair and the ends of the braids came down to my chin. I didn't believe my grams until she proved it. Now, I don't know what happened from childhood cause my hair went on protest while I was adopted and was never the same BUT it does grow fast. Just doesn't go long. Shoulder length then it quits.
😂 if she lay off those wigs and chemicals, her hair will grow as long as you likes😂 my aunt was losing her hair from using too many chemicals, so she cut it all off and started over. She never thought she could grow her hair down to her ears, but now she has hair down to her neck within 4 months. The less you touch your hair the better
@@RevealedFilms hahaha that’s a stupid notion, does that count for native Americans? And non black rastafari? What about for aboriginal Australians and Polynesians? Also an Afro itself is just very long hair with shrinkage, so you just sound absent minded
Me too. My hair started breaking when I was finally ALLOWED to do it myself. I didn't have a clue how to properly care for it. I've learned so much and no longer have an issue
@@sunkissedbytmh3219 OMG this is me exactly! My hair was long up until middle school when I thought I was grown and wanted to do my hair myself. Biggest mistake of my life! It all broke off by the end of 6th grade! My hair didn’t reach the same lengths again till I was in Uni.
She's sitting there with the "I do the absolute most to my hair and wonder why I have to keep cutting it off" hair style and speaking for herself and the rest of her "I don't respect my hair's fragility" camp. She just earned herself the deepest of side eyes🤔🤨. Speak for yourself hunty!
I don't get it. I'm gean and I think her hair is very pretty. Why would anyone dislike it at all? It's not an unattractive feature or something like that.
The lady is saying real shit tho. I grew up with black sisters in a black family. The ones that wore weave hair didn't retain length at a certain length because of breakage and shrinkage. So they wore weave. The one that had a looser curl pattern her hair she wore natural and never had weave. The difference between now and then is the increased knowledge we have about retaing length via protective styles. Really kinky hair must be placed into a protective style to retain length. That is A-ok and part of what makes us different. If we spread the knowledge instead of using weave to cover insecurty we can be secure in our natural hair. It kinda sucks for black men though because protective styles are very limited, choices being dreads and if your hair isn't ridiculously kinky(like mine) maybe cornrows.
@@SNAPLINKSLLC she said black women's hair doesn't grow. That is false. There are a lot of black women with long hair. There are some that can't retain length. There are some that don't know how to care for their hair but saying all is incorrect
After my military career, I started growing my fro in 2017. On the fifth anniversary of getting out, I loc'd my fro. Been loc'd since 2022. The most frustrating part was figuring HOW to take care of my hair. Once I did, my fro flourished! Now, my locs are dropping length that I have not been able to enjoy previously in my life and I LOVE it!!
@@nichmon3221 It is the general term used to state having dreadlocs without mentioning the methodology of how the dreadlocs were created. My dreadlocs were loc'd using the instant loc/crochet method.
It does grow and also some of us are prone to certain conditions like CCCA which is an alopecia I have that causes my crown to get inflamed and break off. seems genetic and runs on my mom's side. If left untreaded leads to permanent balding. Also my hair grows slower than others as well 1/4 a month. But I also gave up on long hair a long time ago it requires the kind of upkeep and communal care I don't have access to. Just the stress of being alive black, queer, and neurodivergent is enough for me to say fuck it rock that fade and bleach it blue lol
As a Black woman… thh biggest problem Black women have, with hair, is worshipping white peoples hair type. As long as we look after our hair it will be fine and not break!
as a pasty bitch, thank you baby. Just know, alot of us want yalls hair type too. we all want what we don't have, your hair is beautiful, anyone that says otherwise can sit themselves right back down.
But thats just how it has Always been and most likely will always be. I think its human nature to want something that you dont have. It goes both ways obviously. I hope people will realise that they can admire the things others have, and still appreciate and love the things that they have. Just the fact that there are black people who love white peoples hairs, and white people who love black peoples hair, is proof that we all have amazing and beautiful hairs..
I'm white with fine thin straight hair that is prone to split ends. I grew up with italians with thick curly hair and my cousins who helped raise me were black and bi racial with beautiful curls. I was always jealous of all their beautiful hair. I would do perm curls from 10 to 15. Damage made me stop. I know the pressure is nowhere near the pressure black women have with their hair. Western standards for beauty is so disappointing.
Funny thing is y'all know what she's talking about and y'all just going to stand on your high horses and call it bs. It does grow at the same rate as other types of hair but breaks off easily and for the longest time we have not been educated on caring for it cos we all know it's not a breeze even after knowing how to, most of us are not willing to go through all that. And even all the ladies calling her fake have wigs on. Mmmh
@caronamala438 if this is not the truth Black rapunzels not understanding that their not the norm is baffling They are talking about taking care of your natural hair like it doesn't cost time and a lot of money Other races don't spend so much to get lengthy hair Tho long doesn't always means healthy
I have had locs for about 10 years and my hair is just past my tailbone. BW be the main ones questioning me about it, calling my locs braids, claiming i must have added hair, etc. This is no shade to us because i love my sisters BUT i know that we really lack knowledge about our hair and the magic of it. I try to take those inquiries as opportunities to educate.
She is not in the majority I personally know 0 blk women with hair that long. N only met 1 in real life with length like that. Y yall cappin. I been black my whole life and most have short hair.
@@GeminicricketiMost don’t know how to take care of it, especially those who are only of African decent and not originally from there. As well as the fact too many of us abuse our hair or play stupid games thinking our hair functions like other textures. And lastly it’s usually all curled up so comparing length is dumb. 2 feet worth of hair will look extremely different on different hair textures.
Right, that's just her hair. All hair grows. A lot just burned it out by over pressing. A lot don't know how to grow it. My hair grew when I got a perm. Partly b/c it was not being pressed & burned by a non-professional. 😮 & I used different products for me. Not the whole house head & shoulders. The more u know.
I had to explain to my 11 year old it seems that our hair doesn’t grow as quick due to not only shrinkage but because a majority of us havent been taught how to retain length or even take care of our hair the proper way… generation after generation
EXACTLY. My grandmother, in British colonial East Africa only knew how to relax/hot comb her hair. My mom grew up relaxing it. My mom doesn’t even know how to take care of natural hair and bashes me for trying to learn and maintain mine.
@Strwbryy111I'm a guy and I was shocked when I found out natural black hair was seen as "unprofessional". I had mostly black women as teachers growing up and I always thought they looked so pretty when they had their natural hair. I'm convinced the racists were just jealous when they made these ignorant remarks.
@@iamwooth1729echo this. I was blown away first time I heard someone mention that black hair is unprofessional. Like, bruv, it’s fucking hair! It can’t be unprofessional!
@@balliednerd7971 I rather people ask than just do it. I'm a long-haired man, not with an African texture, more typical Scandinavian, so quite fine and wavy. It's insane how often people feel like they just have a right to just touch your hair. Of course, I'd rather people just didn't altogether because... I mean it's hair, what do you expect? 😩😂
People are not taking into account, 1. The water that washes the hair. 2. The minerals the person takes in. 3. The food items and STRESS that remove minerals from the body. 4 the over all health of the person. 5.The age of the woman and if her hormones are balanced. 6. Products used on hair.
@@perspectiveoutlook1540 Genetics play a part but trust me when I was underweight and barely eating my hair was thin and constantly broken and now that I eat well my hair is suddenly showing its true texture. Genetics play a part, but not a single body is immune to running out of nutrients and care. Some last longer than others, but with bad care, it’s going to catch up eventually.
It broke my heart when my pal in Philadelphia told me how she was required to damage her hair at great expense of her time and money to keep her banking job. I love these gorgeous styles that work WITH the hair. Ladies, you are so lovely.
That’s a lie from the pit of hell! No one tells you how to style your hair, no employer tells you what hair type to take to work. Natural hair is hardwork to style and maintain and some people do a crappy job at making it look neat for customers. People need to stop playing the victim and learn to love their hair. Do micro or sister locks if it’s too hard to maintain your natural hair
@@egb6322 there are employers who will absolutely tell you how to wear your hair, and imply or outright tell you that your job is at risk if you don't.
I’m a white girl with curly hair, and I rlly don’t get how toxic some ppl can be abt different hair types?? Your hair is absolutely Gorgeous!! Keep slaying girl!!
I know right? I just figured out that some people are gatekeeping curls??? like "oh, you only have curls because of your hair care routine, they're not natural!"???? wtf is this, why does this matter????
I literally said outloud, "What!?? Why does she hate herself so much??" You nailed it on the head, you have to do what works for you and be consistent and maybe not even worry about it so much. At the end of the day, we are not our hair. We are children of God her to spread compassion and experience joy. Don't let insecurity rob you of the gift of life.
@Geminicricketi No, I said what I said. I didn't ignore a thing. And I know that the assumption that most Black women have short hair, and somehow can't grow their hair is FALSE. Argue with the mirror.
@@me-ub4lh well maybe just every-1 I kno hair short 🤷🏽♀️ N I’m seeing a lot of bald women now like they hair fell out. Probably from diet. It’s been proven we have the shortest hair. Shoulder length considered long for u. Doesn’t make us less than, it’s just a fact
@Geminicricketi I would agree that diet can definitely be a major part of the problem. Traction is an issue. Chronic dehydration, product buildup, too much heat, rough manipulation, not getting trims, STRESS...those are all major contributors to balding and difficulty retaining length. But Black people and women can grow hair just fine and given the right circumstances it can flourish beautifully. All the best to your friends I wish them good health and happy hair.
Also, I don't consider shoulder length hair to be long, just shoulder length. Long to me is bra strap or below and plenty of Black women I know have long natural hair. Shrinkage is a trickster.
White woman here and I’m baffled as to why natural black hair is not revered, it’s gorgeous. I hope it can become a thing where BW can flaunt their natural hair. I would if I had it.
Social Acceptability is a thing! There are companies and jobs that are 100% allowed to deny you a job for having natural hair! So clearly you do not understand or you simply have never worked in Corporate America! The struggle is real!! GP and TJ!
I stopped straightening my hair in 2015, everyone had told me that my hair would never grow, yes I can say that the transition period was very hard, but today I have beautiful hair that touches my shoulders because I found the right recipe for my hair and it's easier that way because now I do everything myself. I have learned a lot through the experiences of others, thank you for your courage to share with us.
Kudos. Doing it the euro way has ripped our hair out. Leaving it alone no manipulation will retain the length Just so many more steps and all can have waist length
You better kill that so-called hope A whole lot all of American black women think like Cyanide-G ( I DONT look good in or with my natural hair )[ I don't know how many times I heard her say that ]
Literally was talking to a whyte girl on Tik tok like 2 weeks ago. They called their hair an “Afro curly MESS” when their hair is curly and NOT Afro-like anyway. They pretended to care about blk women’s issues while at the same time being dismissive and kinda rude. I found it disgusting that the same person telling us to “beat them at their own game” when it comes to how we are treated and told us “so what are you gonna do to fix (this issue)” about the natural hair stigma instead of complaining insulted the black hair texture. I told her it starts with the blk demographic recognizing its self hate and people like her not describing our hair as a “mess” making it seem like she’s insulting herself. I told her. Not mine honey - with my 4c hair. My hair is “blessed by God” no time for that self hate put down mess. They get an ego scratch.
Your hair is amazing! As a white woman, I have always appreciated the natural look especially since it does take so much care and effort. You are gorgeous!❤
Im not mad at black women who say our hair doesnt grow. They are just ignorant. Years of chemically and physically burning our hair into submission to look like the 'standard' of professional has damaged so many black womens hair. For GENERATIONS. And we grow and realize that we do not know how to take care of our daughters natural hair bc our mothers were never taught how to take care of ours. Its the trauma of loosing something integral to your culture. Your being. Fortunately, we have social media and the internet. We no longer only have access to the women of our immediate vicinity. Black women all around the world can share what they know. My hair was gorgeous when it was relaxed. Thick, full and a bit past shoulder length, but it would not grow any longer. I grew up hearing that my hair was 'good' hair bc i have Indian in my family several generations back. 😒 that my hair was 'long for a black girl' and was asked to part and pull my roots to prove that it was mine. (From white ppl no less) It wasn't until i was in college that i learned that natural hair didnt have to look like Florida Evans. And the curls that i saw on some women, did not come from a mixture of a different race. I can just be black and have beautiful, long, curly hair. My hair is now natural and longer than it ever has been before, down my back. Its thick and voluminous and defies gravity like magic. 😍 and my grandmother STILL to this day, puts her hands in my hair and laments about how my hair used to be so pretty and then ask me, 'but what happened?'. Side note, my grandma is a wonderful generous person who has always treated me lovingly, but she has A LOT of internalized racism. Its hard to hear sometimes. 😔
@@mollyoxy there are ways to take care of your hair that many women do not know. And if you dont do those things, it will be hard to retain length. Its not just about relaxer and hot combs. If this is your experience, look up some natural hair videos on here. They were very helpful for me.
i get the first lady. We also cannot just say black people struggling with their hair are ignorant. I am black, coming from many generations of PURE black. Just black all the way. MY Hair doesn't really grow😢. My aunts hair was shoulder length and that was the longest i have seen in my family. I take care of my hair. i hvnt used heat or chemicals for over 10 years. I do protective styles. My hair food is made from fruits in my own backyard- moringa and avocado. MY hair still doesn't grow much. I stretch my hair by braiding it out the night before. I have done literally everything i believe to be good for my hair and it still won't grow much. I'm from the villages in SA, so you know we grew our own food and keep livestock. My diet isn't the issue. But it still won't grow much. So yeah... I understand that first lady.
@@Jubileerivombo1 your experience is very valid. And many women go through that. Im sorry your hair doesnt grow. You say its the same with your family. Perhaps genetics? This certainly doesnt make you ignorant. (Obviously you're not!) the issue i have is when black women say that ALL black womens hair doesnt grow. Or that if it does, its because we are mixed with something. There are individuals of other ethnicities who struggle to grow their hair similarly to you. Your hair issues are not a function of you being black. Imo.
@Jubileerivombo1 I don't know if this has been a factor in my hair growth, but my hair grows very quickly and I don't use products (like hairspray) or tie my hair up/braid tightly for more than a few hours at a time. I most often have a loose bun or my hair down. I also don't overwash it. When I was younger, I got some tight braids done on one side of my scalp, and those braids stayed in for weeks. In the end I unbraided them because they got messy rather than because of growth, and the hair on my other side was longer. Hairdressers always compliment me on my hair, not because it's styled or coloured beautifully but because of its health and fullness, and I'm always surprised because I do so little with it. But maybe that's the key to healthy hair? I'm not sure. I thought I'd mention it anyway as you seemed upset with your situation. Sometimes I think these things come down to finding what personally works for your body. I just got lucky that I stumbled upon what works for my hair. If only I could as easily stumble upon what works for my bingo wings! 😂
I can't hate on the woman speaking in the beginning because back when I relaxed my hair every 4 weeks with a super strength relaxer, without fail, I thought my hair had stopped growing. Turns out, my hair was growing all along but it was constantly breaking off and falling out from chemical damage and not getting proper moisture so I didn't really notice. You live and you learn...
@katodd2925 ..yess I agree..I am black sonetimes my name is confusing..but I know from my black husband black uncles and my late father our men love us natural and beautiful..❤❤❤❤❤ I think ppl in general can be cruel
And just to put this out here ..my black men I love you I never felt unprotected by my men I'm married and happy and I have two sons and I only have nephews I'm sure they will be Kings and treat their chosen ones accordingly..raise your own children in the way you want
I have always been captivated by Black hair. The intricacies within styles, the history of hiding food and other times, the ability to change looks on a whim. I love this video!
I’ve never heard a comment like this. It made me stop and feel my hair and really admire it for a moment. You have no idea what it’s like growing up with this type of hair and how hard it is yet you only have positive things to say. I need to shift my mindset to be like yours
@@erikal9594im sure your hair is beautiful! i admire this type of hair soo much and i think the dedication to take care of it is amazing ❤ incredibly gorgeous
@@saltyhoney_ sometimes I just don’t have the energy to style it how I want and I feel so ugly, it takes so much work all the time! But I want it to be long like this 😭
@erikal9594 your hair is beautiful! Black hair is absolutely stunning, as a very ghostly white person I feel so awful when I see black people so insecure abt their hair bc of so many years of racism and being told their hair is "messy" But your hair is beautiful and magic, altho it's easier said than done, own your hair girl! It's absolutely stunning
💗💕 So many people view your hair like this! Embrace it! 🥰 I’ve always loved to admire other girls’ hair, especially if it was completely different from mine. It’s wonderful how we can all be so different and yet beautiful.
Please keep in mind that a growth rate of 0.5 inches/month is an average and possibly an average based on straighter hair. Apparently there was a study that indicated that the average rate for the black people studied was 0.2 inches/month. I know black women who've had tailbone length hair since they were kids and I know black women who struggle to make a ponytail with their hair. There are RU-vidrs who receive harsh comments under their videos like why isn't your hair growing after all these years? Different growth rates exist. Different breakage setbacks exist. We just have to find the right combination that suits our hair needs.
Well maybe my hair is not average because my 4c hair grows half an inch per month. I do agree that retention can be a big issue for many, even myself as the ends age
I wonder if in the study whether both the straight "white" hair and the coily/curly "black" hair were straight. Because you really may have a harder time determining length with coily/curly because of the texture and shrinkage. People should remember that some studies (and practices) are not equal between Blacks and Whites. For example, pulse oximeters. The little things they put on the finger of a person going to surgery. It measures the blood oxygen levels so they can be sure a person has enough oxygen during surgery. Guess what, they are not as accurate for BP or others who have deeper skin color...but they still use them as if the inaccuracies don't matter. My point is just because it was in a study doesn't mean that they take into account the beautiful differences of BP. You should watch "who" is providing the study and if they are potentially working off of biases or miseducation. Remember they have said that BP have lower intelligence, higher pain tolerance, and a whole bunch of other derogatory and harmful things which we know are not true....in studies.
@@eb11a17I’m sure they message from the root. Idk why np are in denial about so many things as if it changes facts. Just take care of you hair. That’s all that matters. N the other statistics I have an idea of where those may be true 🤷🏽♀️
I'd like to take a long look at the details of that study and whether it adequately distinguished between lack of growth and lack of growth retention, because I find it incredibly hard to believe that myself and almost every black woman I know are exceptions to that 0.2 inches per month "average".
Love your take on this. I agree for the most part, but I will say that my hair type is so thick and curly that even though I’ve been caring for it consistently for years, it just doesn’t look like it’s growing at all past my shoulders. Yet when I straighten it, it’s nearly down past the middle of my back. just crazy what different hair types can do.
What do you mean? you agree for the most part? you’re just proving her point, your hair type is growing but because of the tight curls it springs up and looks shorter, so it’s not that your hair care routine isn’t working or that it’s not growing it’s just naturally so tightly wound and probably a flatter hair shaft if that’s the case, that it’s giving the illusion of shorter hair. If you want your natural hair to be long without straightening ~ just stick with it, it will keep growing. Remember though, everyone has a different “stop” length for hair, you know how our arm hair and eyebrow hair grows a certain length and then stops? the hair on our heads does that too, and every individual persons is a different length! mines super super long, I’m growing it now cos I wanna see how long I can get it.
Hair says a lot about a persons ability to stick to long term goals. Im white and recently got my hip-length hair cut up to my chest and am going to try to grow it out longer and healthier this time. Mad respect to women of any race who decide to grow their hair out, its a huge undertaking and the results look phenomenal! U go girl❤
That woman is the reason everyone thinks every black person is wearing a wig and no white person has extensions. My hair was long prior to dreads and a lot of the reasons why some black woman cant grow their hair out is because we dont teach them how to take care of their hair
I don’t think she the reason. I think it’s cuz most times a wig comes off its looks tragic under there most times. N white girls with extensions probably don’t sacrifice their extensions to get in fights. So it’s easier for them to keep the secret. Or it’s just the fact their hair on average is longer than ours
I have nothing against wings or other ways black women do their hairs, but I find natural black hair truly gorgeous, and I wish to see more women choose to wear them natural. 😊❤
That’s a fair statement. This obsession with length is really sad. I had it for a long time too, and eventually, I just cut my hair short, rocked it and trying to grow it out now. I’m not gonna lie. My hair has never been long, no matter what but you still gotta just love your hair for what it can do.
It starts so young too. So much social pressure to straighten or tightly braid or slick back and tightly ponytail such fragile hair leads to most young ladies never realizing what their hair can truly be. Mothers, you must protect your daughter's hair from the ladies at the park who say they don't like what you are doing with your daughter's hair. You need to stand up against them because they are wrong.
My biggest issue in my natural hair care journey is breakage. I went back to the old school blue grease! I'm not losing anymore on breakage. I'm excited. One part down 999 more to go😂❤
How do you use it, though? I have the same issue and recently started using grease on my ends and it's doing wonders ❤ But I'm not sure how else to incorporate grease, if at all. 😅
Now I’m white and I don’t understand the struggle of having very curly hair but I’ve gone natural after years of cutting my hair I have very thick hair and I’ve always been scared of it until now I’m 16 and my hair is 2ft long I actually love it so much your channel inspires me to keep doing what I’m doing
That woman is thoroughly convinced of what she's saying. 🙄 My hair grew enormously once I started watering her more, relearning how to comb it and a good moisturizing routine. Watering her every shower helps a lot.
Exactly! The water-in-shower routine doesn't really work for me, but now that I've learned to moisturize my hair properly, I'm already noticing a difference. Moisture, hydration, and proper handling is key.
Same here! I realised spray water for my thin, light hair, did wonders. Shit I was accused of mixed race fishing! Many flamboyant men felt the need to pull my curly pony tail. It was wild. I actually realised our biggest energy are BM. It was the disbelief that I, an african, couldn’t possibly have fine curly hair, shoulder length. It doesn’t fit the narrative 💅🏾
I find your guys hair is so cool. I am blessed to not have to do a lot of maintenance to my boring thin straight hair. But the natural styles you guys do is an art form and beautiful 😍
I love everything about your response.The sarcasm in your response, the beautiful healthy thick hair, the glowing skin, the Nigerian accent, everything is 10/10 over 10! Where are all the unicorn long hair girlies💯💯🤭🤭 #blackgirlmagic
I love the look of natural black hair. It’s cool the different ways you can style it. If you like putting wigs on then that’s cool too but just know you look so beautiful with your natural hair 💕
Preach darling! ❤👍🏾👍🏾💪🏾💪🏾 Black hair does grow longer and fuller, ignoring those narratives that black hair does not grow. Having said that, I identify as a teeth pick all in the name of the magic of styling, knowing how to grow and protect my hair and shrinkage. 😂😂😂
Thats crazy bc my hair has literally always been shoulder length even when i wasn't natural. Me going natural made it grow past my shoulders but i want some creamy crack rn but i wont do it.
White woman here, and I can guarantee that even among "other races" the hair texture determines how easy it is to keep long hair. I have wirey hair that doesn't style well, but it can keep length because it doesn't damage easily. I have a friend who's hair is fragile and fine, so it breaks and its easier to keep it short, but it keeps styles well. We both have the same kind of curl, and we're the same race, but our hair is still different. I think the woman in the first video had been told those things her whole life by her mother/grandmother, but never stopped to consider that her hair is a genetic trait, not a race trait.
My hair has been pretty long my whole life and thats with big chops regularly. Grows right back.🤷♀️. Im black, dark skin 4c hair currently 18inchs. I dont do crazy things, nor do i have a regular routine. Wash it, moisturize and let it be.
Our hair is amazing gift from God. Has taught me so much about take care and mind your business and watch it grow and get stronger and longer and keep shining. Just like life❤😊
I'm a white woman and I've always really wondered why black women always go for wigs that look more caucasian. I grew up with 2 black girl friends who we all liked to braid each other's hair and i loved their hair as much as they loved mine. But I've never understood why they don't love their own hair and rock it, its a part of them. And their hair is beautiful.
I never really knew (as a young white woman) all the sorts of insecurities that would be felt by women of other races. I didn’t process that some black women might feel some kind of shame around the way their hair coils and shrinks (in terms of hair length). I never perceived coiled hair (with “shrinkage”) as less feminine, just a different hair type: A hair type that is much more voluminous than my own. My own hair type comes out straight, flatter, and appears “longer”. (I’m actually still processing whether or not “shrinkage” is actually an insecurity some women face.. But curls are beautiful.)
The first woman said “most” blk women, not “all”. Afro hair (type 4) is the most challenging hair type to maintain. It takes lots of patience & effort to take care of. It is indeed fragile & easily susceptible to breakage. Which is why protective/stretched styles are necessary to retain length. A lot of blk women struggle with traction alopecia, hair breakage, & heat damage from making simple mistakes with styling their hair. One small setback could easily turn into a big chop
Everybody's hair needs "proper treatment." If you mistreat or mishandle any hair type it will reflect that. SOME black women don't know how to care for their hair and treat their curly/coily hair like it's supposed to be straight and wonder why it doesn't retain its length. There's a reason why we call them "protective styles".
@@lailas.3205 I agree ..but I think If SOME black hair that is constantly in protective styles the hair gets use to & trained to being under protective styles ..& when the hair is taken out of the protective style some breakage may start to happen overtime
I watch these to learn about Black culture, because I have the misfortune to have grown up and live in a POC-starved area of the rural Midwest. Thank you for sharing your experiences. ❤️ And yes, I know these videos aren't created for yt ppl & what we get out of it isn't the point. I just wanted to give a bump to the algorithm and may as well express my appreciation in doing so.
I think I kind of understand what you're saying here but it comes off wrong saying a culture or a place is deprived of a certain race is just wrong and sounds very racist whether you're white or black I don't know profile pictures don't mean anything but if you were to say a place was deprived of white people and white culture there would be a lot of people saying you're racist towards black people I think people are just people and no culture is deprived of one another we all need to live in harmony but being racist towards white people is not going to fix that you don't need to put somebody else down to bring someone else up
@@krash22mini72 I am white. Racism towards white people doesn't exist. You cannot be racist towards white people or Caucasian culture. I was absolutely deprived of the experience of growing up around POC and was taught from an early age by actual white supremacists that all POC were beneath me. It stunted me as a human, and I still fight the ingrained, childhood teachings of my family. Pretending "reverse racism" exists is racist. Please educate yourself.
@@FamousAmos120 you're obviously too far gone the thought that white racism doesn't exist is so far beyond the scope of stupidity it's almost unbelievable it's sad how much you hate yourself for being yourself people aren't inherently better just because they're black and people are inherently worse because they are white we are all just people the people like you are the ones driving a wedge between us
Hello Unicorn 🦄! On a more serious note, how damaging and wrong-headed is this belief? Sadly, it's still embedded in many people's psyches, especially BP.
What she doesn't know apparently, is how to take care of her natural hair...but she knows how to put on an old matted blonde wig on her head every morning
The more freedoms we have to be ourselves, produce our own products and eat food that works for our bodies, the more this narrative will disappear. All of our hair is beautiful and I’m glad to see us growing despite the negativity.
I don't understand why black women hide their beautiful hair under wigs of straight hair. Their hair is so gorgeous, so amazing. They should display it proudly.
To protect their hair and to not use daily heat on their hair...they say it all the time on youtube and social media and because if they are like me and have long hair they may want a bob on Monday without cutting their hair short...wigs ate like accessories for many women....hope you understand more now
We, the members of this Unicorn society reject those ignorant trollish statements in the opening. She cannot brush her hair with us by the stream. 😂🤣😂♥️🙌🏾
Wow stating facts is now considered insecurity. Scientifically black hair grows at a slower rate. Of course there are things one can do to better retain length. It does not make one self hating or insecure to state this fact. Long hair does not improve your worth or beauty.
I think most people aren't listening to understand, their listening to reply. The lady didn't really express her point well, but the sentiment of her video does hold some merit. 4c hair especially doesn't grow downward like people with other hair types because it hides away to prevent the person on whose head it's on from having a heatstroke because most black people with this type of hair mostly live in (or originate from) very hot, humid areas. I mean how many other races of people are taking hours just to detangle their hair to avoid breakage, having to keep their hair stretched and in “protective styles” for hours just to show off their length? That's one of the reasons I got locs. Ever since I was a kid I've always loved the look of braids and never really cared for other styles because of how carefree it allowed me to be with my hair. When I grew up and realized that locs could give me look of braids without the whole take down process, it was a game changer for me❤
I agree. I don’t think the first woman is self-hating, just misinformed. Our hair grows at the same rate as other races but is also more prone to breakage in its shrunken state. Which is why protective styles are a go-to method to retaining length.
Those "scientific" studies were done on people whom most of which (not all) didn't know how to properly take care of their hair, so their hair wasn't healthy. Our hair isn't some rare breed that can't grow like everyone else's; it can grow just as much, and honestly, it's that type of mentality that's the problem (in my opinion). The thing is, you don't even have to have a bunch of crazy methods or do any of these 5-hour wash-day routines; you can wash and condition your hair just like anyone else and deep condition/pre-poo your hair occasionally and grow your hair. What's funny is, most of the women I know with long afro-textured hair don't even do anything special, they just know how to care for their hair and properly hydrate it, lessening the chance of breakage. And it's not just "genetics" either, because there are remedies you can adopt to speed up hair growth (not anything mainstream, as most of these remedies can work for some but not all). The reason why type 1/2/3 hair grows faster is because the looser the curl pattern, the easier it is for sebum to travel down the hair shaft, making the hate retain more moisture; meaning, straight hair retains moisture the easiest, while coily retains the least amount of sebum, making it harder to retain moisture, and making it more prone to breakage. That's the only difference. It's not that afro-textured hair doesn't grow as much, it's that it breaks a lot more (as she states in the video). This is why finding a way to properly hydrate and moisturize is so important.
@@Dimitri1237 I agree with your outlook. As I said in my reply, sebum doesn't travel down the hair shaft as easily with type 4 hair because of its shrunken state; it will travel down the hair shaft more efficiently on stretched hair, making it retain moisture and break off less. I'm adopting blowouts/silk presses, because I'm tired of protective styles but I want to keep my hair stretched. My hair handles heat well, as long as I use a quality heat protectant and I don't do it too often. I'm not saying that hair can't grow if it's not stretched, but if your main objective is growing and not just retaining, stretched hair is one way to help your hair better retain moisture.
A science book will tell you that hair grows a quarter to half an inch a month. Each follicle sheds are different intervals. Genetics will play in shape of follicle and time of shedding. But using the incorrect tools is the main reason for breakage and chemicals are to blame for balding.
I have Scandinavian straight hair. I make my hair curly(permanent) twice a year,because I love,love,love, curly hair! I been doing this since I was 15, so for 40 years!!! I will never ever let my hair get straight, ever!!
Growing up I believed that black women’s hair grew much faster than any other race. I was always amazed and envious of how they could have short curly hair one day, then a few months later have braided hair down to their bum. I never heard about wigs or extensions until I was in my 20s, and then I still thought it was the exception, not the norm. Yes I was ignorant, but in my defense my professor told us white students we were NEVER to talk about, compliment, or ask about “Black hair”.
She’s right! After years of perms and dyes I went to the barber and shaved my head bald. 7 years of simply using products that work for me and taking care of my hair it’s mid back length when stretched
