I haven't flat ironed my hair since 2011. My hair is waist length and healthy. I shampoo and condition weekly. I keep up with my trims. I don't use extensions, wigs, or weaves. I style my hair in twists for the week and twist out for church on Sunday. I don't like bone straight hair, but for those that want it, go ahead and do you. I remember when folks were running to get a Brazilian blowout. Later, we saw the damage it caused.
I’m a straight natural and i def gotta take straight hair breaks and do extra stuff on wash day if i wanna keep my curls. It’s possible, but ur gonna see some kind of change.
But especially heat think clothing in a dryer but much less resilient because fabric is woven, knit, etc. some materials can’t go in a dryer at all or they’ll be ruined
Great topic. I think women need to spend more time on self education instead of relying on stylist to maintain the health of their hair. It’s important to understand your hair from a holistic view, recognizing that your hair is a direct reflection of your diet, just like your skin and your weight. Personally, my diet is based on my O+ blood type and my hair/beauty practices are related to my region of ancestry & culturally related beauty practices. Don’t be afraid to research and experiment.
Thank you for watching and I definitely agree we should educate ourselves how to care for our hair in addition to finding a great stylist and I always say hair health starts within🤎🤎🤎
You have to know what damages your hair...exactly in order to prevent it. I know heat damages my hair and that I sweat like a banshee and bat just out of hell 🤣😂😅🙈 and I swim regularly...it makes no sense for me to be a straight hair natural on a regular basis. If I want straight hair for a day, a wig or half wig or half weave is safer!
Some people want their edges straight all the time. They’re straightening that area daily. It comes at a cost. The old folks used to say they were burning their hair out. Low heat with texture is the way to go. Back in the day most FBA were straight naturals. They pressed their hair and it was fine. Only the people who insisted on having straight edges had a problem.
I agree a lot of FBA women wore their hair straight but I disagree there was no issues besides the edges. Though many fba women hair was still healthy a lot of women hair also suffered due to these practices 🤎
In the summer they would press their hair everyday. This was especially true if it rained. They would wash their hair every two months, but touch-up with the pressing comb on dirty hair. The natural came out, but older ladies didn’t embrace it.
Yep she’s right tho I have to do the big chop again because I heat damaged my hair it’s not worth it!!!! It’s best to go to a professional and even then it can get damaged!!!😩
My mom went to a professional and they heat-trained her hair and she had so much damage. She had to cut it off and start over. That was years ago and her hair hasn’t been the same since. I had to tell her to do another big chop she had so much damaged ends! From wearing braids and wigs smh 🤦🏾♀️ I tried to school her on wearing just her natural hair it’s better!
It's the titanium flat irons. Ceramic are better for the health of hair and not as strong as titanium. One heats from the inside out the other the outside in.
@@thewordsmith5440You are right but MY MOM used glue and snatched off her edges as well! Pretty much abandoned her hair underneath the wigs. So yes she neglected her hair while in wigs
with my fragile hair and my weekly lifestyle of sweat and swimming, becoming a straight hair natural makes no sense....I also prefer to sit by the river and watch the boats go by than to sit in a salon. One is more relaxing than the other for my neurodivergent brain. If it works for them, great. if it doesn't they need to pivot and find something else. Life is too short. I'm a 43-year-old who has been to too many funerals for teenagers, people in their 20s, people in their 30s and people in their 40s and 50s.
I’m a So call straight natural … and umm it changes your hair completely.. since trying to embrace my curls … it’s a struggle with the straight pieces … it’s not rewarding lol … so I’m taking a long break from heat…
I already know I will have my scissors out if I see a straight piece in my afro. I'm more scissor-happy than my stylist. Poor man has to fix my botched "self-trims" Lol! I always have short hair.
I was a blow dry natural in 2022. I had a toddler so I was trying to keep my weekly wash days to one day, start to finish, instead of two. That lasted for 8 months. My hair broke off, I had a ton of single strand knots, and my hair became very hard to manage. And keep in mind, I never used the flat iron and my coils always returned. I had to cut a significant amount off and went into nursing my remaining hair back to health, while trimming away the left over damage a little at a time. Heat damage shows up in a lot of different ways.
Did you keep up with trims and protein and Olaplex treatments as a blow-dry natural? What deep conditioner did you use every week? Do you think hormones/stress played a role?
I had not heard of Olaplex in 2022. I used Aphogee Reconstructor and Eden Bodywork’s deep conditioner. I trimmed my hair when I needed. I think hormones and stress are something I’m contending with now that affects my hair, but not back then.
@@A_Wilson I see..as soon as my ends get too many knots I need a trim or a dusting. On average for me about every 6 weeks dusting. I can stretch my professional trims to 12-16 weeks.
I give my self a silk press weekly and my hair has adapted to humidity without reverting (in Texas). Today I have a wash and go and the curls are beautiful..I been doing this for 3 years. I have 3b hair so I’m not sure nothing happens to my hair. It’s per individual I think. I had severely low vitamin d levels though after treatment my hair is no longer dry. And it’s bra strap length if that helps. Also, I flat iron once a week and the rest of the week is satin rollers for the blow out look.
It is based on the individual’s care routine, the hair’s integrity, curl pattern, and genetic disposition for handling heat. Though, generally, the tighter the curl pattern, the more heat has to be used to get the hair straight. Then, for those who need the most heat, damaging it is often the only way for it to stay straight. So there’s several factors involved. I’ll also say, most people don’t agree on what actually equates as heat damage, which is a whole other can of worms. For me, it’s the comparison of your hair texture before heat was a regular routine and after it became routine. No more no less; I hardly take anyone at just their word. There are others who believe that, as long as some form of curl pattern reverts back, then it’s not damaged. It’s a very wide range. So the perspective of ‘damage’ depends on the individual as well.
@@denyshadials5702 My hair is ultra-fine and weakened by internal genetic conditions...I already know regular blow dry and flat iron will be a recipe for disaster. Even with my regular trims, treatments and deep conditioning. A roller set might work as the heat is indirect but there is still the issue of tension for me.
@ My hair is resilient but I can’t handle another transition. I had a bone-straight relaxer which was drastically from different from my type 4 hair. Never again. I can’t handle multiple textures being on one hair strand. I’m fine with different sections of my head being different textures, but that root to tip consistency is all I care about. I won’t risk it.
@@denyshadials5702 Yeah unfortunately I had overprocessed relaxer on ultra-fine 4c hair...the line of demarcation was brutal. the straight pieces on heat-damaged hair actually lasted longer than the straight relaxed pieces. Lol! i can only see myself with relaxer again with on a pixie or buzzcut.
I feel like people dont know what they really doing with their hair, go to an old stylist or someone who has amazing history of straightening blk hair ive seen amazing videos and a blow out is good too l, i feel like people straighten their hair every day which is why their destroying their hair
I think I commented before on here that I was a straight haired natural back in 2009-2016. I feel Portia’s sisters pain. Your hair definitely will get damaged with being a straight haired natural. And ppl please know there is nothing that can bring your hair back from heat damaged hair except to cut it off and start with your new growth. Your hair growth also won’t come from an oil in a bottle it comes from your diet and being mindful to not putting a bunch of stuff on your scalp. Better understand that if u choose to be a heat styled natural that it will take effect on your hair and scalp slowly but surely. When I see these ladies talk about wanting to become a heat trained natural I just say to myself you’ll be finding out what I know already real soon😳
Just to reiterate there is NOTHING you can do to heal your natural hair after it has been damaged by all that heat. The hair thins, breaks and you can get bald spots. Giving everyone reading this a serious warning. I have seen this and experienced it for myself. It took about 2 yrs for my hair to get back to normal but I had to go through my hair looking busted wearing braidouts etc….. my hair was so fragile and thinned out. I loved my straight hair but I was like my hair is changing for the worse because I won’t embrace my curly coils. Well baby glad I ditched that mindset cause my coils are bomb and I embrace and love them so much now and you can’t pay me to ever hurt them w/heat training ever again 😅
Just of existing the hair is getting damaged!! I had massive breakage when I was 2 years in all natural no heat journey. While my longest hair was with keratin treatments and damaged lol. Flat iron with conscience nothing will go so wrong
I guess I could be considered a straight natural. I've been wearing my hair mostly straight for the past 3 years and my curls are still popping. The problem with the straight hair naturals of today is over reliance on flat irons. You can stretch your hair doing rollersets, flexi rod sets, perm rod sets etc or just by learning a good blow dry technique. In addition, what this person was doing was using heat to style and restyle the hair over and over for different scenes. Beyonce's mom came out years ago and talked about how that type of thing thinned and broke Beyonce's hair. The average woman should not be doing this. And definitely experiment with round brush blow outs and wet sets to reduce flat iron usage.
Yeah I clocked how Beyonce switched up her hair....wigs, ponytails, braids and her own natural hair. She stopped wearing her hair bone straight all of the time. So if Beyonce on a yacht in the Mediterranean with some box braids ( not boho) and curly-kinky hair who the heck do I think I am with over-elaborate and labour-intensive hair. She wears the wigs mostly when she has a full stylist team with her on tour ( or big events like the Oscars/Met Gala)to apply, remove and maintain them!!
@@kmj2000 This is true as well. If your hair is already healthy and you don't use them frequently titanium is fine but using them weekly or so could definitely become a problem.
Not yall waiting for the girlies hair to be damaged 😂 im not offended because ive been a straight natural since 2011 so this aint no "era" for me but for the girls that were natural hair influencers I hope yall do your research on heat tools and proper care before jumping out there because it aint no joke playing with flat irons some of yall aint got no business even doing it yourself. Some textures are resilient some will be damaged with one silk press do your research! Some people dont care about curls but if you do baby I would not recommend silk presses often because your curls WILL loosen overtime. Okay byeee 😂
I’m not waiting but I’m just being realistic…it takes a lot of knowledge and technique to straighten your hair without damage and even if the influencers hair doesn’t get damaged what about the audience they are influencing…I’m not against heat I just want people to make an informed decision if they decide to use it🤎
@CoffeeCuties777 it's interesting how many people associate damage to a flat iron automatically but not walking around with wet hair reapplying layers of products wet ponytails ECT, raggedy chewed up ends from wash n gos we don't hear nothing about it 😂 why are we not concerned about the influencers telling people to do those things?
I’m currently in the same situation. I got a sew in with leave out back in May 2023 because I don’t like lace front wigs. I still have a lot heat damage from it. Now I have no choice but to get a silk press or Afro blow out (from blow dryer) if I want to wear my real hair.
No relaxers no heat (vast majority of the year) and my hair retains length no problem. Heat will tear my ends up over time and eventually cause breakage.
I’ve Never used the Mary Ruth liquid hair vitamins, however, years ago after a bad shedding session from a prescription medication, I took the vegan collagen booster gummies. I did notice my roots were re-thickening faster than what they were without me taking it. Then they changed the formula and it didn’t seem to work as well, but I didn’t experience any negative side effects. I do plan to try some of her liquid hair vitamins…probably all of them lol…I need to see if it works for myself 😂
I go to a professional for a silk press once a month in the fall/winter. Careful with the blow dryer and only uses one pass of the flat iron. I try not to do anything more for the week it’s in. I just don’t trust myself to do it on my own.
It’s funny I’m the opposite I haven’t been able to trust a professional since a stylist heat damaged my hair like 5 years ago but I only do blow outs not full silk presses🤎
I feel like thats the problem people are just blow drying their hair and silk pressing it either daily or every 2 days, when ur supposed to stretch that silk press out every week or 2, either or, without proper care and their healthcare is not up to pair, i notice men with hair don't have this problem as much, i also feel like women are not talking about or being truthful in their routines and end up cutting corners, with a lot of products they use, which all comes into play in the long run and then the relaxers that all ads up and perms too, and lack of working out too, So simply watch what u eat, Workout, watch what u do to ur hair urself, and go to Professionals about ur hair and health like the Auntie hairstyles who have experience, and doctors for check ups that relates to ur hair and health especially black doctors and do critical research dont follow the latest trends without testing it 1st, i notice that their are more hair straightening products that can strengthen ur hair without to much heat, certain hair straightening tools were meant for white women cuz their hair can handle it not ours kinky hair and last of all proper matinence
I take Mary Ruth’s hair vitamin. Been taking it for about a month now, I haven’t noticed any significant change in my hair as of yet. However, I have twists in right now. My skin does seem to be radiant from it though. I give my children Mary Ruth’s 3,6,7,9 Omega gummies. My son has autism, and I can say for sure I see a change in his operation. I like the way the vitamins tastes as well. My children like the tastes of the gummies too.
I take liquid gertiol and my vitamins. I always looked at vitamins like it was car insurance. it has definitely helped with my iron I was always low, I have way more energy now. I’m low manipulation and no heat so I don’t usually have too many issues with mechanical breakages but stress and deficiency will definitely have it thinning. Gotta look at what you are doing to it from the inside and out. Just do some research on what works best for you and your body.
Girl...I can have it all...breakage from overmanipulation, dryness, lack of treatments, velcro ends or stress and nutrient deficiency... Sometimes I can a double whammy and the mental health stress causes the lack of haircare and lack of eating right....at least I know what causes it...and I don't blame styling techniques/chemicals. Lol! I just do the best I can and leave the rest.
I always intended to be a straight hair natural when I first cut my hair off however, I live in the humid climate now, and I had to learn how to overcome the humidity. I will keep yall posted.
Whelp!! I’m trying French braids for the 1st time. Going to see if I can leave them in for a month and spray remoisturize as needed. I work out. Diet has improved. Will see by March how it’s doing.
My hair is fine, I can get heat damage at 425, so I stick to being a stretched natural/ blow dry natural with a smoothing treatment until I get a trim at the salon to straighten it. But the reason I keep it stretched is for length retention. Keeping it in a stretched state reduces breakage because I get way less single strand knots. Honestly, I can understand straight naturals because wearing it pressed out gives me the most amount of length retention and the least amount of breakage, but I don't want to lose my texture completely. Way back in the day my friend was a straight natural with fine strands just like me and her hair was waist length. She just had no curl pattern left. Some folks are ok with the heat damage.
Thanks for commenting and yes if you’re okay with heat damage that’s a personal choice but I just want women to make the best informed decision for their coily hair🤎
We can never win for losing. If we want to wear our hair straight though we’re natural we can experience heat damage and people telling us we don’t love ourselves. Following, if we wear a straight wig to protect our curls and not put heat to it. Then we’re trying to be a white woman or we hate our hair. Bottom line do what works for you. You can’t please everyone.
Thanks for commenting and I personally say if you going to use heat use it while making the best informed decision about it and as far as wigs if you’re going to wear wigs for versatility that’s one thing but dependency is another thing and I personally feel it’s best to wear hair that matches your hair texture of wigs and weaves are your preference🤎🤎🤎
@ Agreed! We all have the capability to “straighten” our hair. So wearing a texture similar to what your hair would like straightened shouldn’t be a problem. But even when I wear 3c/4a half wigs many don’t believe it’s my natural texture until I show them my leave out.. So that’s always very interesting. I’m under the impression that some people are projecting when they use the word dependency. We all should have the freedom to switch up. A person that is switching up their hairstyle from time to time isn’t always obsessed with wigs or depending on them. A lot of women have beautiful hair under that wig. They just want something different from time to time and that’s okay.
I really do believe that Black people think everyone just has one type of texture of hair. Everyone doesn’t have 4c hair. A lot of people don’t but they think that they do. So when people try to be shady by saying wear something that matches your texture and they do it’s just not what y’all wanted to be then what.. because the women that have looser curls still get questioned if that’s their natural curl pattern, etc
Exactly. At this point, I no longer care what people think about me. I wear my hair straight because it's easier to manage, I'm better able to keep my hair hydrated/moisturized-which leads to less breakage and better length retention. This is what works for *ME.* If people want to assume that I don't love myself-simply because I wear my hair straight-that says a lot more about them, then it does about me 🤷🏽♀️
I'm neurodivergent. I've never been able to stick to the status quo or give in to peer pressure. My brain just won't allow anything that doesn't make any sense to me. Not saying this is right but if no-one can sit down and explain to me in detail how, why, what, where and when for a particular hairstyle, then it's not worth my autistic spoons to be hyperfocusing on my hair. I cut off half last summer 2023 and did zero styling because the cut was the style. I didn't even use gel because my hair curls/coils with daily leave-in conditioner and I don't care about shrinkage especially when it's hot outside! in winter I wear wigs to keep my head warm Lol!
Liquid iron is nowhere near as effective as the pill supplements you can get from the pharmacy. But definitely consult with your medical provider first.
What I’ve noticed is that you have to rice water and do protein treatments (fenugreek) to have that flawless silk press. Hair needs this coating to withstand heat. Silk press isn’t for weak hair
I have to look more into fenugreek but rice water can cause protein overload so I definitely would pay attention to how it reacts to your hair and yea silk presses are not for weak or damaged hair🤎
I have weak hair...but I do not be blowdrying or flat ironing my hair every week. I sweat a lot naturally and due to perimenopause and I swim and go to the spa every week so not much point doing all that heat for half the week.
@@CoffeeCuties777 I make my rice water and add aloe Vera juice to it. I have high porosity hair. It’s wonderful! Yeah fenugreek I soak it for a few days, blend and sift it. It made my low density hair look voluminous with one use. Hope this helps someone
My opinion and I don’t know much of her and how she treats her hair on a daily basis, only my assumptions from seeing her in public… she lives in Atlanta, a pretty warm/humid climate, she makes appearances to events maybe often, and those two points alone make me believe she over processes her hair for an image. I use heat and blow dry my hair with every wash, if I straighten my hair and it gets frizzy, bigger, or wavy, it doesn’t bother me. I let it be. She may want her image to be bone straight and to match her extensions. I think there is a certain way to manage using heating tools and also using proper hair care (protein treatments, leave in conditioner, etc)
How often was she using heat and changing styles? This is too much of a nuanced conversation to just flat out say heat is the main culprit. Do we know her diet? Her hair practices outside of heat styling (i.e. scalp oiling, trims etc)? Hair care isnt complicated but, some people do too much yet not enough at the same time. Just wash and condition your hair. Use heat in the manner suitable for your hair type. If you have finer hair may be only use heat 1-2x per month. Make sure to use a decent heat protectant and dont set your iron at pits of hell hot. Most importantly make sure you have enough nutrients. Her hair looks like its broken off but also somewhat thinned out and i doubt thats mainly from heat.
I agree it’s more nuance and though we don’t know for certain all the reasons her hair was damaged she did state herself heat and manipulation was 2 of the causes. I’m not saying heat used correctly is bad but I am saying we should be aware of all the possible damage heat could cause so we can make the best informed decision when using it🤎
Just imagine being so bothered by other women's hair styles 🥴 grown women acting like little girls. All of this fake concern over heat damage. Only in the BLACK community 😂
Go learn from a professional and take care of ur health that works with ur hair from a professional I've seen women in the internet do good silk preses and use blow dryers, and irons that don't burn ur hair to much
Yes technique definitely plays a role in rather or not you get heat damage and I definitely agree if you don’t know what you’re doing you should consult with a professional 🤎
I haven't flat ironed my hair since 2011. My hair is waist length and healthy. I shampoo and condition weekly. I keep up with my trims. I don't use extensions, wigs, or weaves. I style my hair in twists for the week and twist out for church on Sunday. I don't like bone straight hair, but for those that want it, go ahead and do you. I remember when folks were running to get a Brazilian blowout. Later, we saw the damage it caused.
Our routines are very similar and yes I remember the Brazilian blow out era…I actually did a video on it🤎🤎🤎
Too much of anything can be damaging.
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Balance is key but everyone's balance is different because we are all different.
I’m a straight natural and i def gotta take straight hair breaks and do extra stuff on wash day if i wanna keep my curls. It’s possible, but ur gonna see some kind of change.
Common sense never broken! ❤
But especially heat think clothing in a dryer but much less resilient because fabric is woven, knit, etc. some materials can’t go in a dryer at all or they’ll be ruined
I love my curls too much to fry them I only flat iron 2-3 times a year and it’s usually in the winter time.
I agree and I only use heat for a blow out 2-3times a year as well 🤎🤎🤎
I have a straight trim every 12-16 weeks that's enough for me.
How do you wear your hair the rest of the time ?
Great topic. I think women need to spend more time on self education instead of relying on stylist to maintain the health of their hair. It’s important to understand your hair from a holistic view, recognizing that your hair is a direct reflection of your diet, just like your skin and your weight.
Personally, my diet is based on my O+ blood type and my hair/beauty practices are related to my region of ancestry & culturally related beauty practices. Don’t be afraid to research and experiment.
Thank you for watching and I definitely agree we should educate ourselves how to care for our hair in addition to finding a great stylist and I always say hair health starts within🤎🤎🤎
You have to know what damages your hair...exactly in order to prevent it. I know heat damages my hair and that I sweat like a banshee and bat just out of hell 🤣😂😅🙈 and I swim regularly...it makes no sense for me to be a straight hair natural on a regular basis. If I want straight hair for a day, a wig or half wig or half weave is safer!
Some people want their edges straight all the time. They’re straightening that area daily. It comes at a cost. The old folks used to say they were burning their hair out. Low heat with texture is the way to go. Back in the day most FBA were straight naturals. They pressed their hair and it was fine. Only the people who insisted on having straight edges had a problem.
I agree a lot of FBA women wore their hair straight but I disagree there was no issues besides the edges. Though many fba women hair was still healthy a lot of women hair also suffered due to these practices 🤎
In the summer they would press their hair everyday. This was especially true if it rained. They would wash their hair every two months, but touch-up with the pressing comb on dirty hair. The natural came out, but older ladies didn’t embrace it.
Yep she’s right tho I have to do the big chop again because I heat damaged my hair it’s not worth it!!!! It’s best to go to a professional and even then it can get damaged!!!😩
My mom went to a professional and they heat-trained her hair and she had so much damage. She had to cut it off and start over. That was years ago and her hair hasn’t been the same since. I had to tell her to do another big chop she had so much damaged ends! From wearing braids and wigs smh 🤦🏾♀️ I tried to school her on wearing just her natural hair it’s better!
It's the titanium flat irons. Ceramic are better for the health of hair and not as strong as titanium. One heats from the inside out the other the outside in.
@@SixFives5StarChic Wigs do not break your hair off. Not moisturizing your hair under the wig is. My hair was the thickest in wigs.
I had to do a chop on my bangs after going to a professional…honestly we’re rolling the dice everytime we use heat 🤎
@@thewordsmith5440You are right but MY MOM used glue and snatched off her edges as well! Pretty much abandoned her hair underneath the wigs. So yes she neglected her hair while in wigs
Straight natural is an old press and curl method!!!
Yes it’s very similar only during the press and curl era many of us had permed hair🤎
with my fragile hair and my weekly lifestyle of sweat and swimming, becoming a straight hair natural makes no sense....I also prefer to sit by the river and watch the boats go by than to sit in a salon. One is more relaxing than the other for my neurodivergent brain. If it works for them, great. if it doesn't they need to pivot and find something else. Life is too short. I'm a 43-year-old who has been to too many funerals for teenagers, people in their 20s, people in their 30s and people in their 40s and 50s.
I agree🤎🤎🤎
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I’m a So call straight natural … and umm it changes your hair completely.. since trying to embrace my curls … it’s a struggle with the straight pieces … it’s not rewarding lol … so I’m taking a long break from heat…
I already know I will have my scissors out if I see a straight piece in my afro. I'm more scissor-happy than my stylist. Poor man has to fix my botched "self-trims" Lol! I always have short hair.
I hate those straight pieces as well…keep us posted on your journey 🤎
I was a blow dry natural in 2022. I had a toddler so I was trying to keep my weekly wash days to one day, start to finish, instead of two. That lasted for 8 months. My hair broke off, I had a ton of single strand knots, and my hair became very hard to manage. And keep in mind, I never used the flat iron and my coils always returned. I had to cut a significant amount off and went into nursing my remaining hair back to health, while trimming away the left over damage a little at a time. Heat damage shows up in a lot of different ways.
Did you keep up with trims and protein and Olaplex treatments as a blow-dry natural? What deep conditioner did you use every week? Do you think hormones/stress played a role?
I had not heard of Olaplex in 2022. I used Aphogee Reconstructor and Eden Bodywork’s deep conditioner. I trimmed my hair when I needed. I think hormones and stress are something I’m contending with now that affects my hair, but not back then.
@@A_Wilson I see..as soon as my ends get too many knots I need a trim or a dusting. On average for me about every 6 weeks dusting. I can stretch my professional trims to 12-16 weeks.
@@marleyhill34 I wouldn't be able to be a blow dry natural without bond repairers and protein treatments tbh.
I feel like u was just blow drying ur hair a bunch without proper care
I give my self a silk press weekly and my hair has adapted to humidity without reverting (in Texas). Today I have a wash and go and the curls are beautiful..I been doing this for 3 years. I have 3b hair so I’m not sure nothing happens to my hair. It’s per individual I think. I had severely low vitamin d levels though after treatment my hair is no longer dry. And it’s bra strap length if that helps. Also, I flat iron once a week and the rest of the week is satin rollers for the blow out look.
It is based on the individual’s care routine, the hair’s integrity, curl pattern, and genetic disposition for handling heat.
Though, generally, the tighter the curl pattern, the more heat has to be used to get the hair straight. Then, for those who need the most heat, damaging it is often the only way for it to stay straight. So there’s several factors involved.
I’ll also say, most people don’t agree on what actually equates as heat damage, which is a whole other can of worms. For me, it’s the comparison of your hair texture before heat was a regular routine and after it became routine. No more no less; I hardly take anyone at just their word. There are others who believe that, as long as some form of curl pattern reverts back, then it’s not damaged. It’s a very wide range.
So the perspective of ‘damage’ depends on the individual as well.
I agree 💯 percent ⬆️
@@denyshadials5702 My hair is ultra-fine and weakened by internal genetic conditions...I already know regular blow dry and flat iron will be a recipe for disaster. Even with my regular trims, treatments and deep conditioning. A roller set might work as the heat is indirect but there is still the issue of tension for me.
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My hair is resilient but I can’t handle another transition. I had a bone-straight relaxer which was drastically from different from my type 4 hair. Never again. I can’t handle multiple textures being on one hair strand. I’m fine with different sections of my head being different textures, but that root to tip consistency is all I care about. I won’t risk it.
@@denyshadials5702 Yeah unfortunately I had overprocessed relaxer on ultra-fine 4c hair...the line of demarcation was brutal. the straight pieces on heat-damaged hair actually lasted longer than the straight relaxed pieces. Lol! i can only see myself with relaxer again with on a pixie or buzzcut.
I feel like people dont know what they really doing with their hair, go to an old stylist or someone who has amazing history of straightening blk hair ive seen amazing videos and a blow out is good too l, i feel like people straighten their hair every day which is why their destroying their hair
I think I commented before on here that I was a straight haired natural back in 2009-2016. I feel Portia’s sisters pain. Your hair definitely will get damaged with being a straight haired natural. And ppl please know there is nothing that can bring your hair back from heat damaged hair except to cut it off and start with your new growth. Your hair growth also won’t come from an oil in a bottle it comes from your diet and being mindful to not putting a bunch of stuff on your scalp. Better understand that if u choose to be a heat styled natural that it will take effect on your hair and scalp slowly but surely. When I see these ladies talk about wanting to become a heat trained natural I just say to myself you’ll be finding out what I know already real soon😳
Just to reiterate there is NOTHING you can do to heal your natural hair after it has been damaged by all that heat. The hair thins, breaks and you can get bald spots. Giving everyone reading this a serious warning. I have seen this and experienced it for myself. It took about 2 yrs for my hair to get back to normal but I had to go through my hair looking busted wearing braidouts etc….. my hair was so fragile and thinned out. I loved my straight hair but I was like my hair is changing for the worse because I won’t embrace my curly coils. Well baby glad I ditched that mindset cause my coils are bomb and I embrace and love them so much now and you can’t pay me to ever hurt them w/heat training ever again 😅
Great points🤎…I agree 💯 percent 🤎🤎🤎
Just of existing the hair is getting damaged!! I had massive breakage when I was 2 years in all natural no heat journey. While my longest hair was with keratin treatments and damaged lol.
Flat iron with conscience nothing will go so wrong
I guess I could be considered a straight natural. I've been wearing my hair mostly straight for the past 3 years and my curls are still popping. The problem with the straight hair naturals of today is over reliance on flat irons. You can stretch your hair doing rollersets, flexi rod sets, perm rod sets etc or just by learning a good blow dry technique. In addition, what this person was doing was using heat to style and restyle the hair over and over for different scenes. Beyonce's mom came out years ago and talked about how that type of thing thinned and broke Beyonce's hair. The average woman should not be doing this. And definitely experiment with round brush blow outs and wet sets to reduce flat iron usage.
Thanks for sharing alternative ways to stretch coily hair. Those methods definitely can reduce the chances of heat damage 🤎🤎🤎
Yeah I clocked how Beyonce switched up her hair....wigs, ponytails, braids and her own natural hair. She stopped wearing her hair bone straight all of the time. So if Beyonce on a yacht in the Mediterranean with some box braids ( not boho) and curly-kinky hair who the heck do I think I am with over-elaborate and labour-intensive hair. She wears the wigs mostly when she has a full stylist team with her on tour ( or big events like the Oscars/Met Gala)to apply, remove and maintain them!!
They use those titanium irons too, those cause really bad heat damage because of how hot they can get.
@@kmj2000 This is true as well. If your hair is already healthy and you don't use them frequently titanium is fine but using them weekly or so could definitely become a problem.
Not yall waiting for the girlies hair to be damaged 😂 im not offended because ive been a straight natural since 2011 so this aint no "era" for me but for the girls that were natural hair influencers I hope yall do your research on heat tools and proper care before jumping out there because it aint no joke playing with flat irons some of yall aint got no business even doing it yourself. Some textures are resilient some will be damaged with one silk press do your research! Some people dont care about curls but if you do baby I would not recommend silk presses often because your curls WILL loosen overtime. Okay byeee 😂
I’m not waiting but I’m just being realistic…it takes a lot of knowledge and technique to straighten your hair without damage and even if the influencers hair doesn’t get damaged what about the audience they are influencing…I’m not against heat I just want people to make an informed decision if they decide to use it🤎
@CoffeeCuties777 it's interesting how many people associate damage to a flat iron automatically but not walking around with wet hair reapplying layers of products wet ponytails ECT, raggedy chewed up ends from wash n gos we don't hear nothing about it 😂 why are we not concerned about the influencers telling people to do those things?
I’m currently in the same situation. I got a sew in with leave out back in May 2023 because I don’t like lace front wigs. I still have a lot heat damage from it. Now I have no choice but to get a silk press or Afro blow out (from blow dryer) if I want to wear my real hair.
Oh no! Sorry you had to go through that…are you transitioning currently?
No relaxers no heat (vast majority of the year) and my hair retains length no problem. Heat will tear my ends up over time and eventually cause breakage.
Same here🤎
I’ve Never used the Mary Ruth liquid hair vitamins, however, years ago after a bad shedding session from a prescription medication, I took the vegan collagen booster gummies. I did notice my roots were re-thickening faster than what they were without me taking it. Then they changed the formula and it didn’t seem to work as well, but I didn’t experience any negative side effects. I do plan to try some of her liquid hair vitamins…probably all of them lol…I need to see if it works for myself 😂
Keep us posted on how it goes🤎🤎💯
Thanks for covering this
Thanks for watching🤎🤎🤎
I love your channel 💛
Thank you so much 🤎🤎🤎
I go to a professional for a silk press once a month in the fall/winter. Careful with the blow dryer and only uses one pass of the flat iron. I try not to do anything more for the week it’s in. I just don’t trust myself to do it on my own.
It’s funny I’m the opposite I haven’t been able to trust a professional since a stylist heat damaged my hair like 5 years ago but I only do blow outs not full silk presses🤎
I feel like thats the problem people are just blow drying their hair and silk pressing it either daily or every 2 days, when ur supposed to stretch that silk press out every week or 2, either or, without proper care and their healthcare is not up to pair, i notice men with hair don't have this problem as much, i also feel like women are not talking about or being truthful in their routines and end up cutting corners, with a lot of products they use, which all comes into play in the long run and then the relaxers that all ads up and perms too, and lack of working out too,
So simply watch what u eat, Workout, watch what u do to ur hair urself, and go to Professionals about ur hair and health like the Auntie hairstyles who have experience, and doctors for check ups that relates to ur hair and health especially black doctors and do critical research dont follow the latest trends without testing it 1st, i notice that their are more hair straightening products that can strengthen ur hair without to much heat, certain hair straightening tools were meant for white women cuz their hair can handle it not ours kinky hair and last of all proper matinence
@@brian_Austin27because they’re not doing it properly for it to last for more than two days
I take Mary Ruth’s hair vitamin. Been taking it for about a month now, I haven’t noticed any significant change in my hair as of yet. However, I have twists in right now. My skin does seem to be radiant from it though. I give my children Mary Ruth’s 3,6,7,9 Omega gummies. My son has autism, and I can say for sure I see a change in his operation. I like the way the vitamins tastes as well. My children like the tastes of the gummies too.
That’s awesome🤎🤎🤎
I take liquid gertiol and my vitamins. I always looked at vitamins like it was car insurance. it has definitely helped with my iron I was always low, I have way more energy now. I’m low manipulation and no heat so I don’t usually have too many issues with mechanical breakages but stress and deficiency will definitely have it thinning. Gotta look at what you are doing to it from the inside and out. Just do some research on what works best for you and your body.
I’m happy to hear those methods are working for you and I agree we should definitely research and do what’s best for us 🤎🤎🤎
Girl...I can have it all...breakage from overmanipulation, dryness, lack of treatments, velcro ends or stress and nutrient deficiency... Sometimes I can a double whammy and the mental health stress causes the lack of haircare and lack of eating right....at least I know what causes it...and I don't blame styling techniques/chemicals. Lol! I just do the best I can and leave the rest.
I always intended to be a straight hair natural when I first cut my hair off however, I live in the humid climate now, and I had to learn how to overcome the humidity. I will keep yall posted.
Yes please keep us posted🤎
Whelp!!
I’m trying French braids for the 1st time. Going to see if I can leave them in for a month and spray remoisturize as needed.
I work out. Diet has improved. Will see by March how it’s doing.
Definitely make sure you’re keeping you hair moisturized with braids because braids can cause a lot of dryness and breakage🤎
My hair is fine, I can get heat damage at 425, so I stick to being a stretched natural/ blow dry natural with a smoothing treatment until I get a trim at the salon to straighten it. But the reason I keep it stretched is for length retention. Keeping it in a stretched state reduces breakage because I get way less single strand knots.
Honestly, I can understand straight naturals because wearing it pressed out gives me the most amount of length retention and the least amount of breakage, but I don't want to lose my texture completely. Way back in the day my friend was a straight natural with fine strands just like me and her hair was waist length. She just had no curl pattern left.
Some folks are ok with the heat damage.
Thanks for commenting and yes if you’re okay with heat damage that’s a personal choice but I just want women to make the best informed decision for their coily hair🤎
@@CoffeeCuties777 Absolutely, that's why I love this channel
We can never win for losing. If we want to wear our hair straight though we’re natural we can experience heat damage and people telling us we don’t love ourselves. Following, if we wear a straight wig to protect our curls and not put heat to it. Then we’re trying to be a white woman or we hate our hair. Bottom line do what works for you. You can’t please everyone.
Thanks for commenting and I personally say if you going to use heat use it while making the best informed decision about it and as far as wigs if you’re going to wear wigs for versatility that’s one thing but dependency is another thing and I personally feel it’s best to wear hair that matches your hair texture of wigs and weaves are your preference🤎🤎🤎
@ Agreed! We all have the capability to “straighten” our hair. So wearing a texture similar to what your hair would like straightened shouldn’t be a problem. But even when I wear 3c/4a half wigs many don’t believe it’s my natural texture until I show them my leave out.. So that’s always very interesting. I’m under the impression that some people are projecting when they use the word dependency. We all should have the freedom to switch up. A person that is switching up their hairstyle from time to time isn’t always obsessed with wigs or depending on them. A lot of women have beautiful hair under that wig. They just want something different from time to time and that’s okay.
I really do believe that Black people think everyone just has one type of texture of hair. Everyone doesn’t have 4c hair. A lot of people don’t but they think that they do. So when people try to be shady by saying wear something that matches your texture and they do it’s just not what y’all wanted to be then what.. because the women that have looser curls still get questioned if that’s their natural curl pattern, etc
Exactly. At this point, I no longer care what people think about me. I wear my hair straight because it's easier to manage, I'm better able to keep my hair hydrated/moisturized-which leads to less breakage and better length retention. This is what works for *ME.* If people want to assume that I don't love myself-simply because I wear my hair straight-that says a lot more about them, then it does about me 🤷🏽♀️
I'm neurodivergent. I've never been able to stick to the status quo or give in to peer pressure. My brain just won't allow anything that doesn't make any sense to me. Not saying this is right but if no-one can sit down and explain to me in detail how, why, what, where and when for a particular hairstyle, then it's not worth my autistic spoons to be hyperfocusing on my hair. I cut off half last summer 2023 and did zero styling because the cut was the style. I didn't even use gel because my hair curls/coils with daily leave-in conditioner and I don't care about shrinkage especially when it's hot outside! in winter I wear wigs to keep my head warm Lol!
I don’t care to flat iron my hair anymore, I embrace my curls lol
Awesome🤎🤎🤎
Liquid iron is nowhere near as effective as the pill supplements you can get from the pharmacy. But definitely consult with your medical provider first.
What I’ve noticed is that you have to rice water and do protein treatments (fenugreek) to have that flawless silk press. Hair needs this coating to withstand heat. Silk press isn’t for weak hair
I have to look more into fenugreek but rice water can cause protein overload so I definitely would pay attention to how it reacts to your hair and yea silk presses are not for weak or damaged hair🤎
I have weak hair...but I do not be blowdrying or flat ironing my hair every week. I sweat a lot naturally and due to perimenopause and I swim and go to the spa every week so not much point doing all that heat for half the week.
@@CoffeeCuties777 I make my rice water and add aloe Vera juice to it. I have high porosity hair. It’s wonderful! Yeah fenugreek I soak it for a few days, blend and sift it. It made my low density hair look voluminous with one use. Hope this helps someone
My opinion and I don’t know much of her and how she treats her hair on a daily basis, only my assumptions from seeing her in public… she lives in Atlanta, a pretty warm/humid climate, she makes appearances to events maybe often, and those two points alone make me believe she over processes her hair for an image. I use heat and blow dry my hair with every wash, if I straighten my hair and it gets frizzy, bigger, or wavy, it doesn’t bother me. I let it be. She may want her image to be bone straight and to match her extensions. I think there is a certain way to manage using heating tools and also using proper hair care (protein treatments, leave in conditioner, etc)
I agree🤎
How often was she using heat and changing styles? This is too much of a nuanced conversation to just flat out say heat is the main culprit. Do we know her diet? Her hair practices outside of heat styling (i.e. scalp oiling, trims etc)? Hair care isnt complicated but, some people do too much yet not enough at the same time. Just wash and condition your hair. Use heat in the manner suitable for your hair type. If you have finer hair may be only use heat 1-2x per month. Make sure to use a decent heat protectant and dont set your iron at pits of hell hot. Most importantly make sure you have enough nutrients. Her hair looks like its broken off but also somewhat thinned out and i doubt thats mainly from heat.
I agree it’s more nuance and though we don’t know for certain all the reasons her hair was damaged she did state herself heat and manipulation was 2 of the causes. I’m not saying heat used correctly is bad but I am saying we should be aware of all the possible damage heat could cause so we can make the best informed decision when using it🤎
It is a scientific hair fact that heat degrades hair, we have to start stating facts in this community.
Just imagine being so bothered by other women's hair styles 🥴 grown women acting like little girls. All of this fake concern over heat damage. Only in the BLACK community 😂
Umm 🤔 do you stop being concerned about your hair and the health of your hair just because you’re a grown woman?
IMO they’re even blow drying their hair wrong in the video so …..
I noticed that lol 😂
How do you blow dry hair properly?
@ for starters NEVER WITH THE COMB TOOL THAT COMES WITH IT OUT OF THE BOX !
Go learn from a professional and take care of ur health that works with ur hair from a professional I've seen women in the internet do good silk preses and use blow dryers, and irons that don't burn ur hair to much
Yes technique definitely plays a role in rather or not you get heat damage and I definitely agree if you don’t know what you’re doing you should consult with a professional 🤎