I seriously doubt we should be combing our natural hair.

What happens with frequently combing natural African hair (this is not for the mixed races and racially ambiguous Africans )

- Breakage
_ Thinning
_ Dwindling edges
- Dryness
- Expenses

I am buying a wig just to minimise my natural hair destruction by this civilization. And to look "official" for my boss


We need to rethink this combing hair thing

(Just using my hands to disentangle and moisten minimizes the destruction)

YAHREIGNS:
I seriously doubt we should be combing our natural hair.

What happens with frequently combing natural African hair (this is not for the mixed races and racially ambiguous Africans )

- Breakage
_ Thinning
_ Dwindling edges
- Dryness
- Expenses

I am buying a wig just to minimise my natural hair destruction by this civilization. And to look "official" for my boss


We need to rethink this combing hair thing

(Just using my hands to disentangle and moisten minimizes the destruction)

Correct.
The African hair doesn't need relaxer too, because that's what necessitates the frequent combing.

Why don't you forget about wig too, the African hair ain't made for that... Just leave it to tangle by itself like that of a mad man/woman....Mtcheew

African hair does not need a comb.
That is a white man’s invention.
African hair needs a pick and lots of moisture/izer.
In precolonial times we used everything drippy and sticky to coat our hair and make it grow.
If treated well our hair can grow to waist length and lower in a few years.

okwabayi:
African hair does not need a comb.
That is a white man’s invention.
African hair needs a pick and lots of moisture/izer.
In precolonial times we used everything drippy and sticky to coat our hair and make it grow.
If treated well our hair can grow to waist length and lower in a few years.

Good point. I've seen Masai men do that, also a tribe in Angola and Fulanis. Our hands and natural oils is all we need

YAHREIGNS:
I seriously doubt we should be combing our natural hair.

What happens with frequently combing natural African hair (this is not for the mixed races and racially ambiguous Africans )

- Breakage
_ Thinning
_ Dwindling edges
- Dryness
- Expenses

I am buying a wig just to minimise my natural hair destruction by this civilization. And to look "official" for my boss


We need to rethink this combing hair thing

(Just using my hands to disentangle and moisten minimizes the destruction)

Very interesting.
Those listed effects/conditions are very true.
You may be onto something.
I get why you choose the wig for professional reasons..
I have a friend who is addicted to "human hair only" weaves and wigs....and she spends a fortune.
She said she's never going back to her natural hair.
She said she hates natural hairstyles...unfortunately.
It makes sense though, that the type of hair that black people were/are blessed with (originally) was designed to withstand a certain climate...on a certain continent....*Africa*...
We know that the relaxer kits, flat-ironing, straightening etc., destroy the strength
of the hair.
Over-handling of the hair is an issue for the majority black people all over the world.
However, it's a billion (with a "b" dollar industry in the U.S....so selling all of the gadgets, chemicals and creams etc., is big business...
It's hard to embrace "natural" when the culture neither promotes nor finds it attractive...
Shouldn't be that way in Africa though....
Braiding, twisting, or protective hairstyles seem to be ideal for our hair health though.

YAHREIGNS:
I seriously doubt we should be combing our natural hair.

What happens with frequently combing natural African hair (this is not for the mixed races and racially ambiguous Africans )

- Breakage
_ Thinning
_ Dwindling edges
- Dryness
- Expenses

I am buying a wig just to minimise my natural hair destruction by this civilization. And to look "official" for my boss


We need to rethink this combing hair thing

(Just using my hands to disentangle and moisten minimizes the destruction)

Come are you serious. Do you know how ancient combs that were made in Africa are. Please google is your friend, use it and understand that combing of hair ahs been something done by Africans +-10,000 years ago

morpheus24:


Come are you serious. Do you know how ancient combs that were made in Africa are. Please google is your friend, use it and understand that combing of hair ahs been something done by Africans +-10,000 years ago

Am pretty sure all kinds of combs sizes and types have always been in use in Africa. Africa has the entire range of hair types.

@Mobilia

I had a protective style whose purpose I did not quite understand. I just looked back some few months ago since then to realise my hair has reduced not just in length

Its funny we still have a lot to learn about taking care of our own selves,

YAHREIGNS:
@Mo/bilia

I had a protective style whose purpose I did not quite understand. I just looked back some few months ago since then to realise my hair has reduced not just in length

Its funny we still have a lot to learn about taking care of our own selves,

Oh....I'm sorry about that.
You're right.
We can still lose the hair even with a protective styles (braids or twists)..if we don't take engage in some
form of maintenance...
I learned that the hard way...years ago in college.
Yep...we certainly have a lot to still learn...for sure.

I started relaxing my hair because it is very thick and tough, but if I can have a recipe to soften it then I will drop relaxers for good. Until then, culture can kiss my ass in that regard.

Henna is good to strengthen condition and soften the tight coils. There are many videos on YouTube for recipes and instructions.

Ishilove:
I started relaxing my hair because it is very thick and tough, but if I can have a recipe to soften it then I will drop relaxers for good. Until then, culture can kiss my ass in that regard.

If you'll still have it all on your head in five years then you are good.

You should share with us how to keep relaxed African hair from falling off

YAHREIGNS:

If you'll still have it all on your head in five years then you are good.

You should share with us how to keep relaxed African hair from falling off

I've had it on my head for seventeen years, so I'm good.

Also applicable to men?

Elthugnificent:
Also applicable to men?

No. Unless you let it grow long

YAHREIGNS:

No. Unless you let it grow long

Sure I can't comb when I am bald.

The question was, as long as I have I shouldn't comb my hair?

Combing of hair is not a western imposition on Africans though. Maybe straight hair is, but it is not a prevailing problem in Nigeria as it is in the west.

HarryDuce:
Combing of hair is not a western imposition on Africans though. Maybe straight hair is, but it is not a prevailing problem in Nigeria as it is in the west.

Oh do you mean the "desire" to have "straight hair" meaning easily "comb-able" hair...by way of using relaxer kits is the more prevailing problem in Nigeria?

Yes...in the U.S., unfortunately, it is a challenge somewhat to embrace our "natural hair texture" identity in a society that has never really promoted nor found it necessarily beautiful.
Length, texture, style etc all are issues (to a ceryain extent) in the U.S. for the majority of Black Americans.

Mobilia:


Oh do you mean the "desire" to have "straight hair" meaning easily "comb-able" hair...by way of using relaxer kits is the more prevailing problem in Nigeria?

Yes...in the U.S., unfortunately, it is a challenge somewhat to embrace our "natural hair texture" identity in a society that has never really promoted nor found it necessarily beautiful.
Length, texture, style etc all are issues (to a ceryain extent) in the U.S. for the majority of Black Americans.

@the bold, absolutely. Our grandmothers made use of combs - albeit traditional - to maintain their hair. But what we have in Nigeria these days is more of a Willful trend. Nigerian Women straighten their hair for the sake of convenience mostly and to please themselves.