Traction Alopecia - The Struggle Of Many Black Girls: No Hairline, No Edges | #Hairrestoration Ep.2
- Posted on 28 October, 2020
- Bob Hairstyles
- By Anonymous
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Xewani - #Xitsonga
Dumelang - #Setswana
Traction alopecia is probably the most prevalent hair loss type in black women. Bad hairstyles, frequent use of relaxers have resulted in this situation I find myself in today. What are you guys using for your edges that have worked?
If you still have a hairline, please take care of it otherwise you will find yourself in my situation with permanent hair loss.
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Hello, shawanee dumelang, my name is mitu melo in tokyo living in botswana, thanks for watching. So how many of you remember this picture and how many of you laughed when you saw this picture of naomi campbell huh? Did you laugh? I didn't laugh when i saw this picture because you know those who know english say those who live in glass houses don't throw stones. So i couldn't laugh because girl over here has the same issue. I have had traction alopecia four years now. I can't even remember the last time i had a headline. I recently actually saw a photo, which i will load up where i had a full hairline. This was in 1999, you know and guys these braids, these micro braids, they are so pretty, but man they eat. Our hairlines, these cornrows, these weaves that are not properly done, relaxing our hair. Often i mean i don't know how young i started. Relaxing my hair, but i remember when i was in middle school, i used to relax my hair every four weeks. Sometimes i wish that our parents, grandparents great-grandparents, were not taught that our hay is difficult, that our haze is hard to maintain. I wish that we had learned to embrace our hair for what it is, and rather than um just discarded as impossible to deal with, but find solutions of how to actually take care of our hair. How to love it, and you know i was - i tried the being natural should i say it even sounds wrong right when i say i try being natural because we are all natural right. You are born with this hair. That'S growing out of your scalp, so it kind of it's kind of normal. We are actually natural becoming natural, sounds actually awkward. It sounds awkward to me. I vividly remember this moment. It was in 2004.. I had i had braids on so i had gone to the salon to have my braids removed and while i was there, there was a lady there who was braiding her hair and the the hair was so pretty, and i remember i had my braids removed. I relaxed my hair on the same day immediately after removing my braids, and what did i do. I braided my hair again all on the same day and i think we don't realize the kind of damage these kind of hair stylings have on our hair and today a lot of black girls out there. Some people who wear weaves don't wear weaves because they particularly want to wear weaves it's because they are trying to hide the damage and for me i just got tired. I just got tired of wearing weeds and hiding this damage. That'S when i decided i'm going to big chop and the reason i also chopped was, i was trying to figure out my finances. My finances were in a mess, so it was also one way of me: saving some money to keep my hair short, but other than that. It'S because i didn't have a hairline and when you have long hair with no hairline their problem is so obvious. It is so pronounced you, you just can't run away from it and i wonder how life would have been for a lot of us black girls if we grew up in an environment or in a time where our hair is not seen as problematic, where our hair Is just seen as different for what it is? It'S kinky, you know, there's a whole um. This whole hullabaloo that happened in south africa regarding the cliques advert where they were saying black hay is dry and it's frizzy, etc. I sometimes wonder about people who actually created relaxers, were they where they created, because they wanted to make our hair care easier or where they created, because the idea was to try to make our hair straight so that we conform to this societal view of what beauty Or what beautiful hair looks like, where relaxers really created to help us care for our hair better or where they created to make us think that straighter hair is more beautiful by advertising it as easily manageable? I mean i don't know you can tell me what you think and i don't have anything against relaxers. I am not doing relaxers anymore because they've damaged my hair. My hair was very fine anyway and putting a relaxer on it just made it even even worse. So, for me, no more relaxers. Even when i decide to regrow my hair, i will regrow it naturally again those peroxides and what what they're not good for our hair they're, not good for our scalps. There was also a study i remember, of the prevalence of uterine fibroids in black women, specifically black women, who have had relaxers and so for me. As far as relaxers are concerned, i'm off that boat, like i'd, rather keep my hair. This short, i'm i'm living with traction alopecia. It is limiting my hair styling. It limits the amount of things that i can do in my hair and girls. Are they take care of your hair because once it's gone, it's gone. Oh, it's gone and guys. I have tried it all. I'Ve tried. Let'S see black jamaican, castor oil. I'Ve tried jeba i've tried virgin hair food. I have tried three triple four zid. What else have i tried all these essential oils you can think of. I have tried them on rice, water. I have tried them all if the product is there on the market virgo, if there's a product on the market, i have tried it and because i've tried it all and because none of them have worked for 20 years. I'Ve had this problem and clearly the edges are not coming back. I am researching the possibility of having a hair transplant done or hair transplants are not cheap, so i'm still doing a bit of research and as soon as i decide um about having this hair transplant, i will come back and give you feedback. But if you have hair, if you still have your hair out there, please please please take care of your hair, avoid doing micro, braids avoid doing cornrows that are so tight, avoid frequently relaxing your hair, relax your hair as less as possible. The lesser the better just take care of your hair. Take care of your edges, don't be like us, don't be like me and many other black girls. Today we have this problem. Take care of those edges. Man traction alopecia yay. I just walked through town and look at the girls man. We are having a problem. I will keep you posted on this journey of. So if you have had an issue with traction alopecia where you've lost your edges, what have you used? That has worked that i have not mentioned. If you have any questions free to ask, let's have a conversation about this hair that is stressing us so much, and so until next time from me we do love you
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Comments
Tandrea Young: I was bullied by girls who looked like me when I was in 5th and 6th grade. They bullied me about my hair on a daily basis. It was so bad that when it was time for 7th grade my mother put me in a school in a different area but the mental damage from being bullied was already done. I refused to leave home without weave or braids. Years of what I thought was protective styles has caused me to have traction alopecia. Now when I look back at my school pictures those same young ladies that bullied me hair was the same length as mine. Parents please teach your children to not bully others because you never know what damage it could really cause the person on the receiving end.
Moonlight Babe: Thank u for raising awareness about this. A lot of us are going bald at such young ages because of tight braids & lace wigs. Wigs ate my hairline, I thought it would never grow back but after like 7 months it is finally going back.
LaShonda j: Thank you, for being so open and transparent! I'm starting to go through the same thing. I love wearing braids which is the cause for my situation as well. Please keep us posted on your journey. P.S Girl, you're rocking that hair cut by the way, it really looks stunning on you! ❤
𝐌🍩𝐜𝐡𝐚'𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐟é𝐃𝐞𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬: Thank you for sharing, so many of us are struggling with this issue.
Justiss Bolton: so happy i found this video. i’m so tired of hiding my hair , my hair line and my curls. i’m ready to come out of the wigs and weaves... but my anxiety gets to me and i shut down cause i haven’t worn my natural hair in years
Coach Sherri: Great video. I big chopped for 2021. I’ve been wearing bangs for years and decided I wanted to see my face. I’m trying to get comfortable with it. I feel like my hairline has changed and now it’s so much face. I’ve been relaxer free for almost 19 years but since I’ve done braids that I know were too tight along my hairline. I don’t know why braiders believe the tighter the better.
Bridgette Khalo: Yo! I wish I had gotten it from a young age that natural hair was beautiful and manageable! I love it so much now! If I were to have a daughter, I'd definitely keep it natural from birth. Great topic!
Neo Tumza: I decided from day 1 that I’m keeping my daughters hair natural. I’ve had traction alopecia since 2012 and am not going to put my daughter through that. Haven’t used a relaxer since 2012.
Hilma Amakutuwa: Thanks for the heads up. Really informative. I also grew up relaxing my hair and I think I have also come to the end of that. We should just learn to manage our kinky beautiful hair.
Makiba Uboke: Black women have this issue because we don't embrace our natural hair. We use all kinds of damaging chemicals and hairstyles that breaks and apparently takes our hair away. We have to learn how to wash our hair differently than wight women. We have to wash our hair in a way that we don't break it off because of the tangling. We must keep our hair moisturized consistently. Moisturize at least 2 times weekly.Keep it untangled....find the video with African women with hair grown to their butts.
kima D Feminine: Braids and glue and perm did this to my hair too now I have to wear wigs but I think I need to get hair transplant because the damage is done...I solute you for being so brave because I'm not ready .
Zandile Ngcobo: I'm going in September to a hair restoration clinic it's so depressing having a receding hairline I have a beautiful afro but can't wear it out because my hairline kills my confidence no more I have saved well over what I need it's time to pour into my self improvement whilst I'm young. Never again will I abuse chemicals and heat. All these products do nothing when you have a receding hairline FUT transplant is the only long term solution.
Neo Tumza: The thing I used that worked was minoxidil. However soon as you stop using it all the hair falls off. And just like you I’ve tried everything. Also considering hair transplant but iyo it’s expensive
marlerica: Have you tried going to a dermatologist. I had some hairloss at my temples. The dermatologist injected cortisone to that area and it eventually grew back.
Kagiso Makutle: My mom been hating my natural hair but the little bit of hairline I have is very important to me
JL LJ: If God can bring back someone's sight, bring back their spirit back into their dead bodies and raise them from the dead, grow out missing arms and legs, He can also grow back your entire head of hair. He made u, He knows how many hairs He put in your head and He is more than able to restore your hairline.
OLIVIIA CHANEL BLACK: Very inspiring
Mother of Nations: Came across this today, hello Tumi. I used to do cornrows every month, then dread, now
Speak Votomi with Nkateko M.: I love how black girls are moving forward in this regard tho. So many ways to manage hair in its natural state. Had I known I think I would have relaxed my hair less. I'm loving my dreads nonetheless and I cannot wait to grow them out :). They don't start right by my hairline so that's great too.
FVC: You lost me when you were worried about who was laughing at your edges! Stay focused and remember why you were here in the first place! Helping women to grow back their edges and hair line
HollywoodCharityAuction.com: Anyone who would laugh at those pictures should be ashamed of themselves. Not a laughing matter. And yes, relaxers were made to make us conform and view black/kinky hair as a negative. In 2019 there was a study that linked relaxers to fibroids in black women.
Doreen Adeniyi: Sis, I can identify with you. I have been using minoxidil and viviscal maximum strength. Have you been to see a dermatologist. Just a suggestion. I have seen progress in 2 months of using minoxidil and viviscal. But please first do your own research that is what I did. God bless. ALSO PRAY FOR YOUR HAIR.
Paige gang: Try using a DERMA roller with the Original regrow the serum. You can buy it on Amazon. It unblocks DHT
Laverne C: I love your haircut ! You look great !
AYO: The hair relaxer was created by a black man Augustus Morgan. It's was created by accident, and marketed to black men.
critic for the uploader: *This issue is intentional with black women especially, when we choose to keep up with celebrities hairdo's by wearing braids and expensive lacefronts... Some people have heredity alopecia...*
Vanessa: aaaaye, im in the same situation
Mabel Evueh: Tanks for sharing, am tired of wigs
Kay Elizabeth: Try Camille Rose REJUVA - DROPS "GROW BACK" . I have alopecia on my edges and I’m slowly seeing some new growth.
Flo: I have also tried them all
Wanda Brooks: Hello to everyone there is something called WILD GROWTH at beauty stores it works
Daphanie_ diary: you need to go get a hair transplant. That’s what I did
Nikki Brown: Try a hair transplant!!
Ms M: YouTube please stop making a mockery of people..I'm not subscribe to this channel ✌