| Monitor your hair styling products | | | | reported scalp itching, dryness, and less |
| | | | manageability in their hair after use of the |
| Many African Americans resort to applying | | | | synthetic shampoo, conditioner, and |
| excessive amounts of heat, such as high | | | | moisturizer. Such evidence suggests that |
| kilowatt blow dryers, pressing combs, and | | | | African American benefits from natural hair |
| flat irons to their hair. Likewise, a | | | | care product use instead of cheaper, |
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| beauty supply hair care products. These | | | | |
| products are usually filled with parabens | | | | Monitor your hair styling methods |
| (cancer-causing agents), sulfates (natural | | | | |
| oil stripping detergents), silicones | | | | Put down the flat iron. If you must use it, |
| (dangerous chemicals), and alcohols or | | | | try to only use it immediate after washing |
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| Continued use of these products, although | | | | from daily heat. |
| your hair may "feel" soft momentarily or be | | | | |
| easier to comb, will only create fried, | | | | Allow your hair and scalp to receive oxygen. |
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| In fact, in a double blind, three month, | | | | with smooth ridges. |
| placebo-controlled study where 100 African | | | | |
| Americans and 50 Biracial individuals | | | | Limit the use of glued in extensions, tight |
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| compared to the control group who used a | | | | braids or cornrows, alternate between wearing |
| synthetic based shampoo, conditioner, and | | | | the hair out and braiding it on a weekly |
| moisturizer, experienced increased hair | | | | basis |
| growth and health. 64 of the 75 in the Beauty | | | | |
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| their hair was shinier, less split ends, more | | | | damages the hair by coating it with |
| manageable, less tangled, and stronger. 57 of | | | | hydroxides and alcohols. That alone should |
| the 75 enrolled in the Beauty 4 Ashes group | | | | say enough. |
| also reported hair growth of 2 inches or | | | | |
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| synthetic group reported increased moisture, | | | | use Carol's Daughter or Beauty 4 Ashes on |
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