I’mtrying to get back on my hair caremore consistently after years and years and it shows. I definitely have breakage and my twists aren’t the same thickness throughout the twists so I know I have breakage. Anyway, back in the day I used my Denman brush and then stopped because I was concerned with breakage using the brush. But that darn brush removes so much shedded hair that I think I’ll go back to it once per month to remove shedded hairs.
I washed on Saturday, DCed with cholesterol (so over this DC) and was too lazy to rinse out so it stayed in overnight. I just rinsed, detangled, applied detangling ghee and Shea butter. I also ordered deva curl DC and the design essential rosemary and mint DC. Going to try and DC every week and get my moisture levels up as well as do my routine protein treatments.
I don’t plan to trim my hair in salons for the rest of the year...the last time I flat ironed was in 2011. Wow. 7 years and it doesn’t even show. Breakage is a beeeeyyyyyyyaaaaa......
I stopped using my Denman at the end of 2017 due to concerns re: breakage. I thought the rubber base was rubbing my thin, fine hair away. In January 2018 I started using the Felicia Leatherwood brush. So far, it works well to detangle shed hair. I don't think it has caused any breakage.
Because my hair is voluminous in density, but also fine and fragile, I've started trimming my hair more often than in the past. My hair seems to be retaining length a lot more (plus I've been keeping it in updos). In January, I started out BSL. I've trimmed my hair twice since then - the first time in mid-January to BSB and the second on March 28 about an inch above BSL. Now, my hair is nearly touching my bra strap.
My goal is thick, blunt, even ends.
I remember that many years ago Nonie (sp?) used to talk all the time about trimming regularly - before your hair has a chance to split. My next trim will likly be around May 9, which is 6 weeks from my last.