I have naturally curly hair. I use a flat iron to straighten it everyday. My hair used to be nice and long, now it is above my shoulders beacause of breakage. I use the Biotin vitamins, what can I do to get my hair to grow long again?
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Using a deep conditioner will help restore some of it's natural moisture - when you use a flat iron on your hair, it zaps the moisture out and makes it brittle. I use wonder 8 oil when I press my hair and it keeps is soft and healthy. Don't wash your hair everyday if you're going to use the flat iron on it - wrap it at night and wash it maybe two to three times a week. Make sure you let the conditioner SIT on it for at least 10 minutes after a wash, and deep condition twice a month.
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Make sure you put something like biosilk or a leave in conditioner on before you use the straight iron. This will protect it from the heat and help a little with damage.
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Use the deep heat protection before you use the straightener. I have the same problem but much less now. oh and dont straighten your hair everyday, you've gotta leave it curly every once in awhile to let it breathe......trust me you'll see an improvement.
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stop ironing it :)
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Definitely stop ironing it!! You are damaging your hair. Why not get a cut that would work with your type of hair. I spent years perming my hair because I wanted it curly. Just in the past couple years (I'm 48) it has gotten very wavy on it's own and I love it!!! Learn to work with what you have and you'll look great! Be a trend setter and don't always do what all the other girls do.
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My daughter has very curly hair, (poor girl didn't have a chance) Mom's hair is curly and when I had hair mine was curly. She has tried ironing, straightening irons, and chemical curl relaxers, (kind of a reverse perm) She gave up on all those and just kept her hair tied down into a tight bun most the time. I had no idea how long her hair was until her mom went through chemotherapy. Mom cut her hair in anticipation of losing her hair. Donated 20 inches to "Locks of Love". My daughter cut and donated her hair about the same time. She had about 15 inches. I never had any idea just how curly Mom's hair was until it started growing back in after the chemo.
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Why are you so desperate to have straight hair? Can you not see the beauty you were given?
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You must stop straightening!! I have naturally curly hair also. People are fortunate if they see me with straight hair twice a year. You are wreaking way too much havoc on your hair. We were born with curly hair for a reason. You should go to devachansalon.com and order the No-Poo and One Condition along with the Set It Free Spray. This is the only thing that brings out the natural beauty of my hair! And makes it so much more manageable.
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