Tight Braids

Although braids are a neat beautiful style for African American hair, tight braids can cause hair loss. It is not necessary to sacrifice your hair's health for a style. Therefore, it is important to make sure that your braids do not pull at your scalp. If the braids are tight enough to pull your hair out, it is possible that your hair could be pulled out from the root and that the hair loss becomes permanent.

Tight styles can cause damage.

Some braiders inadvertently use too much tension when they are braiding hair. They try to pick up each individual strand of hair while braiding so that the style is extremely neat and long lasting. If the braids feel a little tight while the braider is styling your hair, ask her to loosen up the braids. Braids usually do loosen up over time, but by that time, you may have already experienced hair loss and have suffered from pain associated with tight styles. Sometimes the pain is compounded, and the style tends to hurt more after it is completed. You may not even know exactly which braid is hurting if you wait until the style is completed to speak up. By telling the stylist that the style is painful while she is braiding, she can loosen up the painful braid and braid the other braids looser. It's best to let the braider know that the style hurts, even if it just hurts a little.

If your braids hurt once you leave the hair salon, you can try to loosen tight braids yourself by sliding a rattail comb under the offending braids and gently lifting up, being careful not to pull too hard as to break the hair. You can also try applying extra oil to loosen the hair. Try spraying olive oil or melted coconut oil onto your scalp. If you cannot successfully loosen the braids yourself, you should seek help from the stylist who braided your hair. Removing the braids yourself wastes your money, if you paid for the style.

If you notice that you have loss hair and you believe that it is due to your braids, you need to go immediately to the braider who styled your hair. Do not remove the braids without visiting the braider first. If you remove the braids before visiting the braider, he or she may state that your process of removing the hair caused the hair loss, not the tight braids. You should also take pictures of the hair loss. In addition to seeing the braider responsible for the style, you should also visit a dermatologist who can advise you on methods for growing your hair and let you know if the hair loss is permanent.

Although hair loss is very likely to occur around the edges of your head, it can occur anywhere. Take care to have braids loosened that appear too tight as well as braids that feel too tight. Braids that appear too tight may appear to pull the scalp and the scalp may look red or very pale. The hair follicles may be visible. Hair loss from braids that are too tight sometimes manifest as a receding hairline.

To keep braids without risking hair loss, change your hair style. Do not get the same braided style over and over again. Use different hairstyles, patterns and widths of the braids to avoid recurring hair loss. Although people like tighter braid hair styles because they say that the style lasts longer than normal, don't risk hair loss by having your hair braided too tightly.

Tight braids are painful and can cause hair loss if they are not taken care of immediately. By speaking up and choosing a comfortable style, you can still enjoy braids without risking the health of your hair and scalp.

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