5 Reasons to Avoid Perms and Relaxers on Natural fine hair!

5 Reasons to Avoid Perms and Relaxers on your Fine natural hair.

Perms and relaxers have been a long-time favorite of African American women promising silky straight hair for difficult to manage tresses, but this beauty procedure comes at a high price – hair breakage, scalp irritation, stunted hair growth, and even permanent hair loss.

Find out the top 5 reasons to avoid perms and relaxers and why you should stay away from them at all costs.

• Hair Breakage

The only full proof technique to avoid hair breakage from chemical relaxers, is to avoid them completely. Relaxers permanently alter the natural pH balance and chemical breakdown of your hair. This process weakens each strand of hair. Hair breakage and scalp irritation are common side effects from relaxing or perming your hair and is not a solution for hair that is damaged despite what you may have heard.

• Hair Thinning

Hair thinning is your worst nightmare with applying chemicals. What we believe to be improving our hair is actually causing irreversible damage. Leaving the relaxer in a little longer, or ‘getting the edges’ a little straighter by smoothing it down with a fine toothed comb will not give you the results you want. The truth is, this over processing causes more damage resulting in thinning hair, especially around the natural hairline.

• Permanent Hair Loss

Permanent hair loss is not uncommon with the use of chemicals. It starts out as a burn and turns into a scab can eventually end up being a long-lasting bald spot where your hair does not grow back. This is infuriating, not to mention humiliating as you try to cover up the unattractive area. Permanent hair loss can also start out with an area of thinning and as time goes on the hair continues to fall out.

• Scalp Irritation/Burns

Leaving perms and relaxers on too long on fine natural hair can case scalp irritation or burns. The problem will only worsened when you use additional products containing alcohol such as hair gels or sprays.

Alcohol-containing hair products can aggravate the affected area causing slow healing, further irritation, or permanent scalp damage.

• Respiratory /Breathing/ Gastrointestinal/ Stomach Problems

Respiratory problems can occur from using perms and relaxers.Potassium hydroxide, also called ‘potassium lye’ is a very strong chemical and inhaling the chemical may cause coughing, sneezing, and breathing problems. If exposed to for long periods it is strong enough to cause damage to your lungs.Ingesting potassium hydroxide can be equally damaging resulting in burns to the mouth and/or throat, vomiting, severe stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and even death.

Thank you for your time hopefully this blog help you understand a little bit more about the danger of perms an chemical relaxers on your Fine natural hair and scalp. If you have any questions feel free to email me.@ NaturalbyVal@ymail.com