Dr Fomsky
Sunday Sound Out: washing and threading your hair weekly?
Q: Can I grow my hair with a routine of washing it and doing African threading every week? A: Yes you can. For a better explanation, I’ll break my answer down into two parts: 1. weekly washing routine; and 2. threading your hair. PART 1. WEEKLY WASHING ROUTINE When you wash your hair weekly and follow it up with deep conditioning, your hair will most likely stay well moisturized. It will also be less susceptible to breakage. This will result in length retention and you will see your hair growing.Read More
FAQs Friday: How to know if your hair moisturizer contains protein
If you think your hair is protein-sensitive or you are simply avoiding hair products with protein in them, it’s very important to know how to identify proteins. The first thing to do is to read through the ingredient list watching for any type of protein. The problem is that not every protein has – protein in its name. Some examples of proteins commonly used in hair products include: Hydrolyzed Keratin Keratin amino acids Collagen Hydrolyzed Collagen Collagen Amino Acids Silk Protein Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Milk Protein Soy Protein Oat ProteinRead More
How to work with your hair’s porosity: What is hair porosity?
One of my lovely readers recently asked me how she could manage her low porosity hair. To be honest, I haven’t really paid much attention to low porosity hair because I think my hair is high porosity. I decided to do a little bit more reading on hair porosity. First up, a brief definition. Hair porosity is a measure of how easy it is for your hair to absorb and retain moisture. Hair porosity is usually classified into 3 categories: high, medium/normal and low porosities. High porosity hair: This type of hairRead More
