Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

[kia027]

Re: Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> braids, weaves, ponytails and cornrows</div></div>

even de ponytail?? time fi just let it fly den [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/bubble.gif[/img]

[tsophra]

Re: Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

honestly...I think even the weight of dreadlocks over time can have dat effect

[kia027]

Re: Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

why cause it braid like a way???

[Gen]

Re: Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">yes..me mean the hairline was lower...me memba discussing its progression to the back wid friends yrs ago...anyway me find dis when me was looking fe old pics of har

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hair loss among Black women has reached near epidemic proportions. “I see at least five women every day with this concern,” says dermatologist Susan Taylor, director of Society Hill Dermatology in Philadelphia. Different from hair breakage, in which the hair snaps off, loss occurs when “the hair comes out from the root, leaving patches with no hair, or alternatively, if there is still hair, the density is markedly less, and you can see the scalp through the hair,” explains Taylor.

Many Black women suffer from what doctors call traction alopecia. Tight hairstyles—braids, weaves, ponytails and cornrows—worn over long periods of time pull on the hair, causing the natural hairline to recede.

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, another condition common among Black women, is characterized by circle-shaped balding at the crown toward the front of the head. Many dermatologists blame this condition on the sometimes outrageous things we do to our hair with tension, heat and chemicals. Other forms of hair loss include female pattern baldness, a hereditary condition, and alopecia areata, random quarter-size bald patches throughout the scalp, which can be caused by stress.

In addition, pregnancy, certain medications, hormonal imbalances and thyroid malfunction can cause hair to fall out. The good news: Taking a proactive approach can improve your situation, and there are scientific options that can make a difference.

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membah when wi did a guh school a JA ? and we hair did inna some tight bubbles [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70394-bawlout.gif[/img]

a dat mi madda expect mi fi do wid likkle gen [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70400-talktohand.gif[/img] mi membah she ask mi one time if mi comb har hair (this after mi juss leff it in 2 braids) [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif[/img]

fuss of all, mi nuh hah time fi a do all a dat tight up sitten, second if thinking about it mek mi head start hat mi, mi sure it gwine bother likkle gen cause the tag inna har shirt badda har plus she nuh like tight up sitten.

dem tings deh will tear out people hair man

[Stormmey]

Re: Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

bawling out that me hair will not stay braided (my own hair) even when they put rubber bands at the end they just slide off [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70394-bawlout.gif[/img] I tried when I went to jamaica and had it braided

[tsophra]

Re: Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kia</div><div class="ubbcode-body">why cause it braid like a way??? </div></div>

naw..the heaviness pulling at the scalp [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/bubble.gif[/img]

[kia027]

Re: Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

den it sound like someone wid tall hair would have the same issue braided,locksed or not no?

[tsophra]

Re: Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

strands of hair when combined in a braid/lock make it heavier/denser than loose strands...yu neva hair people wid lang tick locks bawl how it heavy..especially when it wet...not the same as long lose hair at all..

me memba one time me accidently nock dis causcasian women in the face wid me hair..she was standing behind me..on line.. an me turn me head suddenly...hear har bawlout.."ouch..what's in them??" [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

me see the peal out hair ting more wid braids doe [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img]

[Gen]

Re: Tight Braids = Bald Spots?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">strands of hair when combined in a braid/lock make it heavier/denser than loose strands...yu neva hair people wid lang tick locks bawl how it heavy..especially when it wet...not the same as long lose hair at all..

me memba one time me accidently nock dis causcasian women in the face wid me hair..she was standing behind me..on line.. an me turn me head suddenly...hear har bawlout.."ouch..what's in them??" [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

me see the peal out hair ting more wid braids doe [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] </div></div>


ok a nevah yuh mi see pan the R train one time den, cause that lady had shorter ones and she did ketch it up inna one high ponytail [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]