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Is there any help for my hair

Posted: May 1, 2011

I understand as we grow older our bodies change, skin gets saggy, wrinkled, loses elasticity, etc and our hair changes. What I'm wondering is this. Is there a product, vitamin, or whatever that can make your hair look younger and healthier. Growing up I had beautiful hair, soft natural curls that the hairdressers said people would die to have curls that are natural like that. Now at 51 years old my hair is coarse, and frizzy. I can find some curls here and there but is usually masked by frizziness (and parting it differently to cover the thinning areas). I shampoo once every three days and don't use a blowdryer and I don't use a comb or brush when its wet. I fluff it with my fingers and that's it. I have used many shampoos (Garnier Fructis, Pantene, Pert, different moisturizing shampoos, shampoos without chemicals, etc). I've tried leave in conditioners, creams, and gels. I've taken special hair vitamins and I just cannot get my hair to get a youthful (soft) appearance. Does anyone use anything that makes their hair soft, lets the curls come out, and not so coarse and dry and frizzy or am I doomed to the rest of my life with bad hair.

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You just described my family's hair! - Hayseed

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My sister and I have been experimenting with flaxseed oil and fish oil and have both had nice results with that. The best thing I have done for my hair afro-like white girl hair though has been "Simply Smooth" shampoo & conditioner by Aussie (wicked cheap and works wicked good) and then when it's wet I work in a quarter-sized dollop of some goo called "Fekkai Glossing Cream" which has olive oil in it. It's a tad on the expensive side but can be found at Walmart and it lasts a wicked long time because you only use a teensy amount.

My wicked coarse and wicked curly (dare I say pubic hair like) mane comes out so soft that at times even I can't believe its mine, because I've been fighting with it for YEARS and I'm finally happy with it. I also avoid a blowdrier like the plague, always just finger combing my girls and letting them air dry.

I also don't like to shampoo more than once every few days--using a shower cap in the shower, because us curly heads cannot tolerate having our hair stripped of too many natural oils.

The only odd thing I do to my hair is a box of hair dye about every 6 weeks but I swear this also has helped improve the quality of it rather than dry it out. Must be the new formulas or something.

Good luck and don't get discouraged. My poor brother has our hair and he has to keep his wicked short or else he looks like a throwback to the 70s
:D

a couple of things... - MT 44

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1. Have you tried using a flat iron?
2. Have you tried using Roux temporary hair color. You put it on after shampooing and just leave it on and it gives it a nice soft and shiny feel.
3. A hair dryer with the comb attachment?
4. Lastly, a chemical hair relaxer.

Chemical hair relaxer will dry it more, and has toxic chemicals too. sm - Moroccan Argan oil

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I have wavy-curly hair, am in my 50s and recently tried Organix Moroccan oil - and it is great for adding back the shine and moisture.

No-sulfate shampoo and conditioner (lots of conditioner) - starstruck

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My hair is softer and shiner with the no-sulfate types. You can also "shampoo" your hair with conditioner if you really feel you need to in order to lengthen the time between shampoos. I have natural curly hair that was totally fried and frizzy just from aging, I guess. I use Samy Big Curls Curl Defining Creme (not crazy about the scent) and then a very small amount of not-too-stiff gel. Then I use the diffuser attachment to my blowdryer to dry my hair until it's sort of damp all over. THAT is the secret to my curls now--it's like the diffuser "sets" what used to be there naturally. I had rarely used a blowdryer before (never used the diffuser and had to go to YouTube to see how to use one correctly), but it's the only thing that works. I've had problems with a lot of styling products, but the Samy Defining Big Curls seems to give the hair somewhat of a slick feeling before the tiny bit of gel so my hair doesn't get all clumpy and matted. Finding products is tougher than it used to be. I tried Garnier Fructis and something from Pantene (never had luck with Pantene before and this time was no exception) and all of them left my hair really dry. You'll probably have to experiment a bit to see what works for you.

frizzy hair - sm

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I have used serums for about 10 years and it makes my hair soft, silky and bouncy. I'm part black so I have always had hair more on the coarse side, naturally curly, but the serum changes the texture nicely and I have gotten compliments. I used to use the serum from Garnier but the price keeps going up, so I get Smooth n Shine, its dirt cheap and in the African hair care section, although it is not heavy or oily. It also has a very pleasant scent and lasts for months. Love it.

Thank you everyone for your replies - I will try - all the producs suggested.

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At least now I know there is hope for a product that will help.

Thanks again.

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