I can see my shed hairs!

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I recently shampooed my scalp after two weeks of having the yarn braids. I applied the shampoo with a pointed tip that I was able to screw onto my shampoo bottle. The pointed tip enabled me to only apply the shampoo to my scalp. I massage the shampoo in lightly and then did the same massaging motion in the shower under running water. After rinsing thoroughly I carefully grabbed sections of the braids so that I could wring out the excess water (similar to how you would wring out a washcloth).

Once out of the shower and my braids were towel dried I took a look and notices some white flecks in my hair near the scalp. I thought maybe that I did not rinse thoroughly but then I noticed that the flecks would not come out because they were the bulbs from my shed hairs. I shed heavily so they are really noticeable in the front section of my hair line.

Shed Hair Bulbs

I have not done the black tea rinses since installing the braids because I wasn't sure how the tea and braids would react to each other. I will be doing a black tea rinse as soon as these braids are removed.


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