Photo: Tuere, Jazz artist http://www.flickr.com/photos/86762819@N00/
Please excuse the english but I am mearly re-posting how this was posted on the net. Also, by using this same title when people google search that subject I hope they run across my blog instead of what's out there.
I was searching for content on hair growth and was saddened to see how many Afro haired people male and female honestly believe our hair doesn't grow. I will ignore the racist comments I saw about this subject so I won't point out any links.
To the person asking those questions and wondering if it's true? No
If an Afro haired person (not just African descendants) puts chemical straighteners in your hair (making your natural Afro hair un-naturally straight) then in most cases your hair will break off.
In this day and age it's not conscious that perming your hair is being "un-natural" cause it's a norm. Since madame CJ Walker invented the pressing comb to do the "un-natural" to our "natural" hair. Back then it was necessary to try to get jobs and seem more acceptable back THEN (still exists today). During slavery the oppressors would shave the slaves heads bald because African tribes were distinguished by their hair styles, by stripping their identity away (like straightening hair) it posed for less unity.
If an Afro haired person (not just African descendants) puts chemical straighteners in their hair, constant heat with blow dryers and pressing combs, curling irons (making your natural Afro hair un-naturally straight) then in most cases your hair will break off.
When an Afro person leaves their hair "natural" as all other races do (they don't have to chemically treat their hair) our hair grows just as long. I actually cut my hair bald and grew it back and documented the growth for a whole year it grew 1 inch per 2 months which is AVERAGE for all hair types. Some people genetically may grow hair faster, but alot of things come into play. How you take care of your hair in various climates. Do you have a diet rich in vitamins and Omegas.
This is why you will usually see Rastas with dred locks down to their feet our hair grows it's how you take care of it.
Beautiful Models with but long hair 100% all real no weaves example is :
Nerissa Kamoy : www.nerissairving.com/
(International Model and 1st natural hair woman to be featured in Playboy)
Toshia Shaw : http://www.toshiashaw.com/
hoenstly there are so manyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy that I can't possibly name everyone.
If you search Natural Hair Care/ Afro you will find thousands of photo enriched blogs about how to grow out Afro hair properly.
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