What Do You Think Of African American Hair?

Hi Lala501 Interesting topic I also saw the Chris Rock Documentary Good Hair and I thought it was pretty funny as well as very informative I myself have been wearing my hair natural for over 25 years I don't press it straighten it perm it or anything I am very happy with my hair it is healthy and I am not afraid to go out in the rain or the heat and I can sleep freely without wrapping it up I just wash condition and go I do however cut it myself with the clippers when needed and its soft very easy to maintain. I am actually afraid to put anything in my hair for fear of it breaking off or falling out if you remember the movie you saw some of those cases I also liked the interviews with NIA LONG and other celebrity black women talking about their hair and why it is important for a lot of black women to feel the need to straighten their hair or wear tracks and get weaves . My husband likes my hair more so now than when I used to wear it long and straight I also used to wear curl perms but one day I went to the beauty shop and got it done and the woman left it in to long and to make a long story short when I awoke from sleeping the morning after lets just say some of my hair stayed on the pillow after I got up. From the day forward I decided to just go natural if my hair was supposed to be straight I wouldn't have to perm it or straighten it. So for me natural is better no chemicals! Its just not good for the hair but to each his or her own but I do think its high time more black people started being proud of their natural hair enough to leave it in its natural state.

I rented Good Hair about a month ago. I had NO idea what women with African descent went through with their hair! I went to school with a lot of black children. Looking back, the girls must have went through that process they showed in the movie, the one that makes their hair straight. Back then I didn't know that. No wonder so many of my African American classmates did their hair in braids or something. I would hate to go through the straightening process, or pay so much for a weave! The cost of the weave stunned me. It just doesn't seem fair to charge so much. I wish people didn't feel a need to do their hair any certain kind of way. It would be great if we all could love what we were born with. I'd like to be able to shave my head and walk out of my apartment without fearing ridicule! It would definitely cool me off in the summer!

I have a 3 year old GGranddaughter with this hair and she is such a little thing that if we don't get her hair cut often it over powers her. It seems like we need to spend more time fixing her hair than any of the other children without this hair. Thank goodness they make many products that help maintain black hair and keep it from getting dry or matted. After taking care of this hair for a while I can see why dred locks are popular.