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| Satin covered roller with my mom’s hair |
My mom’s hair has been on a whirlwind journey the past couple of years. It went from being very thick and long to short and thin because of hormonal changes due to menopause (she doesn’t mind me sharing that). It is amazing just how much your hormones affect your hair. Now that her hormones are balanced again, her hair has made a complete turn around for the better. She cut her hair to shoulder length and has a low manipulation regimen, which works for her.
A few months ago, she told me that her ends were getting thinner. She suspected that because her hair was getting longer, her ends would naturally get thinner. I disagreed with her rationale and suggested that something she was doing was causing her ends to thin. I talked about that in my thread here. While in Jamaica, I assessed her ends and noticed a slight thinness. Then I looked at the products she used. Lo and behold, I found the culprit.
My mom uses these satin covered rollers every night to curl her hair. When her hair was thinner and shorter, they worked fine. But now that her hair is getting longer and thicker, the hair is getting caught on the inside of the roller, which is breaking off pieces of her hair. She said she noticed the hair on the rollers, but didn’t think anything of it.
The satin rollers are still a great option for her, but she needs to use more rollers. I suggested that she buy another pack of satin rollers and make smaller sections thus putting less hair in each roller. The key is making sure the hair stays on the satin fabric and does not get caught in the plastic part of the roller.
This is a great example of why its important to assess every aspect of your regimen. Even great hair tools can be damaging. Fortunately for my mom, we figured out the problem before it caused too much damage to her hair.