How to Care for Damaged African Hair. Two Parts: Caring for Damaged Hair Preventing Damage Community Q&A. Caring for African-textured hair can be difficult to manage, due to its coarse, kinky, and often dry texture. Perms, hair coloring, and heat can make matters worse with split ends, dull and lifeless appearance, and inability to hold curls. read more
The thing about damaged hair, is that once it is damaged, the damage is permanent. There are all kinds of conditioning and oil treatments to make the damage less noticeable but not to actually repair the hair, despite manufacturer's claims. read more
Use the back of a spoon or your fingers to apply the mixture to damp, freshly shampooed hair, working it from the roots to the tips, and taking special care that it contacts damaged, dry parts of your hair. read more