HAIR CARE UPDATE – ONE MONTH IN
It is now just over a month since I started my new historical hair care regimen, and I really think it is working.
I took some photos of my scalp and hairline today and there definitely seems to be a difference.
There definitely seems to be new growth on the scalp which is looking less bare. It’s a bit hard to tell because of the colour of my hair but it does seem to be thicker on top.
I have also noticed new growth along my hairline. I have been extremely careful to avoid breakage since I started this, and I am convinced that these short ends are not the result of breakage, but are new growth.
I was not aware of having any whispy bits along my hairline like this before.
I need to trim the ends of the hair, which are very thin and straggly, but before I do this, I am going to measure my hair again to see how much it has grown, firstly since the end of the week’s Inversion Method, and secondly, during the whole month. I do know it has grown because I can now average 46 or 47 twists of my braid, and it was averaging at 45 at the end of the Inversion Method week.
When I have trimmed it, I shall measure it again, as a baseline for the next Inversion Method which I am starting tomorrow, the first Monday in the month, continuing for 7 days.
Tonight, I shall apply the scalp oil and liberally oil the ends with castor oil, and wrap everything up in a shower cap and sleep cap, ready for bed. In the morning I shall do my second clay wash. This will be 3 weeks since the first one. After this I shall do it on the first Monday of every month, averaging a wash every 4-5 weeks.
Not having washed my hair for 3 weeks, it doesn’t feel dirty or excessively greasy. It just feels normal! It is very manageable, and as I always have it in a braid, it suffers minimal tangling, which is easily dealt with by fnger detangling, and I then brush 100 times with the bristle brush and re-braid it. I am finding the plaiting action a lot easier than in the past when I always seemed to get my fingers tangled around stray bits of hair that often used to break off. The resulting braid is smooth and shiny.
A small amount of hair comes out with the brushing, but I am sure this is natural shedding, and not breakage. There is also a small amount of dusty-lint stuff, which shows that the brush is doing its job, keeping my hair clean, and distributing the natural and added oils throughout the hair length. I use a comb to gently remove the hair from the brush, and then pull the tail of the comb through the bristles to make sure I get all the dusty stuff out. I wash the brush gently in warm water and washing soda on a weekly basis, and dry it on a towel in the airing cupboard. I need to take care of this beautiful vintage brush which belonged to my great-grandmother.
More news later.
