We receive email after email asking the question “My hair is breaking off (I’m losing my hair), what can I do?” As much as we’d love to answer that question for each client who asks, simply put, we cannot. We are not there with you and cannot look at your hair, analyze your environment, your maintenance routine and your genetic history all of which may be necessary to diagnose what is causing your hair loss. Hair loss and hair breakage can be caused by a number of factors or a combination of factors. Some are very easily treated, some are not so easily treated. The best we can do is give you general guidelines about general hair health and some things to consider when you’re trying to determine what is causing your hair loss.

Hair loss can be devastating, particularly to women. To understand the treatments for hair loss, it’s important to understand the causes. To understand the causes, it’s helpful to understand what hair is made of and how it grows. Treasured Locks offers treatments that help prevent hair breakage and can help with certain types of hair loss.

This short article will cover these topics:

Hair Structure
Hair Life Cycle
Hair Growth and How to Make Hair Grow Faster
Hair Loss
Hair Loss Treatments
Hair Breakage and Hair Breakage Prevention
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Take a look at this young lady. Do you notice anything outrageous about her appearance? Would you describe her as looking anything other than neat and professional? We received an appeal concerning one of our sisters in uniform that we have to pass along to you. This young lady is serving her country and is being threatened with a dishonorable discharge, not over her behavior, but over her hair style. This case is reminiscent of the recent case with the Baltimore police department where certain hair styles were banned by people who clearly did not understand natural Black hair. Thanks to the response of the community, that regulation was overturned. Kim’s hair is neat, clean and professional. But, don’t take our word for it. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, here are 5,000 words (5 pictures) saying that her hair should not be a problem. Here are Kim’s Cornrow Pictures Please take a look at them and decide for yourself. If you decide you want to help, at the end of this post there are instructions for how you can help out.

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Here are some tips on removing styles such as braids, weaves, bonding glue, hair extensions and locks. Contrary to some opinions, locks can be safely removed. You will probably experience some hair loss and will see shedding of the hair that is no longer attached to the hair but is still in the lock. You probably will have to cut off some amount. But, with patience the proper tools, you can remove your locks. (more…)