THIS IS NOT A PREJUDICE QUESTION...AND I MEAN NO DISRESPECT TO ANYONE

All true statements.

just know there is a time and there is a place for rants and diatribes.

this thread was just not either the time or the place.

what does your angry rant have to do with hair?

"I just dont understand the term African American"


really?  what don't you understand?

I'm not african american, but i understand the difference in your hair texture.  My hair likes to border on a similar texture.  I have to use a lot of conditioner (leave in, rinse out, etc.)  and it's naturally wavy.  I have not had my hair break.  I haven't had it fall out in clumps either.  I find tons of pieces of hair everywhere!  Nobody notices my hair thinning but me.  I can see my scalp in the top where I never could before. 

(I don't know if it helps any...)  But, I completely understand your different hair texture. 

Devilmwn,

I never shampoo my curly hair.    Well not with shampoo.  Only with conditioner.   It breaks otherwise, and frizzes.

I read in a magazine the other day a better way for taking care of curly hair.  They said to shampoo and condition the hair.  Then put leave in conditioner in it and never bru****  To work a wide tooth comb through it.  Then use some gel to keep the frizz down.  My hair has been doing so much better with these suggestions.  :)

(By the end of the day, my hair never looks curly anymore because i have a bad habit of running my fingers through it a lot!)

i don't even own a brush.   Have you ever read  "curly girl" ... oy the things I've learned.

the hardest part for me is not touching it after it dries...


Carol sorry to hijack your thread.


btw Biotin is available over the counter and it works on new growth I believe.

Nessa-  i can't keep from messing with my hair!

I have heard that Biotin helps you grow hair everywhere...

well there are a few places i could use it... and a few I'd rather not have it.

I think i'm going to take my chances after surgery with some loss... it's pretty thick now.