See, I am now very confused. I used to think I was high porosity because my hair was exactly as you described here, but then I moved away from FL for thirteen years and my hair got to the point where it was acting like low porosity hair (GA, SD, PA). Now I am back in FL and my hair is turning brittle, drying fast and behaving as it did when I was a kid.
I wonder if it's a water hardness issue rather than porosity? Or could be the constant sun, too--sun can be pretty damaging just by itself.
I still have a few bottles of the old formula Tresemme Naturals conditioner, but I don't think I'll try out the new one. It really bugs me when they mess with a good thing. I'm really liking the Darcy's pumpkin seed. It's more expensive than the Tresemme by quite a bit, but hey, it works. My hair feels really nice today.
DO NOT DO LAYERS ... it will get even wider! Trust me on this one!
I'm always frustrated when I see people with long spirals going straight down their back... how do they do that? I think that "wide load" is just the way my hair wants to be. It's on the coarse side, which probably doesn't help the situation any, either.
Pix~Bob~CBL~Shoulder~APL~BSL~MBL~Waist~Hip~TBL~CL...We'll see
WO/SO due to scalp hating EVERYTHING! Slowly regrowing from a massive shed and trimming often to keep the ends healthy.
It can't be the sun. I've only been here a week! (I grew up here, remember, I KNOW to stay out of the sun.)
But doesn't the hard water only affect highly porous hair? Mine is really course to medium, mostly course. The pic in my sig. is from back in Feb. It looks nothing like that now.
Pix~Bob~CBL~Shoulder~APL~BSL~MBL~Waist~Hip~TBL~CL...We'll see
WO/SO due to scalp hating EVERYTHING! Slowly regrowing from a massive shed and trimming often to keep the ends healthy.
Ah yes, SL was especially bad for me too. I'm now at the point that when my hair is down, I can push it behind my shoulders and it stays pretty well so from the front, it doesn't look too triangle-y. Also, I see you have thick hair so that makes a big difference too. The old standby advice of "put it up and forget about it" helped me through that stage of growth.
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