Wearing your hair in any style everyday can be damaging, with braids if you put the elastic in the same place everyday you're going to get damage there. I change were I put the elastics in my hair to avoid this keeping hair in braids is a good way to use oil I find I can use alot of oil and it looks shiney instead of oily
Also the ends are exposed, if you're worried about that you could try buns HTH
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