Crown Breakage Is Real! 4 Tips To Re-Evaluate Your Hair Regimen

Usually when I take out a protective style, I look for retained growth from the 6-8 weeks of wearing the style. After finally washing my hair from the remnants of the protective style, I’m absolutely excited about the end results.

That’s one of the perks of wearing a protective style, but on the flip side long term styles can also cause breakage in different areas of your head including the crown. In this post, we want to talk about crown breakage and how to re-evaluate your regimen if you notice it.

What is breakage?

Thinking about breakage is like torture to me. I cringe at those words, its like hearing nails on a chalkboard. Breakage typically looks like small pieces of hair that have literally been broken off somewhere in the strand of hair.

This is not the same as shed hair (long piece of hair with a white bulb at the end, that comes from the root/scalp). When you think of breakage, think of something that is damaged beyond repair. Breakage occurs from mishandling and not being gentle with your hair, lack of the needed nutrients, and excessive styling and manipulation.

Why is your hair breaking off

If you are not sure if you are experiencing breakage, then you should start with your hair practices, for instance, do you do any of these things?

Wash the hair before detangling after long-term protective style
Part your hair in the same four sections each week for washing, prepping, styling, etc.
Combing or brushing your hair while extremely wet or extremely dry
Use your pick multiple time a day to keep the volume
Do not take breaks between weaves and braids

In addition to those things you might find yourself often…