New Study May Answer Question: Why Black Women Can't Grow Long Hair?
We
have to say that we believe black women CAN grow long hair. Many black
women believe that can not grow long hair because that is the myth many
of us are accustomed to. It's a stereotype that we have to look like the
European women to be beautiful and that just isn't true. Firstly, if
some of our women would lose the wigs, weaves and extensions, they can
give their hair the air and room to breathe properly. The women who
abuse their hair with these products know they are only covering up the
damage that has already been done; which is probably the only
alternative they have now.
Ultimately, these women are falling into the
trap of destroying their scalps and hair forever and making the
retailers super rich. Now, that was our take, let's see what the study
says about why black women can't grow long hair.
A recent group of
studies show that “iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common
nutritional deficiency worldwide.” According to WebMD, a review of 40
years of research shows that iron deficiency has a much closer link to
hair loss than most doctors realize, and it may be the key to restoring
hair growth, Cleveland Clinic dermatologists said.
“We
believe that treatment for hair loss is enhanced when iron deficiency,
with or without anemia, is treated,” Leonid Benjamin Trost, MD;
Bergfeld, MD; and Ellen Calogeras, RD, MPH, write in the May issue of
the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Study researcher
Wilma Fowler Bergfeld has been doing this for years. And she’s finding
that whatever the cause of hair loss – for both women and men ‐‐ having
too little iron in the blood makes it worse.
“Though they are
others things you can do nutritionally and topically to stimulate, and
promote your hair growth, as well as maintain overall healthier hair,
adding iron, in the right balance, could make a world of difference.
Iron deficiency can cause hair to be very dry, brittle and prone to
breakage; couple that with styling, manipulation, poor hair care,
chemical treatments, and poor nutrition, the hair is not going to be in
optimal shape to maintain the right ph, moisture, and elasticity, to
keep it from breaking and shedding unnecessarily, and it will be less
likely new hair will even grow."
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