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1. My daughters hair is very dry especially the middle. I use Baby Magic oil. I have use it yesterday and some today. It is still dry. I also would like to know do you recommend using your products on 8 month old babies not the styling products just the conditioner.
No the conditioner is too strong for her. She may think it is burning her. You can spray the Dew on as a moisturizer instead of using the baby oil. Baby oil is a lubricant not a moisturizer thus the reason her hair is still dry. Read my book to find out what a good moisturizer must contain.
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2. I have read your latest book, which was recommended by Ed Gillespie. I found it to be insightful and I have added your products to my hair routine. I would like to know your thoughts on caring for children's hair. My youngest daughter is 4 years old and while her hair still relatively healthy I am beginning to see damage to the ends. How can I keep her on a healthy path to full head of hair?
Hair is hair, in that the chemical compostion of all
hair is the same, it is the characteristics that are
different. You would employ the same methods of caring
for her hair as you would your own. You can also use
the UBH products on hers, as long as the child can understand
that the conditioner is stimulating, not burning. You
can use the UBH lotion creme which will help her hair
to stay moisturized and soft.
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3. This is my first time visiting your site. I was looking for information on hair care for myself and my girls. The tips you offer are great and I will be checking out your book. I have two toddlers (3 and 2) and a five month old. I am assuming you are a certified beautician or cosmotogist. Since it seems you were the main subject of your research stated on this website, I am hoping you picked up some info in your training.
I am not a licensed cosmetologist. I dont want to be
one either. I have access to the same information it
requires to get that license so I studied hair from
their books and every book I could find on hair. Much
more research than a cosmetology certification. My research
was presented in the form of a thesis to the world in
1989 and still continues to teach those in the industry.
So in other words my work is very credible. By the way
the industry is the reason we DONT have hair so I am
glad to have taken a much different approach.
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4. I would like to know how to care for my three girls hair (The Lord has really blessed me) I always wanted to go to beauty school, I didn't and now I am really regretting it (although you should probably be born with the talent, which I am not). So for the talentless person that is challenged in just making a straight part; WHAT DO I DO? Except for the last one (knock on wood) the now toddlers both had a problem with the back of the head hair falling out and it is taking a long time for their whole head to grow out.
Dana, you did not mention if you use rubber bands,
brushes. All bad things for ourselves as well as babies.
Friction often causes our hair to break and fall off
(laying on the back all the time as babies do) If their
hair is very dry, you need to understand how to keep
it soft and from breaking. Caring for the hair is what
I focus on. Putting little parts and ribbons in, kind
of fall under style.
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5. My oldest daughters hair is so thick and she has the nerve to be tender headed (you can probably imagine the screaming and how long it takes, it is a job in itself; What should I do?
Her little head hurts when it is pulled and tugged so I would suggest using a creme rinse after you shampoo to help soften her hair. You may want to look for a shampoo to help smooth her hair so it is less tangled. Hair polish is a cuticle smoother and will make combing her hair a lot easier. It is not greasy and a small amount will go a long way. Try that and see if it works.
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6. And how do I prevent my baby's hair from falling out and get her off to a good start and is it possible to perserve any of that baby hair?
Keeping the babys hair the way it is now is not something we control. That is controlled by genetics. The hair babys are born with always falls out making way for the hair that may change texture, look and color even well into their teens. Your focus should be helping them care for their hair as best you can. I have not focused specifically on childrens hair. My focus was on hair growth for black women when the hair breaks off repeatedly. When chemicals and abuse are the reasons for short hair. Not on a 2 month old hair problems because quite frankly I dont think they have hair problems unless it is caused by a skin disorder. My book will teach you how to care for your hair. Hope you find it informative.
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7. Cathy, are your products okay to use on children, I have two little girls and i would like for their hair to be healthy also.
Of course they are safe for children. Hair is hair,
it is the characteristics that are different. As long
as the child can understand that the conditioner is
stimulating, not burning, you can use it as well as
the UBH lotion creme on them.
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8. I think the hairdresser ruined by daughter's hair. We have been trying for over two years to grow her hair back since it had to be cut due to splitting. I need to know what to do for her. Her self-esteem is down and she worries so much about it. If there is anything you can suggest, please let me know.
Cynthia, your daughters hair was probably splitting because of things you were or were not doing to benefit her hair. My book is your first starting point. Wanting hair was my reason for doing this. It has improved my self-esteem too! The book will open your eyes and teach you how to help her grow her hair. You did not mention how old she was. If she is a teen, make her read the book and follow my method of hair care described inside the pages. If her hair is dry and breaking, which it sounds like it is, this will help her.
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9. I've just visited your website and would like to know if this product works well for kids. My daughter hair seems to break a lot and is very thin around the edges.
Yes this products works for all hair that is dry, chemically
processed or natural. Dry hair that breaks is what it
was created for. If you are brushing her hair around
the edges (perhaps someone told you to do this) stop
it! Expecially if her hair is chemically processed.
Get a copy of the book. Your eyes will be instantly
opened. It is not new information, just common sense
information that has been proven since 1989. The knowledge
will empower you.
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10. I saw your website and hoped this was the answer to mine and my two year old daughters prayers. For starter my two year old has that same bald spot that most babies have. However, I've tried every thing to get it growing. I've been advised by friends to put that short part in rubber bands and it will stimulate growth. What it does is takes her hair out! It never fails. If I leave the rubber bands in there for more than a day. Hair comes out with the rubber bands. Can your product help her. I am 35 years old and always wanted long hair. It just started to grow last year after I had used mircobraids. But as it usually does its starting to break. Help us if you can.
Melissa my products will improve your dry hair condition.
As far as the baby, only use the UBH lotion creme on
her hair because the conditioner contains a strong stimulant
that she might think is hurting her when it tingles
her head. Stay away from the rubber bands too. Use the
little cloth bands or simply braid her hair without
the rubber bands (and your hair too)
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11. I must say I was quite surprised
to hear of such fine hair care info coming from Denver
(I'm from Denver but moved to Houston 4 years ago).
I thought for sure the humidity would be good for my
hair and make it grow. Not the case! I just purchased
your products. I have one question and that is what
age is appropiate for putting a kiddie perm/relaxer
on a childs hair? Normally I'm against doing so, but
I've tried to straighten my daughters hair with a small
flat iron, but her hair doesn't really get straight.
It won't even curl with a curling iron. Please help!!
I usually keep her hair in braids which I take down
and re-do twice a week. I am no longer going to brush
our hair or use grease on it.
Yvette, I do not recommend relaxing a childs hair until puberty (12-13) the hair often goes through hormonal changes around this time. Some resort to relaxing the hair to make it easier to maintain before then but I do not recommend it.
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12. I recently began using your products for my daughter's hair. I took your advice and found a beauty shop that carries Kera Care shampoo. Your conditioner and moisturizer are wonderful for my daughter's hair. I use the products for my hair as well. I found that the moisturizer tends to make my hair frizzy, I sprayed a little on before I curled with the hot irons. I was wondering if maybe I should use a creme moisturizer along with your dew??
Use the Dew before you curl your hair or immediately
after you wash then dry. It is really not a setting
lotion and I find it is best after it has dried when
you roller set. (Other sistahs use it to set with as
well as detangle, however these uses were not the intended
purpose.) You can also use our lotion creme with the
Dew if you like.
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13. I followed your directions
as laid out in your book. My hair now is a little puffy
and feels hard as opposed to soft. Do you have any suggestions
as I will be washing and conditioning it again this
Friday. My daughter's hair is doing great I'm not having
such good results yet so I wanted to get suggestions
on how to fine tune what I'm doing. My daughter is 13
years old. Her hair texture in very soft and wavy, but
it will get very dry and brittle if I don't use a moisturizer.
You did not mention if your daughter has natural or
chemically processed hair. I assume natural for her
and chemically processed for you. If it is close to
a retouch (if you have a relaxer) You can use the Dew
and the lotion creme moisturizer if you so choose. The
creme will provide the oils you are probably lacking
with using just Dew, which is why you are probably experiencing
the things you mentioned. If your daughter's hair is
natural, just the lotion creme will work wonders for
her. You may want to apply a little hair polish to help
smooth her hair and give it more shine.
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14. I made the
mistake of taking my daughter to a professional salon
to get her hair pressed every two weeks for about 6
months. This women specialized in caring for children's
hair. In February of this year the beautician trimmed
her ends, because I told her that by daughters hair
was shedding a lot. In May I started to notice that
her hair was breaking and I really took a good look
at her hair and noticed that it is getting really short.
It took me a while to notice because she wore a ponytail
with spiral curls in it and I could not tell it was
getting shorter. She always wore a silk cap or scarf
at night and under her hat to school. I also used a
moisturizer and oil spray on it at night. Her hair was
midway her back and now it is just slightly on her shoulders.
I am beginning to think her hair was being burned out.
I am now taking care of it myself, deep conditioning
it every week and she is wearing her natural hair in
braids. I hope it is not permanently ruined. I have
conditioned it to the point were just about all the
press is out of it. It has been about 3 months since
she stopped getting it pressed. I have never believed
in perming or relaxing children's hair because of the
children that I have seen with long hair and then they
get it permed and they wind up with no hair. Now I've
done the same thing by letting my daughter get hers
pressed. I have tried blowdrying her hair but this only
makes her hair wild and poofy, and unmanageable. So
for now, she has her own hair in braids. I know it will
come a time when she is in high school, which will be
next year, that she will want to wear her hair in other
styles. What do you suggest? Someone with the same texture
as hers told me only let her get it pressed once a month.
I plan on reading your book to get some ideas because
I too have been doing some research on black hair care,
since my daughter was a baby. We both have totally different
hair textures. I have needed to relax my hair since
age 18 and it has worked for me for over 30 years. I
am afraid to try it on her, three beauticians agreed
with me that it would not be a good Idea. By the way,
I do get trimmed regularly but only because my hair
tangles a lot when it is not trimmed (My thought is
"what ever works for each individual") One
thing I did read that you stated was that pregnant women's
hair grew because of the vitamins and nutrients they
take, I also believe this to be true, but in my case
it was not. I have 4 children, 3 sons, 1 daughter. I
DID NOT take vitamins or nutrients during any of my
pregnancies, and my hair grew really long and healthy
with my sons. With my daughter my hair grew really long
but not healthy. Looking forward to reading your book.
Any advice you can give on this would be greatly appreciated.
My husband is giving me the evil eye about this whole
matter because he warned me it was not a good idea to
press it, but I did not listen.
The treatments you are using on your daughters hair
are inadequate. The conditioner product you are using
probably provides no real benefit for her hair. I describe
the requirements in my book. Pressing the hair does
not permanently change the hair structure only a chemically
can permanently change the structure. The moisturizer
and spray you are using are probably not providing any
real benefits either. My recommendations - on relaxers
- Relaxers are not damaging unless misapplied or left
unmaintained. The person you used for the pressing may
have done a good job of pressing but leaving the hair
unmaintained is what caused her hair to get shorter,
not the pressing. I dont recommend pressing but that
is a personal choice for what ever style you choose
to wear. Care comes before and after the style. That
is what I teach in my book. If her hair is breaking
it is because of the wrong type of care. On your vitamin
scenerio - you did not take prenatal vitamins for your
unborn children? Well perhaps your diet was adequate.
I am surprised your doctor did not insist you take prenatals
for your babies health. My methods teaches you how to
make the hair healthy externally. Read my book and your
eyes will be opened. Have your daughter read it also
as she will soon be taking care of her on hair and making
decisions about how it will look and how it will be
cared for.
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15. I have two daughters ages 10 and 13 and they have always had long hair. Last December the beautician had to cut their hair because of relaxer damage. I do not see any hair growth even though they always have new growth. I felt your research could help me but, they have braids so I can't wash their hair every three days. Should I take the braids out? or is there something different I should do with the braids? When it comes to my girls hair I will try whatever you suggest.
I travel around the country and see the damage braids
do to our hair. I see receding hair lines back to the
ears, patches out and 3/4" spaces between braids.
Braids are another problem we have now adopted to temporarily
give us length. Not only is our hair dry but it is not
cared for under braids so the hair generally comes out
when the braids are removed. It is a requirement to
care for our hair before and after the style. Braids
are no exception. I dont recommend braids but if you
want them to wear braids, braid their hair, and get
rid of the fake hair. Read my book to understand what
it takes to keep it on their heads. The girls need to
understand now how to take care of their own hair and
the best time is now. Have them read the book and apply
the methods I have discussed. They are old enough to
wash their hair in the shower. Get rid of the braids.
You will find my solution a lot cheaper and more rewarding.
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16. My daughters do not have relaxed hair. I have been very hesitant to put any chemicals on their hair because of some vague belief that applying a chemical process to their hair before the age of 10 or 12 will cause irreparable harm, this belief doesn't have any concrete basis. If you would recommend to me that I should put a texturizer in their hair, I would seriously consider it. I style my own hair in twists that I redo every week (I have had my hair texturized in the past, more recently the Wash & Wear process, from Jazma), I have been trying to style their hair the same as my own since we all began to follow your book back in December. I can say that I have noticed length in my own hair but not theirs. Any suggestions would be highly valued and appreciated.
Depending on the curl pattern, the girls unprocessed/natural
hair will be dry without the right products. Also a
texturizer is a chemical much like the relaxer except
it often uses Thio which is a perming solution different
than relaxers. I dont recommend putting any chemicals
on young children because you are going to get stuck
caring for their hair not them if you want them to keep
it on their heads. Also their little bodies experience
hormonal changes when they become teens. The product
that you used earlier may affect the hair differently
when they go through those changes as the hair too may
change. It has nothing to do with irrepairable damage
caused by chemical relaxers since the hair will eventually
grow out!
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17. I've been using your program for over a year (My hair has grown about 3 - 4 inches and probably would have grown longer if I could stay away from my curling iron). Six months after I started doing the program I decided I would try it on my little girl. Her hair was natural and the dew would make it soft but frizzy. My little girl has really thick hair, it wasn't really nappy but kinky and would tangle easy. Because she would dread getting her hair combed and listening to some older folks I put a kiddie relaxer in her hair. Her hair has grown about 6 inches since last year and it's thicker than ever and I know that it's all due to your products! However, now I think I made a mistake by putting the kiddie relaxer in her hair. My question is...if I let the relaxer grow out and continue to do your hair regimen will I still have to worry about her hair breaking as the perm grows out or is it too late and now I'll have to use the kiddie perm forever?
You are not stuck forever with a relaxer on your daughter.
To grow her out of it here are my suggestions. Her hair
will need to be kept soft to keep from breaking. You
will need to use the curling iron or flat iron to straighten
her hair as the tight curl (new growth) will make the
hair drier and more brittle as well as the hair that
has been relaxed. Hair between the new growth and processed
hair will be the weakest so be careful when handling
her hair and ensure you are sticking with the program
of washing and conditioning to keep her hair strong
and healthy. Straightening the hair will help smooth
the cuticle and softer. Under NO circumstance should
you use the hot comb on her hair as the relaxed hair
still on her head will break even years later until
if completly grows out. Keeping her hair soft will be
key to keeping it on her head.
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18. I really like the "Just For Me" so I will stick w/ it. I didn't care for Cream of Nature. My daughter is 7. Her hair really NEEDED a relaxer. It was just awfully nappy. Water and grease was just not working. I do the relaxer only every 2 months or so. Since she goes w/ me to the salon on a regular basis, her relaxer lasts longer. I do make sure to deep condition and moisturize the same way I do mine though.
With relaxing just be careful and try to avoid burning
her head with the chemical. Ensure it is kept off her
scalp when it is applied. Young childrens skin is so
tender. I am not concerned about you caring for her
hair appropriately. It is my concern that the chemical
can burn her just as it burns you. I have seen women
that come to me at shows and show me their bald scalps
and say it happened with a chemical. Just be careful!
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19. My 11 year old daughter's hair is breaking off from relaxer's and going to the pool, although she says that she keeps the cap on. What can I do? I want to remove the relaxer from her hair but I don't know how. It's getting shorter and shorter. Please help.
Read my book to understand why she has the breakage and how to eliminate it. Whether she keeps the cap on or not the water will still get under the cap. Have you done any deep conditioning treatments on her hair? This is what I talk about in my book. There is no way to take the relaxer out of her hair except to cut it out. The chemical changes the hair structure permanently. Applying the principles in my book will help you keep her hair on her head.
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20. I ordered the Dew and conditioner..do you recommend use for children; and if so what age?
Not recommended for children who are too young to understand
the conditioner product is stimulating not burning the
head. The UBH creme moisturizer is what we recommend
for children. the Dew is okay on older children. The
conditioner contains a strong stimulant. If you can
explain to the child about the stimulant then you are
okay to use it if they understand what is happening.
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21. Can these products be used on my daughters hair. She is 6 years old and she has a lot of dry ends that are starting to fall out. I do not press her hair, and I have not put any chemicals in her hair.
I do not recommend the conditioner on her because it
has a strong stimulant that if she does not understand
what it is doing, she may think it is burning her head.
If you can explain to here that it is only tingling,
then yes you can use it on her to benefit her hair and
stop the breakage. The lotion creme will be excellent
for her hair daily.
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22. I am so very thankful that I found your website today. I wish I had heard about your book before. I have a 5-1/2 year old daughter who has serious dry scalp and hair. It is so bad her scalp now looks like a white powder has been poured out on her scalp. It is so itchy that she scratches constantly. She has dark skin but the hairline near her forehead is two shades lighter than the rest of her forehead. Her hair refuses to grow. I am presently using Johnson's Baby shampoo two or three times weekly. I use castor oil to help hide the white scalp and to soothe the scalp. I sometimes blend Aloe Vera and use it as a conditioner and I use a very soft brush to help massage the scalp. I must add that we reside in a very tropical country (Cayman Islands) in the Caribbean. We reside on the beach front and we use desalinated water on her hair. Will you please recommend some products to help her? I am so very desparate.
The condition you describe is not what you think. I can understand she has dry hair but the powdery condition sounds like some form of dermatitis. I would recommend taking your baby to a dermatologist. The condition you describe is just not indicative of dry hair. The inability of her hair to grow can be characterized by a dry hair condition but the scalp is not what is causing the hair to stay short. She may be having an allergic reaction to products you are using on her too. Only a dermatologist can give you the answers. Take care of the scalp condition first then focus on her hair. After you find out what the problem is, then you might want to get a copy of my book to work at eliminating the dry hair condition but not until you find out what is causing the scalp concern!
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23. I have a
question for you, remember when I had asked you about
my 3 year old daughter and her curly hair? Well I was
wondering what conditioner would be good to use on her
hair b/c I know that you previously told me that your
conditioner is too strong, which I do agree. So what
would you suggest?
No conditioner just yet. Only use UBH lotion creme
on her hair to soften and moisturize it.
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