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Barry Fletcher. Why Are Black Women Losing Their Hair
Introduction. Barry L. Fletcher, World Class Hair Designer. Mitchellville, MD
Foreword. A'Lelia Bundles, Madame CJ Walker's Great-great-granddaughter, Alexandria, VA
Preface
Chapter 1. Living With Your Hair. By Barry L. Fletcher
STRUCTURE
HAIR BREAKAGE, LOSS AND THINNING
HAIR BREAKAGE
HAIR LOSS
HOT COMB ALOPECIA
ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA
ALOPECIA AREATA
TRAUMATIC ALOPECIA
THINNING
TRICHORRHEXIS
HEALTH AND HAIR
ADDITIONAL THINGS YOU CAN DO
SLANT BOARD
Chapter 2. Nutrition and Hair. by Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 3. Going Natural: Breaking the Lyes. By Toya Watts, Managing Director, S.E.P.I.A., Washington, DC
Chapter 4. What’s Hair Got To Do With It? By Donna Britt – Columnist, Washington, DC
Chapter 5. Who’s Relaxing – You or Your Hair? By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 6. Hair Crisis. By Cheryl Lynn Hendrickson, freelance editor, New York, NY
Chapter 7. Just A Man’s View. by Bruce Wendell Branch, Minister, Journalist and Author
Chapter 8. Don’t Sew It – Grow It. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 9. Systemic Illness and Hair Loss. By Dr. Sandra Gilman-Baldie, Madison, AL
Chapter 10. Energy and Hair. By Ollie Goodlow, M.D., LAC, Laurel, MD
Chapter 11. When Your Menstruation Pauses. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 12. Gracefully Gray. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 13. Small World: Careful or Careless? By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 14. My Search For Self. By Rashida Johnson, student, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Chapter 15. Holistically Healing Hair. By Dr. Akmal Talib Muwwakkil, Ph.D., C.C.N., Oriental Therapist
Chapter 16. Hair Is Sexual. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 17. Black Hair. By Bruce Britt, freelance writer, Sherman Oaks, CA
Chapter 18. Hair 2000 and Beyond. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 19. Trusting the eyes and hands of the man. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 20. Moisture Therapy. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 21. Hair Disorders and Scalp Disorders. By Clyburne Soden, M.D., P.A
Chapter 22. Color Me Bad. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 23. The Power and Politics of Black Hair. By Barbara Coles, Lawyer, Bowie, MD
Chapter 24. What is Trichology. By Dr. Tariq Madyun, International Institute of Trichology, Madison, AL
Chapter 25. Cancer. By D. Smith, M.B.S., M.D., Washington, DC
Chapter 26. Common Hair / Scalp Disorders in Black Women. By Valerie D. Callender, M.D., P.C., Dermatologist, Mitchellville, MD and Washington, DC
Chapter 27. Hairy Choices. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 28. Born Again. Anonymous
Chapter 29. Hair Maintenance. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 30. Thermal Relaxing. By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 31. Is Your Hair Flaking Out On You? By Barry L. Fletcher
Chapter 32. Beauty From Within. By Christal M. Jackson, freelance writer, Washington, DC
Chapter 33. Sister Hair Talk. By Kevin Merida, Journalist, Washington, DC
Chapter 34. Brothers Testifying. By Kevin Merida
Chapter 35. Epilogue
Acknowledgements. Contributors – Credits
Appendix
Glossary
Book References
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I have spent my entire adult life in the hair business; training, studying, lecturing, styling, and kutting (the letter ‘c’ in cut will be replaced by the letter ‘k’, exemplifying my new Y2K Kut. See Chapter 20, “Hair 2000 and Beyond”). I have traveled the world, represented my country in the Hair Olympics, and spruced up celebrities from Tina Turner to Halle Berry to Maya Angelou. But after 21 years of mostly lauding the virtues of my industry, I’ve reached a disturbing conclusion: The industry is destroying black women’s hair. That’s right! Too many sisters are unwittingly victims of harmful products, drawn in by misleading advertisements that promise gold and deliver sand. These days I find myself doing more corrective work than creative work in the salon and that is truly distressing.
This book, like no other, will share tips and secrets about how black women can keep their hair healthy. It is a book designed to empower sisters, to give them a more complex understanding of their hair and its historical roots. With that knowledge, sisters will be better armed to maintain their manes between salon visits or eliminating those visits altogether. By the time you have finished this book, you will know the do’s and don’ts of grooming and the deleterious effects of certain services commonly provided in salons across the country.
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I want to address another hair deformity called Trichorrhexis. This is when the hair is severely fractured and shredded but has not yet broken off. Each strand holds the other together, and if examined under a microscope, they would look like the bristles of two paint brushes being pushed against one another. Unlike Trichoptilosis (split ends), in which the hair breaks on the ends, with Trichorrhexis, the hair can break at any point throughout the hair strand.
Trichorrhexis is mainly caused by excessive pulling of the hair and heat application. Oftentimes, hot irons are too hot and singe or fracture the hair. In many of these cases the hair does not fall out right away, but is vulnerable to breaking off the next time you style your hair.
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