Naturally Naturals: High Porosity Hair

High Porosity Hair

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High porosity can be the result of damage from chemical processing, rough treatment or environmental damage. High porosity hair has gaps and holes in the cuticle, which let too much moisture into your hair and leave it prone to frizz and tangling in humid weather. Even simple acts such as bathing, swimming and shampooing can create more damage and breakage due to the sheer amount of moisture highly porous hair can absorb.

Be sure to use anti-humectants in climates with high heat and humidity. This will help seal your damaged cuticles and prevent them from absorbing excess moisture in the air.

Because highly porous hair can also lose moisture easily, it's important to use leave-in conditioners, moisturizers and sealers. Layering these products will help your hair hold on to the moisture you're giving it. You can even follow up with a heavy hair butter to help fill the gaps in your damaged cuticles and further protect your hair from losing too much moisture.

Source: NaturallyCurly.com
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"Highly porous hair absorbs more water when wet but loses even more as it dries. When it is fully dried, porous hair feels swollen, puffy and rough to the touch due to the lifted, damaged cuticle layers which have instigated an inherent moisture of deficiency."

--Audrey Davis-Sivasothy, The Science of Black Hair

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Regimen: Always rinse your conditioner out with cold/cool water to shock the cuticles close. If not, then I highly recommend cold Aloe Vera Juice (whole leaf)--shiny closed hair strands. Use the LOC Method to moisturize high porosity hair daily or as needed. L-liquid or leave-ins, O-oil, and C-creams or butters. High porosity hair should use cool to cold water or liquids. When using leave-ins, use the creamy kind and not the liquid kind. Use heavy oils and butters like shea butter to hold the hair cuticles down.