Update Post on The Differences between Afro and Asian/Caucasian Hair

Hello ladies,

Our hair is different from that of other races in so many ways.  For our hair to thrive, we have to be intentional in our approach to caring of it.  The fact is that the structure or shape of our hair strands makes it more susceptible or easy to damage.   In other words, we can’t get away with as much of the damaging hair styling practices that ladies of other races do.  Especially with heat and chemical processes like colouring and perms/relaxers.

I was going to write a detailed post about the difference between afro textured and Caucasian/Asian hair and realised that I wrote a rather good one (if I may say so myself) a few years ago.  I strongly recommend that you read it, if you haven’t already.  It will help you understand your hair a lot better.  To read the post click here.

 

What I would like to add with this short update are actual images which compare the shape of our hair strands with that of other races. In my first post, I drew the images  (which you can see above) to illustrate the point.  Now that I have  my Trichoscope, I compared a few strands of my own hair with hair from one of my wigs made with Asian hair.   The key difference in shape is that Asian and Causcasian hair tends to be more circular and thicker or robust whilst afro hair tends to have a more oval flattened shape.  You will notice this in the image above and the pictures below.