PSA for braid and extension wearers! It’s too tight!

Here is a visual aid for you all on what hair damage can look like with braiding too tight.

All videos are from my tiktok.

[hismiths]

I’ve always taught my daughter if a hairstyle hurts, take it out. No matter the style. If it hurts it’s too tight. Take it out.

[sarahg]

I feel Ike telling a person “It’s not too tight, your just tender-headed” is such a huge red flag. It’s sign that your stylist is horrible at their job and they’re blaming the customer!

[stellanagita]

Some of these hair dressers should be arrested.

[GLSSHEART]

I just hate that SOME stylists don’t care about your real hair and how much they’re damaging it to achieve aesthetics.

[kittenkorleone]

The epidemic of alopecia in the black community is due to this along with using too many bundles during weaves are adding more weight than your follicles can handle among other things.

[SOILSISTA]

They don't braid your hair, they be braiding your thoughts...🤣🤣 smh.

[justmissOreo]

That last one is ridiculous "girl take them damn braids out"!!!! Lol

[SuperBabyface]

The biggest issue i have with these hairdressers who like to braid your hair too tight is, when you repeatedly tell them its too tight they continue to braid tight...smh

[dearyvettetn]

Thanks you for this. Some braiders are just sadistic, especially the ones who have been told REPEATEDLY that they braid too 🤬 tight. They need to get off their “beauty is pain” BS. Especially when you do that to children.

[msgottalottaego]

Former braider here... Ab so freekin' luteleee!!!! It is my hope that you find the magical braider who has what the old folks lovingly refer to as growin hands... getchu all da way together with not a strand out of place, while being extremely gentle & quick too. After retiring from braiding, I found her & couldn't be happier. She's awesome & such a beautiful soul. I even referred my former clients to her once I stopped braiding. ❤❤❤

[soup]

“If your scalp is separating, it’s time to let them go.”

[ginavasquez]

If your scalp is separating, it’s time to let it go🥴😭

[littleblueclovers]

“If your scalp is separating”
New fear unlocked

[Misakigi]

Let’s normalize the reality that not only do people have different pain tolerances, they have different skin elasticity. There’s a difference between tight and torture.

[XShadowWolf]

How they braid so tight the extra head meat scrunched up

[msshaffer]

If it hurts to move your head, or you can feel your heartbeat in your brain, take em’ out.

[thearough]

i hate when your scalp looks like this and they say u tender headed, its not tight.

[almondkissed]

& this is why I taught myself how to braid my daughters hair . I’ll never forget when she was like 2 I had my sister do it and it was way too tight to the point she had those little red bumps in the back of her head and was crying it hurts scalp red asf. Took all that shit out right then and there . She’s 7 now and NOBODY has touched her since .

[robinbrohm]

You just helped me understand my own mixed Native American and white scalp and my mind is blown! Why didn't my dermatologist explain this to me?! They put me on prescription shampoo and meds. I literally was wearing my ponytail too tight and it was pulling out my hair. I shaved my hair off and I'm regrowing from scratch so I can heal. Thank you!! 💚

[Cocoagoddess_]

And that’s why I do my own hair, I’m convinced a lot of these hairstylist do stuff like that on purpose