Are we the only women who deep condition?

[Ariana4000]

I know this sounds like a silly question; however, I was talking to my co-worker from India, and she had never heard of this. She thought it was bad and would make my hair go limp. I let her know that it is a common practice for us. I just assumed all women did it at least once a month or so. She said she mostly shampoos, but once in a while she will leave it in for for 5 minutes and wash it out since she is color treated.

 

[clever]

Just a question...
When you say we do you mean black women in general or women of LHCF?

 

[Leeda.the.Paladin]

I'm going to assume that you mean black women when you say we. The answer is no, a lot of curlies on NC.com DC as part of their regimens.

 

[msa]

Maybe it's more a hair board thing than anything else? Many of the ladies on Long Hair Community DC their hair...and they are mostly non-melinated folks.

 

[gymfreak336]

No we are not.

Check out the makeupalley hair board......

 

[Lady S]

Nope. If we were, we'd only be able to find DC in the "ethnic" area of the beauty aisle. Non-blacks dye and perm their hair. Some of them also just have naturally dry hair that benefits from a dc.

It was a white girl I knew in college who bleached her hair that got me to try cholesterol.

 

[*Michelle*]

What they said^^^^^^^

 

[Ariana4000]

Yes, I meant black women in general. And thanks for the replies ladies.

 

[beans4reezy]

Yes, I meant black women in general. And thanks for the replies ladies.

Good question OP. I have a coworker who looks to be of an Asian background. She has really shiny MBL hair and I was wondering, "Does she even DC to get her hair that pretty?"

 

[naijamerican]

Maybe it's more a hair board thing than anything else? Many of the ladies on Long Hair Community DC their hair...and they are mostly non-melinated folks.

No we are not.

Check out the makeupalley hair board......

I totally agree with both of these posts. I firmly believe that it takes a certain kind of woman to even want to frequent a hair or makeup board, let alone be a posting member. I think women who are willing to spend the time to do such a thing are women who are already attuned to deep conditioning and learning the ins and outs of hair and skin care anyway.

 

[Almaz]

Well you Indian girlfriend probably has naturally straight hair and she uses Indian products like Ramthirth and Amla. Do DC won't be such a common thing

 

[Nice Lady]

It depends on the black woman because prior to LHCF or hair journey thing I did deep condition with Hair Mayonaise for 15 minutes every two weeks. My childhood hairdresser stressed deep conditioning and not using flat irons, thus, I guess retained APL hair to Full SL.

 

[Angelicus]

I learned how to deep condition from a caucasian lady. She taught me about the wonderful world of mayonnaise .

People with straight, fine hair usually don't deep condition anyway because their hair is already oily. They may put on conditioner first, then shampoo (I call that deep conditioning but they call it CWC).

Most Indians oil their hair every night and I consider that deep conditioning.

 

[hothair]

Nope. I mean just walk down the aisle of most pharmacies and you'll see ALL sorts of Deep conditioner treatments geared to caucasians. In school the first time I saw a prepoo/DC was with an Indian girl who used to prepoo overnight with EVOO and DC with Pantene for at least half and hour

 

[Thann]

I'd heard of DCing but never DCed my hair before LHCF. I got my hair styles weekly at a shop for about 3 year and it was never DC there either. I'm not sure that most people do it regardless of race.

 

[LushLox]

I DC'd before LHCF. I was even doing DC's with steam long before this forum, but I was never consistent, so I didn't really reap the benefits until I came on here and started doing it every week. It was the hair boards that really changed my views.

 

[JinaRicci]

I think it depends on the person and their hair type. I have Cauc. friends who have very fine hair so don't even want to use conditioner on their hair far less DC. They may only use it on their ends to prevent weighing their hair down. Or they may use a 2-in-1.

I also agree that the Indian/Asian traditons are different enough that they may not need DC. Most of my Indian friends do the pre-poo with oils overnight or for few hrs plus the nightly massages. Also, since a lot of them are using the herbals for washing that are not stripping their hair the same way like shampoos, their need for DC- from a traditional standpt may be a lot less.

Great post- something to think about.