Last night vlogger/blogger Janelle Stewart tackled that very question and I thought it was sort of interesting because there are many of us who like to wear a fro daily.
The general rule of life is anything that is done too much will eventually suffer a little bit, does this mean you cant wear your fro? Absolutely not! It just simply means you have to take preventative measures to maintain and protect your hair.
We have added Janelle’s video to the bottom of this post where she gives her own tips on how to manage wearing a fro daily and we have a few to add and reiterate as well.
1. A moisturized fro is the only way to go
If your fro looks great but is always dry, your strands will break for sure. To maintain that style weekly you must deep condition weekly using both moisturizing products and protein based products
2. Avoid the sun
If you are in the sun daily then a daily fro is not the best idea. Sun damage is no joke, your hair will dry out and you could possibly get heat damage.
3. Do not pick out your hair every day
We are with Janelle on this one, constantly picking your hair especially if it is already picked out, is not ideal for fragile strands. Lift the roots on the first day but be very careful there after.
4. Detangle
A fro will be very prone to tangles because our strands are naturally attracted to each other and will want to wrap around each other
If you notice that you are losing a ton of hair when you detangle then you might want to reconsider your styling practice.
Our ultimate suggestion would be to mix it up, you can technically wear a fro daily but to preserve your strands it doesn’t hurt to protect your strands every now and again.
Check out Janelle’s video suggestions below:
As much as I’d LOVE to it would be counterproductive to my goals. I learned this in the very beginning of my journey 🙁
Whatever makes you happy!
I think so…but then again its about upkeep. I have waaay too much (4c)hair and an everyday afro shrinks&frizzes and detangling everyday is a big no
Thank you! same thing over here
Id love for my daughter to be able to wear her fro out! BUT with such high shrinkage level n the detangling drama + adding lots of products. It’s a no no
I dont mind thats who I am.
I dont mind thats who I am my hair so you look natural
Sometimes I feel we over think this stuff… men wear afro’s everyday and don’t have to do all of thinking over it… I don’t know…
Thank you this is ridiculous!
I do it the day before wash day. It’s too much to detangle on long hair to wear it daily for me.
Wash n goes every day and I’m seeing tons of growth #curlygirlmethod
Ok this is going TOO FAR ! RIDICULOUS! Black men wear their hair in afro EVERYDAY and their hair is fine . You don’t see them complaining. My two brothers wear a afro everyday and their hair grows. They get their hair cut though but it would be long if they didn’t. My mom also wears her hair in a curly afro 24/7 and her hair is gorgeous and growing . I constantly protective style with big twists.
No
Yes the sun with damage the hair ends
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As long as you moisturize it every night before bed it should be fine!
Question: How do you protect your hair at night and still keep the natural afro curls the next day? Does anyone wet their hair daily? I’m trying to keep from wetting my hair consistently just to get my curls back from the night before.
Lol this page is getting outlandish
I don’t think it would hurt the hair to wear it everyday, but just like anyrhing else you, just have to take care of it.
I’m 64 and wearing an Afro before most of y’all were born .. just moisture at nite .. brush well and it just fine
Yes..An afro that length.! The hair will become extremely dry & mat/knot up
Back in the 70’s I worn a big Afro every day. It took a lot of maintenance, but it never became dry or knitted up. That would only happen if you didn’t maintain it like you do any other style????????♀️
I love my Afro I coconut oil it every night ,spray it with water then brush very good ,then put in two bush balls ,wrap it for the night never need to blow dry it .. works great for me ????
Wear it how u want…..and as often as you want…..your hair…..your choice…..????
For me it is. It’s hard on my crown having to pick it out so I don’t wear an Afro often. But the tips in the article are great.
Don’t use a comb, use your fingers. Less stress on the hair.
My hair knots to much
Markisha Walmack have you tried keeping it stretched? And overly mosterizing the ends? That worked wonders for my 4C hair.
I’m speaking from my personal experinece and I would say yes. My hair tangle up too bad. i can’t even wear puffs for a long period of time.
Is it bad to wear your natural hair in its natural state????
If you take care of your hair
First of all the lady pictured hair is life, I would say if it’s properly maintained do you. (Meaning moisturized etc) not doing so will cause breaking from it being dry.
No I wore a natural for seven years, back I T he 70s & 80s, I’d plat it up I four plats every night & use an afro pick, not comb,everyone said I looked like Angela Davis w/the big pretty Fro, ALWAYS IN ORDER…
been wearing dreads for ten years now
Loma’Laney Williams exactly u prepared your hair at night moistures and all yes ma’am that’s the key
Therefore no damage
No just as long as you know how to take care of it
Wearing your hair loose in the bed is the problem ????????????♀️ not the Afro
My hair and how i wear it isn’t your concern because at the end of the day you don’t pay to maintain it.
Love it
Yes bad for my hair…it will completely dry out..4cz…maybe 2 or 3 days ..not everyday no way..dryout, severe matting, break off all in that order..
Starks-Edwards Laconda this is more what I was thinking….i could possibly be bald trying to wear my fro out everyday.
Norica Oya i had plugs in the crown of mine..it was matted up so bad. I would have to cut small patches of hair out the crown. Ruin my big puff..and the dryness omg..
The amount of people who misread this post???????? ..the post said if it’s bad to wear an afro everyday.. meaning; if that particular style is damaging to the hair if worn all the time.
Ashley I’m telling you, reading and understanding what you read is so important.. I mean did they just read the title and not the whole article? Although the title is self explanatory. Some people are just so up in arms they are ready to defend things that don’t even need defending
I think most just read the title. I can see why they may think that but you’d think they would read to see what they meant before ASSUMING because ..common sense but hey. I don’t have time to get pissed at everything I see on the internet ????
Why would it be wrong to wear an afro everyday ? It’s no different then wearing any hair style everyday. All hair styles have to be taken care of.
And whatever hair style people wear that’s there decision.
It’s the natural state of most of our hair???????? how is that bad! Who writes these?!?
From my experience, yes… there are so many single strand knots in my hair when I do that.
I believe they’re talking about the health of your hair in a fro.
Hell no
No. We wore our hair like that in the 70’s. No problem.
Suzan Smith ,who writes this stuff? Why would it be a problem now, all of a sudden, and like u said: We were sporting them back in the 70’s, NO PROBLEM!????????????✌????❤????????
I wore a big Afro in the 60”s every day. Never was it kinky, knotted up or nappy. I kept it moisturized, braided and rolled it every night so when I picked it out the next morning it was neat with no raggedy stray hairs. A lot of work, but so nice!
Wearing my hair in its natural state every day with a bun, always get me stares from my own community, so… Wear it as you please!
It’s ur choice to mk
Starks-Edwards Laconda ….it’s about taking measures to protect your natural hair whether this be wearing afro or any other style…but the point I’m making is there’s way to much emphasis on black women wearing they’re hair a certain way (presently it’s all bout “Natural) and almost shaming those that chose not to wear they’re hair “Natural” for whatever reason and I personally think that’s unfair & jus plain wrong…Nobody’s business except the lady’s and she shouldn’t be made to feel a way bout her own personal choice….????☺
In my opinion, if its your favorite way to wear your hair and doesnt effect the health of your hair (breakage from too much manipulation), i say go for it!