Why I'm Using Silicones Inwards My Pilus Now

For YEARS I was next the Curly Girl Method quite intensely, avoiding sulfates, silicones together with to a greater extent than at all costs. I was thus scared of silicones because of everything I heard close them non existence expert for hair. BUT recently, I learned that correct right away MY HAIR NEEDS SILICONES because of damage. I likewise learned, non all silicones are genuinely bad! I started using them over again inwards my routine, together with I'm seeing a positive difference. In this post, I volition explicate why I am using them again, fifty-fifty quoting actual professionals, every bit good every bit linking my sources. Read on for more.

This is a longer weblog alongside to a greater extent than text together with less pictures, I apologize for that but at that spot is quite a flake of information I desire to share.

Quick Backstory
In 2019 my pilus got thus badly damaged using a construct of products that were marketed security for curly hair. They pretty much destroyed my hair, together with thousands of other pitiful curlies every bit well. For my video on that, click here. I'm all the same recovering from this harm that has continued, despite non touching these horribly toxic products since September 2019.

late June to early on Sept 2019. No cut. Just damage. Ugh.

Frantic, depressed together with completely unhappy alongside my pilus situation, I joined a Facebook group alongside lots of other members who are suffering similar I am alongside pilus damage. This grouping is run yesteryear Stephanie Mero, "The Curl Ninja" who is a professional person hairstylist together with "DevaCurl Victim Advocate." She gave me permission to repost only about of the things she has said inwards her grouping onto my weblog close why I'm using silicones again, since she tin explicate it way improve than I am since SHE is the professional person over here.


Per Stephanie:
"Damaged pilus has to follow the contrary rules of salubrious pilus that is prone to dryness. Curl products travail to suck inwards wet but damaged pilus needs to LOCK IN moisture. That agency you lot receive got to FLIP the rules. Ingredients that receive got a bad reputation for blocking H2O (because people don't launder them off) are genuinely the exact ingredients you lot demand to lock inwards wet when your cuticle fails to practise its job."

"Damaged Hair can't piece of work the Curly Girl Method together with endure maintained. The pilus tin non retain wet together with is severely poly peptide deficient. Therefore, it volition endure that way until it is cutting off together with all you lot tin practise is maintain it alongside products that volition maintain it every bit rigid every bit possible together with aid maintain wet inside. Following the Curly Girl Method may maintain pilus salubrious if it is already healthy, but it can't repair damaged hair. Damage is permanent together with needs to endure treated differently."

"The work alongside curly pilus products on damaged pilus is that they are designed alongside the supposition that all curly pilus has a naturally tight cuticle. They opened upward the cuticle to acquire wet in, but often don't aid seal it in. Damaged pilus has a permanently opened upward cuticle. Using gyre products, specially those heavy inwards glycerin, tin construct matters worse. Instead await for products for damaged hair, for example- those for color treated hair."

"If you lot receive got DAMAGED HAIR together with you lot desire to CONCEAL the dryness caused yesteryear your damage, together with then you lot demand to await for styling products containing ingredients that volition practise a SEAL such every bit those containing SILICONE, "POLYQUATS", together with HYDROLYZED OILS."


The next information is from person inwards that same Facebook grouping named Cyd:
I idea this information was likewise insightful.
"Silicones practise a barrier over the hair. The argue people are scared of them is because at that spot are silicones that are non H2O soluble, pregnant you'd demand to piece of work a stronger shampoo to intermission them downwardly together with acquire them out of your hair. The fright of silicones is based on the wheel of barrier -> doesn't launder out alongside CGM approved shampoos -> accumulates inwards the pilus together with locks wet out. 

In this case, if your pilus is damaged to the betoken where it is non retaining moisture, you lot genuinely demand to contain silicones into your routine exactly because they practise that barrier.
Most depression soap shampoos genuinely acquire receive got detergents needed to intermission downwardly most silicones, you lot only demand to crosscheck ingredients. Sources: here together with here."

Another Curly Professional on Silicones:
I'm a believer inwards getting information together with opinions from multiple sources, specially when "silicone free" is hyped upward thus much inwards pilus tending now. I reached out to Jason Hallman, the Creator Director of Education at Ouidad. Ouidad is an incredible line of products for curls, but non all of their products are silicone free. Jason is likewise a super talented pilus stylist at Ouidad's Flagship NYC Salon. Part of that rare grouping who hears the discussion "trim" together with listens if you lot demand a curly cutting together with don't desire to lose length. I went to him at the salon years ago, together with he was fantastic together with I'm saving upward to acquire encounter him over again hopefully soon. Anyway, this is what he said when I asked his see on silicones inwards curly pilus products inwards all of his years inwards the pilus industry:

"The information that I’ve gathered is that dorsum inwards the solar daytime at that spot was entirely ane degree of silicone. Silicone inwards the yesteryear totally suffocated the cuticle, non allowing wet inwards together with out of the pilus shaft. Through the years together with advancements inwards technologies at that spot is right away departure degree of silicone. Now they tin to a greater extent than breathable together with light, allowing a to a greater extent than beneficial consequence . Also inwards products where on the label the silicone lies is important. If it’s inwards the starting fourth dimension of the label the firstly several ingredients, that agency it’s heavily made upward of silicone. If it’s at the halt of the constituent listing together with then it’s a describe amount which is less harmful."

By the way, out of professional person courtesy together with respect, I didn't hash out the construct that wound my pilus together with harm it did to me alongside Jason.


One More Curly Professional On Silicones:
I likewise came across a video yesteryear only about other professional person stylist, Manes yesteryear Mell. In the video, she talks close why non all curls demand to endure afraid of silicones, together with fifty-fifty gets scientific close it! Check it out HERE.



I've been talking to thus many people close my recent pilus drama together with damage. Even though I stopped using the bad products products inwards September 2019, when Stephanie made videos close the pilus harm together with I connected that's what was messing my pilus up, the harm was already done together with parts of my pilus belike won't recover. While I'm non close to acquire large chop (I HATE brusk pilus on me), I am going to practise everything I tin to protect the damaged parts of my pilus piece they are all the same attached to my head. I accepted the fact I belike won't endure contributing to my length goals much this year, thus my destination is to trim back ofttimes every bit my pilus is growing to acquire rid of harm without hopefully needing to practise anything dramatic or drastic. Olaplex together with Aphogee receive got been really helpful for me lately.


Quite a few people (myself included) believe those products did specially bad harm when rut was involved (Summer sun, hot piece of work outs, etc) together with though I receive got non used the products for months, it was late advised to me to non add together whatsoever rut or steam to my deep conditioning treatments for right away (except for difficult poly peptide treatments that practise require rut to genuinely work). I was adding rut or steam AT LEAST in ane lawsuit a calendar week to all of my deep conditioners thinking I was doing my pilus a favor. No wonder it hasn't been getting better. It was likewise suggested I clarify a picayune to a greater extent than often (I am aiming for weekly right away instead of twice a month.) Of course of teaching alongside clarifying, I volition construct certain I locomote along to properly moisturize my hair. Also, depository fiscal establishment check out Stephanie's detailed video close her even out together with province of affairs alongside the harm together with that construct HERE.


To Clarify...
Just to clarify, I am NOT inwards whatsoever way, shape or shape maxim The Curly Girl Method is bad. If it industrial plant for you, that is awesome! I right away learned that damaged pilus together with non damaged curls are ii dissimilar things together with must endure treated accordingly. Once I'm rid of all of this obnoxious damage, I may practise the Curly Girl Method again, although amid my interrogation together with learning I recall I genuinely allow acquire on the "silicone fear," seeing together with agreement the benefits for pilus protection. My pilus genetically is thus highly porous together with fragile, perhaps me going silicone gratis did acquire out it to a greater extent than easily opened upward to getting damaged. Only fourth dimension volition tell.


Also, though I am adding dorsum only about silicones, only about of the products I am using together with desire to review volition all the same endure silicone free. I'll construct notes inwards hereafter posts what products are silicone gratis together with not, for those who all the same chose non to contain them inwards their pilus regimen.

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