The Problem with Bleach

This week on the Tyra Banks show, Nelly Furtado, a natural brunette, told Tyra that bleaching her hair destroyed it. ATTENTION LADIES:

Bleaching your hair will damage it.

Bleaching your hair will damage it.

Bleaching your hair will damage it.

You still don’t believe me? Here’s the deal…

Brunettes love to lighten their hair, whether it’s highlights, or a full head of hair color. However, in order to lighten your dark tresses, you have to use some kind of bleach or “lightener.”

The bleach contains ammonia and peroxide, which remove or diffuse the melanin from your hair. In order to remove the melanin, layers of the hair strands are stripped in order to achieve your desired the color. The lighter you want your hair, the longer you have to keep the bleach on it, and the more layers are stripped.

So, if you want your hair to go from black to blonde, which many women want, the bleach will strip a considerable amount of your hair strand, leaving it weak and brittle, which will eventually cause it to break. Your hair cannot survive being stripped of so many layers. It’s a fact.

Stacy Davis, sgrahamhunt@gmail.com

Photo Credits: Tyrashow.warnerbros.com, Salon Fundamentals Textbook