So I don’t think I ever mentioned this on stories, but for the past few months I’ve been suffering with hair loss! It started back in March - I just found that my hair was shedding a crazy amount when I detangled it on wash days, so much so that my scalp would hurt by the end of my hair routine process, and I was literally loosing a palm full of hair each time. It was acc sooooo sad 😩😭 I’d beat myself up about being sad about it and keep saying ‘it’s just hair’ but also... it’s not? Ofc, there are way worse things that can happen, but, as women, we can’t deny that hair is such a huge part of our self confidence and conceptions of female beauty, and I think that’s especially true of women of colour. So many of us go through such journeys to accept and love our curls. It sounds silly, but my curls have really become a big part of my identity and accepting and loving my heritage, so I really really struggled with it! Over the past 2 months, I’ve started to notice it massively improving. My hair is defo a lot thinner than it was, which is a shame, but it’s not shedding as much. There were a couple of things I did to try to minimise shedding so I thought I’d list them here, just in case it’s helpful for anyone experiencing the same. 1.) Protective styles are your best friend. I’ve hardly worn it down since March. It’s been almost exclusively in a bun (look at my feed.. you can tell 💀🤣) there were a couple weeks where I was outchea doing up snoop dogg icl 💀😩 2.) I’m super lazy with using silk scrunchies and hair wraps, but I got a lot better when this started. I really got into tying a little silk scarf around my edges at night 3.) Castor and coconut oil. I had gotten super lazy with oil treatments, but I started doing them every couple of weeks to hopefully strengthen the hair and prevent shedding. 4.) One I’m super bad at but would always recommend - moisturise, moisturise, moisturise. There are lots of good curly hair product ranges available now. It’s what keeps the hair healthy and strong! Hope these tips help. I have no idea what caused it - maybe it was c*vid? Maybe the change in seasons? Maybe stress? Who knows. I just hope it’s only upwards from here!