What is good hair?

The Hair Battles of America

Throughout the years there has been a lot of controversy about African and Caucasian hair. Many of people tie hair into race, which is usually the case for most situations. For instance if someone has kinky, dry hair they will probably make a judgment as to them being of African descent; where if someone with straight, bouncy hair would be a person who is of Caucasian descent. This is not always the case. African and Caucasian hair can be similar uywhen it comes to hair damage, hair growth and the use of hair products, they have the ability to be very different. Hair damage takes a huge role in African and Caucasian hair. Most African hair gets damaged easier than Caucasian hair. Why is this? This is because Africans have an oval cross-section with more surface area which means more areas can be damaged and less safe hair on the inside. Caucasians with straight hair have a round cross-section with little surface area which makes the hair on the inside safer. African hair is naturally dry. This is why their hair tends to have more breakage than Caucasians. Caucasians hair is naturally moist which helps protect their hair from a lot of damage. Now hair growth! Hair growth is also a big factor in both African and Caucasian hair. Caucasians hair grows faster than Africans in most situations because it has healthier hair to outgrow with because of their little hair surface. If Africans had less surface area then they would have a quicker hair growth. Africans have a lot of hair challenges such as alopecia which causes hair loss. Alopecia is a type of hair loss that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles. Hair follicles are where the hair growth starts. Being so Africans have more surface area which damages the hair inside alopecia makes the damage worst for the hair inside and stops the hair from growing creating absent hair. Now alopecia can carry in Caucasians also but is mostly infected in