Why Are Black Women Losing Their Hair?

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Summary: What a waste
Review: I bought this book from the man himself. Not only is he arrogant, but his book made proposterous suggestions (standing on ones head to grow hair) and not enough information about how to grow hair. Save your money and buy No Lye: The African American Woman's Guide To Natural Hair Care by Tulani Kinard instead.

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Summary: For those who are unhappy,, read beautiful black hair
Review: I consider this book to be one of the most honest, straightforward and comprehensive books about Black Hair. I found it to be extremely informative, especially the chapters dealing with the technical aspects of hair maintenance, as well as the chapters addressing the scientific aspects of hair. In addition, the chapters on the psychological, political, historical perspective on attitudes about black hair, helped to put a lot of issues that Black women have about hair into perspective, and to diffuse a lot of the stereotypes and misinformation Black women have been exposed to - especially by the mainstream beauty industry. I greatly appreciated Mr. Fletcher's honesty about having realistic expectations of hairdressers, and candid discussion about the training that cosmetologists receive.

This book may not live up to the expectations of those that are looking for "magic in a bottle." However, for those who are seeking candid discussion and verifiable information about Black hair, I would say this book is a must. Read it, recommend it, and most of all DO IT!

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Summary: bjacquiline
Review: I consider this book to be one of the most honest, straightforward and comprehensive books about Black Hair. I found it to be extremely informative, especially the chapters dealing with the technical aspects of hair maintenance, as well as the chapters addressing the scientific aspects of hair. In addition, the chapters on the psychological, political, historical perspective on attitudes about black hair, helped to put a lot of issues that Black women have about hair into perspective, and to diffuse a lot of the stereotypes and misinformation Black women have been exposed to - especially by the mainstream beauty industry. I greatly appreciated Mr. Fletcher's honesty about having realistic expectations of hairdressers, and candid discussion about the training that cosmetologists receive.

This book may not live up to the expectations of those that are looking for "magic in a bottle." However, for those who are seeking candid discussion and verifiable information about Black hair, I would say this book is a must. Read it, recommend it, and most of all DO IT!

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Summary: Not helpful
Review: I found that this book didn't get into too much details into the ways black women could prevent their hair falling out. The book focused more on case studies instead of answering the question of 'Why Black Women are Losing their Hair'. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone who wanted to find out ways to stop their hair from falling out or how to maintain their hair.

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Summary: Very Disappointed
Review: I found this book to be a waste of my money. I was extremely disappointed and returned the book. The format of the book was unorganized and did not provide me any useful information. Save your money.

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Summary: If you want to take better care of your hair, buy this book!
Review: I like this book. Mr. Fletcher covers many factors that contribute to hair breakage. Also, he reveals how to grow your hair. It lists vitamins and minerals that are essential for hair growth. Why are black women losing their hair is a good reference book to add to your library.

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Summary: If you want to take better care of your hair, buy this book!
Review: I like this book. Mr. Fletcher covers many factors that contribute to hair breakage. Also, he reveals how to grow your hair. It lists vitamins and minerals that are essential for hair growth. Why are black women losing their hair is a good reference book to add to your library.

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Summary: It's the best guide!
Review: I loved this book. It was informative and fact based. The things that are recommended work well. The products Barry recommends are reasonable and are formulated especially for black hair of all types, and help to nourish the scalp as well. I now know what to use and why it works. There's no more guess work.

I loved the commentaries, and the advice about going to a dermatologist instead of your stylist for certain scalp problems. That was some of the best advice that I've ever read or taken. Now, I don't have to worry about a stylist "experimenting" with something to see if it works. This has been a problem that I've had for years, but now it isn't a problem anymore.

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Summary: Dissapointed
Review: I thought that the book was unorganized. The articles were written by various people, some with no actual hair care knowledge. It was not as practical as I thought it would be. It seemed to be filled with a lot of information but a great majority did not seem applicable to someone just trying to maintain healthy hair. Most of the articles seemed irrelevant.

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Summary: Interesting approach just not really addressing the issue.
Review: I wanted this book to be full of scientific, hair care industry and even home remedies regarding "how not to lose your hair". Especially since most black women have super curly hair which is rather fragile which most can attest to because it's hard for a lot of us to grow it past our shoulders without getting that broken off look. Unfortunately, you only get part of this in the book.

Barry opted to have different people contribute to the book and so you get different points of view regarding hair in each chapter. For instance he lets a reverend write one chapter who goes off on a tangent about his particular religious beliefs and hair care. You know, the whole thing about cutting or not cutting your hair, etc. Anyway it seemed woefully out of place given the title of the book. Barry then has a major chapter devoted to the selling of his own hair care line. But neglects to give full ingredients list for these products. I felt quite annoyed at the number of pages taken up for his marketing campaign since that's not what I thought I was paying for when getting this book.

There are some rather informative chapters regarding possible hair loss due to disease such as cancer. He also has about 5 good pages devoted to hair care in shampooing tips and styling options to avoid hair breakage. I had hoped that more of the 180 or so pages would be devoted to these topics. There aren't many pics but there is a beautiful color section that discusses of all things, why some women will only let a man style their hair. What has that got to do with anyting?

There is way too much "other stuff" in this book. I gave it at least two stars because Barry does discusses the various ways women can lose their hair. It's just so disappointing that not much was forthcoming on how to stop losing our hair.