ByAlia
Regular stretching of your natural hair can prevent all types of knots and tangles by keeping the strands elongated. When your curls are in their natural state, it can sometimes be very easy for the curls and coils to become locked together in breakage-causing knots.
Just like any other regular maintenance, regularly stretching your natural hair can help you keep a consistent eye on the health of your ends. When it’s shrunken it can sometimes be difficult to notice when your ends need trimming, but when it’s stretched, it can become very clear when your ends may need some dusting.
Finally, stretching your hair regularly could help the sebum on your scalp work it’s way down the shaft of your hair to your ends. Everyone’s scalp, no matter their texture, produces sebum. It is a thick natural oil that can keep your hair moisturized from the inside out, as well as protected. When your hair is in it’s naturally curly/coily state, gravity isn’t enough to carry the oil to your ends. Stretched natural hair has less bends and curls so the oil can travel downward more easily.
