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This is Anika Lee Thompson, coming to you live from Ryan Foster and ALT Hair Care. Today's topic is how to get a healthy scalp for African Americans. Okay, so the main thing that you want to avoid is harsh chemicals; they are the absolute worst for your scalp. You can develop any type of dermatitis from seborrhea to alopecia to alopecia areata, you just never know what a chemical is actually going to produce and how it's going to manifest in your body. The next rule of having a healthy scalp is to make sure that you're properly cleansing it. I know there's this thing about don't shampoo or wash; wash your hair. It's very important to wash your hair. You need to cleanse your hair of any type of the outside atmosphere, anything that, you know, you could be using like your styling products. It tend to clog your pores, they leave little pustules in your hair; a lot of times you're digging and you're scratching and your fingernails will actually tear your scalp and prevent hair from actually growing in that section. But moisturizing, moisturizing is the absolute most important parts to maintaining a healthy scalp. And you want to use something that's very very light and the most natural thing for you to use. So, when you're conditioning your hair from moisture, mix equal parts of honey and olive oil before you actually shampoo. And apply it to your entire scalp. If you need something to stretch that, you can add conditioner to it. Once again, it's equal part of the conditioner. And put that in your scalp and massage it in; massaging your scalp actually brings circulation and makes the hair grow much faster. It's probably the full proof way of making sure your hair has its maximum growth potential. And then you want to make sure after you shampoo it with a sodium lauryl suflate-free shampoo that you actually rinse, rinse, rinse. The reason why a lot of people scalp tightens up and gets dry and tends to be very hard for hair to grow in is because they're not properly cleansing and conditioning their hair before any service that they provide to themselves. And then you want to make sure you're using a moisturizer. A moisturizer as light as jojoba is most like a sebum of your body. Once again, this is Anika Lee Thompson, coming to you live from Ryan Foster and ALT Hair Care with today's topic, "How to get a healthy scalp for African Americans."