{"id":21,"date":"2013-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/?p=21"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:03:29","slug":"what-causes-over-processed-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/what-causes-over-processed-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"What Causes Over Processed Hair?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a title=\"what causes over processed hair?\" href=\"http:\/\/wearpictureperfecthair.info\/hair-tips\/what-causes-over-processed-hair\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3100 alignright\" alt=\"Over processed hair\" src=\"\/maiyshajohnson\/files\/2013\/01\/Over-processed-hair.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\"\/><\/a>If you\u2019re searching around trying to find out what causes over processed hair, you\u2019ve come to the right place!<\/h2>\n<p>Trying to keep your hair looking fabulous can come at a high price and some women over-process their hair for the look of perfection.<\/p>\n<p>Having over processed hair can be very uneasy\u2026 hair tends to be dry, brittle and just plain break off.<\/p>\n<h2>So What Causes Over Processed Hair?<\/h2>\n<h3>DIY (do it yourself)<\/h3>\n<p>One the of the most popular contributing factors to over processed hair is <strong>do it yourself<\/strong> at-home\u00a0 relaxers, perms and hair colors.<\/p>\n<p>See, nowadays more and more women are doing their own hair because of the economy\u2026 they think they can\u2019t get great hair care because of inflation (an increase of prices). The one thing they don\u2019t realize is that doing their hair themselves does more harm than good.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3084 alignright\" alt=\"Dry Hair 1\" src=\"\/maiyshajohnson\/files\/2012\/12\/Dry-Hair-1.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When you relax, perm or color your hair at home, you greatly risk the possibility of over processing due to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Processing the hair too long<\/li>\n<li>Applying chemical process incorrectly such as overlapping the chemical onto already processed hair<\/li>\n<li>Applying chemical on already damaged hair<\/li>\n<li>Frequent application of chemicals<\/li>\n<li>Not having a regime or plan for after the processing<\/li>\n<li>Not reading or following the instructions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Double Processing<\/h3>\n<p>Another culprit of over processed hair is double-processing.\u00a0 This is when you not only have a relaxer, which breaks the hair bonds and leaves the hair more prone to damage, but to also color the hair with chemical hair coloring and even worse, lifting (lightening) the hair color by use of peroxide and ammonia-based colors.<\/p>\n<p>This is primarily the reason that at Picture Perfect Hair by Maiysha, NO chemical services are offered \u2013 not even coloring\u2026 the hair color I use is natural, vegetable-based with no harsh chemicals!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Now that you know <a title=\"what causes over processed hair?\" href=\"http:\/\/wearpictureperfecthair.info\/hair-tips\/what-causes-over-processed-hair\" target=\"_blank\">what causes over processed hair<\/a> you can make better choices and decisions when doing your hair as well as choosing a stylist; and having a stylist that actually cares about you and your hair is the key to the health of your hair!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Peace!<\/p>\n<p>Maiysha Johnson<br \/>\n301-806-9528<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wearpictureperfecthair.info\" target=\"_blank\">www.WearPicturePerfectHair.info<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/WearPicturePerfectHair.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.WearPicturePerfectHair.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>P.S. Need a Maryland-based Hair Stylist?<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re ever in the Maryland\/DC\/VA area and you\u2019re in need of a Multicultural, natural Hair Stylist in Maryland, then I\u2019m your girl so come see me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wearpictureperfecthair.info\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 3px solid black\" alt=\"Click here for hair services in Maryland\" src=\"\/maiyshajohnson\/files\/2012\/11\/pph-blog-post-call-to-action1-1024x657.jpg\" width=\"585\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>P.P.S:<\/strong> <strong>Are you PASSIONATE about hair?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do you love everything hair \u2013 styling, doing hair, caring for hair, chronicling your <em>own<\/em> hair journey? Discover how you can <strong>turn your passion for hair into profits<\/strong> simply by blogging about it just as I\u2019m doing here! Full details available here: <a href=\"\/maiyshajohnson\/how-you-can-turn-your-passion-into-profits\/?id=maiyshajohnson\" target=\"_blank\">Turn Your Passion Into Profits!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re searching around trying to find out what causes over processed hair, you\u2019ve come to the right place! Trying to keep your hair looking fabulous can come at a high price and some women over-process their hair for the look of perfection. Having over processed hair can be very uneasy\u2026 hair tends to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":902,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty","category-picture-perfect-hair-by-maiysha-johnson","tag-what-causes-overprocessed-hair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/902"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maiyshajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}