Stop Breakage

Well, I'm going through something similar, and my hair is experiencing a bit more breakage than it was before I did the treatment. My hair feels stronger, but it seems to snap more easily when I try to style it. So I don't know if I can tell you how to prevent it, but I can tell you what I'm doing now to stop it. It's only been a week so I won't know for a while if my remedy is working, but it makes sense to me that if my hair has too much protein then I should get as much moisture into it as possible.

Anyway, I have been DCing my hair every few days, and keeping my hair in a bun in order to keep from manipulating it. During the week I just use a regular store bought DC w/nothing added, and then on the weekend I DC with two different conditioners, coconut milk, olive oil, coconut oil and honey (with heat). I tried to use a regular moisturizer on a daily basis but that didn't work for me, but maybe you can try that as well. Hope that helps, and makes sense too

Try deep conditioning afterwards with Giovanni Deeper Moisture Conditioner followed by Herbal Essence Hello Hydration. I leave the Giovanni on (with a bag) for anywhere from 30 min to an hour. Then, I rinse it out and put on Hello Hydration for about 5 min so it penetrates enough for me to detangle. I started using the 2 minute reconstructor recently, and I'm also trying to find the right balance. You should be able to find both of these easily at Walmart or Target. HTH!

I agree with everything sheabutterlover said. I don't baggy personally, but many women do and they say it works great. And as far as conditioners I've been using Aussie Moist 3 minute miracle.

Also maybe you should check out the ingredients of the Aphogee leave in (if you haven't already) b/c it might have protein in it and that would kind of defeat the purpose.