Newborn Black Baby Hair Care. Then you can comb it with a wide tooth comb the teeth in baby combs are too small and tend to snag in curly textured hair and can be painful to the baby or brush with a fine bristled baby brush. Since African-American hair tends to be kinky it can tangle easily.
Black baby hair does not maintain moisture as easily as other babies. A rule of thumb is that you only need to wash your babys hair once every week. Again avoid rubbing their hair to dry it because it will just frizz the hair.
You need not wash your babys hair every day.
Use soft wide-toothed combs and hairbrushes to work on tangles from the bottom up. As they get older depending on how easily their hair gets product build-up you may want to introduce co-washing half-way through the week. Since Black newborns hair is fine it is especially vulnerable to damage and breakage if handled too vigorously or too frequently. Instead wash your babys hair only once a week using a mild baby shampoo.