In 2010, pictures of supermodel Naomi Campbell’s heavily receded hairline emerged online. The general reaction was shock, as people wondered how such a beautiful woman could allow excessive weaving to have such an ugly effect on her hair and scalp.
Well, it’s two years later and it seems not much has changed. Recent pictures of the model enjoying time on the beach show her hairline still heavily receded. Every hair style choice has its cost. Natural hair requires a good moisture and detangling regimen, relaxed hair requires regular touch ups, and weaves tend to take a toll on edges and, in some cases, scalp health. Perhaps Naomi Campbell knows the risk of her decision and is simply willing to pay the cost. Ladies, what are your thoughts? Click for one more photo below.
Most times this problem is permanent. If she saw the problem two years ago and did nothing even till now, then could we not assume that such conditions are permanant (which it is). She’s rich and she has two options: leave it as is or get hair implants.
Yeh… this has been going on 2 years now. So these are recent pics – this week!!
What people dont know is – and the papers have got it wrong! its not the weaving that has done this – its the LACE WIG GLUE!!! yes!
she wants a natural look so the lace wig offers that and also the front is nice and flat!
I would never have know that the glue could do so much damage – but it has and can! This is used every day as a model that have to look good all the time!
The only way out now is if she took off the wig/extensions and went natural… but i dont think she will – she will hate that look – its just not her!
Well, I only read a few responses but enough to make this comment. Ladies, usually, no one wants their hairline and edges to get to that point. I’m sure that it is very painful for her to see those pictures of herself too. Let’s have a little compassion. I would be devastated. I’m guessing she is. I hope that she can regain her hair and scalp health.
Many of y’all have already said what I was already thinking. I don’t if any else mention how good she looks in that bikini. I don’t know exactly know how old she is, but she still looks in great.
Bonjour,
Quel dommage pour Naomi.
Je suis sous chimiothérapie depuis un an et j’ai les cheveux qui se cassent et qui sautent par endroit. Quel traitement utiliser pour réduire la chute de mes cheveux ?
Merci pour vos réponses.
This is a rough translation.
Hello,
It’s sad what happened to Naomi.
I went through chemotherapy in the past year, and my hair breaks and snaps in places. What treatment do you use to reduce hair breakage?
Hortense, si j’ai fait une erreur, corrigez-moi, s’il vous plaît!
Oops and,
Thanks for your replies.
Doctors usually recommend that the patient take nioxin hair pills to help grow back hair. This can be found at salons, health stores,or online.
Naomi is pretty enough to rock short hair. Can’t you just see her pulling off a cute pixie cut like Halle Berry. Naomi should give herself a break and get her scalp back to normal. We already know she is a queen.
Naomi has the perfect bone structure to rock the baldness. Me personally, I do everything I can to protect my hair but if I were in shoes and had to practically live in front of the camera, I would big chop, seek a dermatologist, take the best care of my big chop and sport some fly wigs. But that’s just me.
I have aloepicia due to an autoimmune disorder and too tight weaves and braids. There is no cure for this– either your hair can grow back or it doesn’t. No one knows what the case is with Naomi, but the fact that she’s been photographed on more than one occasion with her bald spots exposed, proves that she’s not exactly trying to hide her problem. I’ve been in treatment for years only to be told that my hair may neve grow back– it is gradually,and I’m proud to finally have healthy hair, but for some people, re-growth will never happen. The Trichologist can tell if the bulb or shaft of the hair It’s sad how ignorant and uninformed some of us are about hair care. It’s also sad how some of us ridicule each other as if we are perfect when we are not. Naomi has done a lot of bad things to people, so her bald hairline makes her a target for some people. Anyone who lives with this kind of hair loss whether it’s due to illness and/ or negligence knows how bad it looks and the ridicule from people that goes with it. Some of these comments don’t seem to be very “helpful”, but more like ways for some people to be “Mean Girls”. Well, I hope it makes you feel better about yourselves. I’m sure those of you ridiculing her have perfect hair and lives. **SMH**
Unbelievable – Even in a blog intended to unify and educate black women about their hair, there’s still the “crabs in the bucket” mentality. IF this picture should have been highlighted on this page or not, we should have been enlightened on the VARIOUS causes of edge damage. Unfortunately, I know quite a few women who’ve NEVER worn a protective style and their edges are similiar to NC’s. YET have we taken into consideration that Tyra Banks, Beyonce and other BLACK women in the biz have been known to shave their edges so the lace wig could lay flatter and look more believable? Obviously NC nor her Billion dollar boyfriend cares about her edges. I pray she’s HEALTHY and the buzzed hairline is a choice and not due to negligence.
Recently, I had my hair braided in a cornrolls mohawk style and to my dismay my stylist braided my hair extremely tight around the edges which made my head hurt and caused my hair to come out around the edges. When I removed the extra hair that I had braided into the style that’s when I noticed how much hair was missing around edges and that’s when I decided that I would no longer have my hair braided. I am not willing to sacrifice my edges for the sake of style and fashion. Naomi is a beautiful lady with lots of money therefore she can afford a remedy to the hairline dilemma.
I dont understand how with all the resources and money she has at her fingertips why she wouldnt opt for full length lace front wig…like beyonce…her wigs are TIGHT! and not tight on her scalp, just in how well she maintains them! NC must either be resigned and given up or she thinks she is so fabulous that a little thing like a receding hairlines is no biggie! My edges tingle and itch just LOOKING at her! How can she look a that every morning and not eventually come to the conclusion that “enough is enough already!”. Im also just a little pissed bc shes already missing so much hair and she has the nerve to have a long wet weave pulling at her already stressed scalp! How dumb can she be? I know its her career has made mnay blk women feel that silky hair is most desirable and looks best…yet here she is after 20+yrs in the industry and she doesnt think shes sacrificed enough? or maybe the hair means THAT much to HER?How sad!
Wow!!!! Reminds me of some of the women here in Barbados who aren’t supermodels but would sacrifice their scalp health for temporary beauty. Other than that all I can say is ‘Wow!!!!!’ :(
that’s what my hair line look like in the front and the middle it Won’t grow back just gotta wear wigs to cover it up
That doesn’t look like her at all! I don’t believe it. Looks like some random skinny woman with eastern/northern African features and no hair.
Her hairline looks more like a hormonal problem. I’ve even seen naturals with receding hairlines like this through no fault of their own. Ripping her apart doesn’t really help anyone, especially those who suffer with alopecia and the misguided scorn they have to deal with over it. That hair is her job and I’m sure the stylist who put it there is a high paid professional who knows what s/he’s doing. We should all be so lucky to travel the runways of the world making thousands of dollars a day.
Well if that’s what a “high paid professional” does 2 someones hair..id rather have keke at my local salon do my hair. Highly paid doesn’t automatically mean most knowledgable or that he has his clients best interest at heart.If keke at the around the way salon watched my hair erode and continued 2 sew in weaves,I would wop my own as- for allowing her 2 do it! High paid doesn’t always equal qualified. Some pros will do anything u ask them to do as long as u pay them well…ask michael jacksons doctor! Hello! Traveling the world may have been great but does she wish shed made better choices protecting her hair..money&fame diesnt trump everything! She’s still just a girl who like any of us wants 2 look in the mirror and like what she sees…
It’s really not that complex. If you repeatedly glue, tightly-braid, or sew heavy stuff on your scalp, it will cause alopecia. Occupational hazard. It’s like people who work hunched over a computer all day, and in 20 years have horrible posture.
She is still gorgeous, seems otherwise healthy, and rich.
She has more money then all of us put together! How in the hell did she let her hair get to this point!!
Naomi , you rock, You entered the modelling days when no one knew much about black hair. Your hair was treated harshly during that time, embrace your boldness now and come out make a role model for black women, to be comfortable in your own skin. ( hair). I started a no weave day on face book, no one even responded, goes to show.
it’s apparent that she doesn’t care about her real hair. she’s had more than enough time to take note of the damage done to her hairline and scalp and if she’s continued opting for her preferred hair styles, then she’s accepting of the outcome. it’s scary, but she must have a strong partiality for weave over that which grows from her scalp, so shrugs. i’m not judging, because part of me wishes i had enough money to be able to choose to wear someone else’s hair over my own (not that i would, but that she even has a choice in the matter speaks volumes in itself). there are many days that go by that i only wish that i could wear weave into infinity, though curiously, i’ve never worn a weave before. But even if i could, i have enough love for my real hair that i would never allow it to look like hers. i can understand, though, why she might not care for her own hair under the weave. she must feel like “hey, it has to stay looking ‘glam’ and ‘fab’ and ‘clearly of some ethnicity other than black’ so eff it. why not just stay under the weaves all the time?”
i can see how that apathy can definitely set in in the industry she’s in. sad but, that’s the european standard for you.