‘You Damaging Her Hair’: Alexis Skyy Gets Called on the Carpet for Using Rubber Bands In Daughter’s Hair

It looks like Alexis Skyy is getting scolded by social media’s hair police.

The “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta” star posted a video of her doing her daughter Alaiya Grace’s hair. She placed droplets of oil in the child’s coils and sectioned it off with rubber bands. She added in her caption, “Ladies I’ve been using @amazinghaircareco Hair Boom drops on my hair and my daughter’s hair 😍 These drops grow your hair fast!”

Alexis Skyy
Alexis Skyy (back) and her daughter Alaiya Grace @alexis_skyy/Instagram

Since Skyy’s 2-year-old daughter has short hair, fans noticed the mother of one was struggling with placing rubber bands around each section of hair. A few fans kindly expressed concerns about hair damage, while others slammed her.

“You damaging her hair with them rubberbands!!! You trying to make that baby bald 🤦🏽‍♀️don’t use them smh”

“Girl lai lai don’t have enough hair for this rough rubber-bands just wet her hair make it curly to embrace her curl pattern and put a little baby headband to push it back and lay her edges”

“Please stop using rubber bands in her hair they’ll damage her hair girl you should know this by now 🙄”

“Try not to use rubber bands! I know we want to style our kids hair but the rubber bands actually cause breakage even if the scalp is oiled. Do like Beyoncé did to blue ivy just let it be free”

Mami let her hair be lil fro those oils work I let my baby fro up just the top no bands on sides or on the back they rub off 🦄”

Skyy’s hair post comes a few days after she revealed she’d be taking a break from wearing wigs and instead sporting her natural hair.

The 25 year old shared a photo that showed her wearing her authentic hair in a pixie cut. She wrote in her caption, “Taking a big break from glue… I’ll only be wearing glueless if I want to go long 😍 natural hair for the summer 😍”

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Alexis Skyy @alexisskyy_/Instagram

Fans instantly flooded the star with compliments.

“Please keep the natural look 👀. U look 👀 so GORGEOUS ❤️❤️ that hairstyle works every time on me 🤦🏾‍♂️ looking good”

“I always loved you with short hair. It truly brings out your beautiful complexion and radiant skin tone. 🥰💯”

Others urged her to continue wearing wigs.

“Please Put Back On Your Wig Or Lace Or Whatever U Got To Do Cause This Ain’t It 😫”

“This is not it. She look like a man without makeup n weave 😂”

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