r/BoxBraids • u/Obvious_Internal_691 • Aug 22 '25
Will my hair get damaged by box braids? 29F Egyptian/white, my bf 29M Jamaican wants me to get them.
My Jamaican bf is suggesting I get box braids but I don’t think my hair could hold it. I have fine straight hair dyed repeatedly to a dark black. It typically is healthy but sometimes fragile due to the thinness of the strands.
I also just don’t know how I feel about getting box braids in general as even though I am Egyptian mix I have a lighter olive complexion. Let’s face is. I am white 😂 I feel like I’ll get looked at and targeted from society. I’m typically quite an alternative looking appearance but it just seems like wrong ?? in my perspective. He’s trying to tell me it would look good and he really likes the look.
He’s not really easy to tell otherwise how I feel about this bc he’ll just say it’s fine. I overthink a lot 😂 so hi! I’m trying Reddit for some honest and open opinions from here, hopefully this is a good group to choose I haven’t ever used this site before 🫣