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 | Hello! My fotki is still a work in progress! I am hoping that i will be updating more and keeping track of my hair progress. But browse through and I hope you find something of interest to you!
Now for some background information on my hair. I think that I have type 4a/b hair. For most of my life I thought that my hair was really thick just because it took some extra labor just to comb it, blow dry it, flat iron, wash it, etc. But when I really look at my hair I realized that it's not very thick, it's more medium..........I just have ALOT of hair that makes it look thick. When I have newgrowth this just makes my hair look even thicker.
I have been relaxed since I was 12. But I really can't say what kind of condition my hair was in b/c I wasn't really paying that much attention to it. For the most part, my mom still washed and blew it dry until I was a junior in highschool. I couldn't handle my hair on my own yet due to the amount I had. But when I did blow it dry, it wore me out. By the time I was a senior in highschool, I wanted longer hair, but wasn't exactly sure how to go about it. So I still washed it once a month, blew it dry and sometimes didn't even use heat protectant or condition my hair after shampooing! BIG NO NO! I started noticing alot of broken hair around my sink and I actually thought that was normal! I look back now and think "what was I thinking?" I'm just relieved that my hair didn't look so bad or that my hair didn't break off so tremendously that I lost a lot of length.
So in the summer (June) of 2005 I found LHCF forum first and began doing the baggie method, using less heat, and wearing braidouts and keeping my hair in protective styles (I was actually used to protective styles anyways b/c i wore them everyday during school <---this may be the only reason why i never lost alot of length). I also stretched to about 12 weeks. Needless to say my hair had actually gotten thicker and I got my first trim in like 2 years. I was still at about where I had started, but I was happier b/c the thin ends that I did have were gone. So you would think that I kept this habit up right? Well, I did for awhile, but then I got braids put it, but when it was time to take them out, I did the unthinkable........I proceeded to wash my hair without combing it out first! Another BIG NO NO! Nonetheless, my hair was full of big thick knots all over my head! So I had to go to the hairdresser and get those things removed. But she didn't cut them out, she manually took each knot out. I think this was the beginning of my hair getting uneven. As the months go by, I got really busy with school and didn't take care of my hair quite as much anymore. I still wasn't using any heat, but i was washing less frequently and not doing the baggie method quite as much. Not to mention, one day I gave myself a trim with really dull scissors (it seemed like a good idea at the time) and we all know what happens when you do that.....BREAKAGE!
Now it's the summer of 2006, and my hair is really uneven. A friend of mine tells me that my hair is breaking. I knew the truth already, but to have someone else point it out was heartbreaking to me. That's when I knew I really had to step up my hair game and get back on track. This is when I came to BHM and joined there, but I still lurked on LHCF. I got my relaxer right before school started on August 26, 2006. I began to use the baggie method again and washing more frequently (You can see everything in my album Growing Back Left and Middle of My Hair). Frequent washing to me is once a week, I can't do any more than that.
Finally, I recently got a relaxer and a trim on November 4, 2006 and my hair looks good if i do say so myself :). I'd say that my hair now stops at about armpit length. The regimen I used for my personal challenge really did my hair some good and I also stretched to 10 weeks which was something I had not done in a long time. Now I am on my way to thick healthy bra-strap length hair! Wish me luck on this and hopefully I won't do anything crazy like I did previously! | | | | General Information | | Profile Type: | Personal | | Gender: |  Female | | My Cities | | Hometown: |  United States | | Background & Lifestyle | | Marital status: | Single | | Sexual orientation: | Straight | | Smoking: | Non-smoker | | Children: | I don't have kids yet | | Education: | In college | | Ethnicity: | Black/African descent | | Body type: | Slim/slender | | Height: | Average | | Friends: | Kedesha, Kristen, Nikkipoo, Jenny..Updated 3-15-08, Lil*Miss, ~*BeautyWitch*~, Daisy, BonaFideDiva, FancieBliss2008**June Updates/Next update in OCT**, Wonderstar~*~I Texlaxed: Aug 16 updates~*~, Bellesocialite, Kristikrisi, Stillinlove63, Karma1981, missndidi *Updates soon! I promise!*, Nad12, Sxymsdede, loca_kijana, Gigi, Superstarstatus, SEXY~918 | | Friend of: | Kedesha, iasade, Nikkipoo, Lil*Miss, ~*BeautyWitch*~, Daisy, BonaFideDiva, FancieBliss2008**June Updates/Next update in OCT**, Wonderstar~*~I Texlaxed: Aug 16 updates~*~, Bellesocialite, Kristikrisi, Stillinlove63, Karma1981, ChatterBoxx-55( New Album), missndidi *Updates soon! I promise!*, Nad12, Sxymsdede, loca_kijana, Gigi, Superstarstatus, SEXY~918, Ninasimone ( Updated11/8/2007), Tabbygurl84 ****Update July21***, Princessj7487**HYH Challenge Reveal** 12/29/07, UneekDiva - Deep conditioning is your friend!, Shay-b3-talkan 2008 UPDATES!!!!!!, Corka, Picturesque1, Singlemiss (UPDATED 7/10/08), NaijaNikki, Frecklebaby, Mizzjae, Petitmaui, Kaelle, Dischikbdivine | |
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