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Would you have gone/be natural if not for online hair boards?

  • Yes, I would be natural/transitioning anyway

    Votes: 92 45.3%

  • No (includes natural and transitioning)

    Votes: 73 36.0%

  • Yes, but might not have stayed natural

    Votes: 24 11.8%

  • No, but thinking about it

    Votes: 14 6.9%
  • Total voters
    203
I probably wouldn't have remained natural if it wasn't for this board. I joined some months before going to college. The plan was braid, relax, braid, relax. After the first few months of school, I had so much new growth and started researching this board and was like hmmmmmm, maybe I should just stay this way. I probably would have ended up bcing later in college just because so many ended up doing this anyway. But it was definitely with the help of lhcf that I stayed natural.
 
If not for this board, I probably wouldn't be transitioning. And not because I had anything against natural hair, I just never even considered it. Relaxing was just the norm, I didn't give it much thought. When I first stumbled upon this website and different blogs and vids, I drooled over the beautiful heads of natural hair. And when I discovered the many ways to style and practical methods to care for natural hair I decided to not get a touch up and I've been transitioning ever since.
 
sadly i would probably still be burning off my hair root to tip every couple of WEEKS..so glad i have found these boards
 
yep 5000%:yep:

i've always been natural and love my hair big and fluffy hair
i couldn't imagine not having natural hair

my hair would probably still be drier than a desert, breaking and stuck at SL if i never came to the hair forums:nono:
 
I would definitely say no. I knew nothing about my hair until I found Ateyaa about a year ago and from her, this board.

I thought the reason my hair would get dry and brittle was because I "needed" a relaxer.

My hair is pretty darn easy to manage. I don't even know why I started getting relaxers in the first place other than I thought it was the thing to do. I never got them regularly... which should have been a clue that they were unnecessary.
 
I didn't know anything about natural hair or haircare prior to the hairboards. Now that I'm well versed; natural hair isn't as difficult as I thought. I just wished that I transitioned instead of BC'ing right away.

but oh well
 
That's really interesting so far. It seems many of you would still be natural anyway. Taking a look at how many seem to have recently BC'd and whom are transitioning, I would have thought that hair boards would be a big factor in the decision to go/stay natural.

Keep 'em coming! I'd like to hear from people who are relaxed and thinking about transitioning...
 
Yes and no. When I first made the decision, I wasn't even on hair boards. It took a magazine article in Teen Elle of all publications and the Motown Girl website to really inspire me to make the decision to transition. Although my relaxed hair was horrendous and I knew I was tired of relaxing, I didn't have anyone to relate to about transitioning or knew the daily care natural hair took. I was just clueless.

However, a natural hair forum that I found towards the end of my transition provided me with so much great info about natural hair and it just made me excited about my natural hair. Through that website, I found Fotki, started my own and that provided a great network of support, ideas, inspiration etc. I didn't find this site until after I had BC'd but it's been fabulous too and has helped me when I was so frustrated with my hair. I've learnt so much here that I know I might have struggled to find on that other board and other places.

So I didn't need hair boards for the initial decision to go natural but to stay natural I believe it's been invaluable for me. I don't know any other naturals personally IRL and there is no one to go to for advice like I can here. I believe even if I had BC'd at a time where YouTubers became more prominent, I would have still struggled to take care of my hair. Youtubers don't have the wealth of info LHCF has and many YT'ers are only good for hair style inspiration, imo.
 
I voted for the tird option as i was natural years ago and i had to relax again because i didnt know how to handle my hair. There was not a lot of dominicans wih ntural hair bach then so i dindt have a clue or someone to ask ... when my hair started to grow i relaxed again
 
I voted "Yes, but might not have stayed natural." I had failed at transitioning before finding LHCF. So it's possible I eventually would have gone natural anyway. But without advice on what to do with my hair I may not have stayed natural for long.

Especially when people in my family were giving me the side eye during my transition, and asking me what I was planning to do to my hair once natural.
 
Nope. I didn't even know what natural was until I came to this board. I'd been relaxed for as long as I could remember, so I just assumed that's what I was supposed to do.
 
My decision to go natural had nothing to do with hair boards or the people around me. It was all internal and a light bulb moment of why do I continue to do this to myself. I wasn't thinking about anyone but me. Nothing else factored into my decision other than myself.
That sounds weird...but anywho
I would still be natural with or without hair boards.
Would my hair be as healthy? Probably not...more than likely not
Would it be as long or get as long as I think it will? I don't know...probably not
 
Hmmmm ... I had to really think about this question before I voted. I finally voted Yes, I would be natural with or without the boards. I would say that this board just helped me to appreciate my natural hair greatly.

I was natural before and loved my natural hair back then. However, I was a heat straightened natural and never rocked my truly curly, kinky texture. Frankly, I didn't know how to style or maintain it since all I ever knew or saw was straight hair -- so I just straightened it. Then one day, I was talked into being in a hair show, and the woman convinced me to relax my hair because of how long it was and they really wanted to show it off. I don't know WHY on earth I agreed that day, but I did ... and thus begin my chemical codependence all over again.

Then in 2004, my sister went natural, and I loved the way her hair looked. But I was so used to relaxing, I still never thought about ME being natural. I finally saw the light in 2007 when I notice how thin and scary my hair was looking and how much relaxers were beginning to take their toll on my poor scalp. That's why my transition started, so that's why I think I would have eventually gone natural anyway even without the board.

However, because of LHCF, I have learned to appreciate and rock my naturally curly hair and not straighten it into oblivion. I've also learned about what products to use to best enhance my natural curl pattern. I'm also recently relying on lots of naturals on YouTube for lots of incredible styling ideas.

So ya girl ain't lookin' back ... EVAH!
 
Heck no AND I'm a Type 4. No way in the world would I even attempt to do such a thing. I live in a area filled with bad weaves and overprocessed hair. Me having APL hair was rare and the idea of cutting it off and being nappy.............I would never have the guts. I was going to the dominicans EVERY week and getting blow outs and being told I needed a perm every 4 weeks because my hair was too "bad". I googled domincian haircare products and I was lead here. I saw so many women with beautiful NATURAL hair and I fell in love especially Lauren's ( Southernbella's) hair. I saw someone with hair like mine and said to myself heck yeah I can do that. Without these boards it would never would have happened.



I probably would have gotten dreads after awhile because I love them but I would not have just worn my natural hair loose.
 
I had been natural for a while... if not for these boards and YT vids, I would have no clue about the practical techniques and affordable products available to make natural hair so versitale... I would have been content with my wash and gos and occasional straightening, but secrectly frustrated that I felt unable to release my inner diva...
 
I said yes because I was already transitioning when I found hair boards. However, I due owe part of the successfulness of my natural hair to LHCF.
 
Firstly, great topic!

To address your question, no I would not be natural. I would be thinking about it though. It was through this board that I saw the beauty and versatility of natural hair. I would never know how easy and fun natural hair was.
 
Hair boards have been a huge help in styling, regimen building and support. I tend to research things that I'm interested in, so even without the hair boards, I would have made it a point to go heavy on research once begining my hhj. It just wouldn't have been as easy to find all the info and get feedback, probably lots more trial and error, too.

I made the decision to transition after reading an article of the [basics of afro-textured] hair that was actually on a retail web site. When I found LHCF and saw all the beautiful heads of relaxed hair, I actually had a momentary urge to relax again. :blush:
 
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Yes. I've been natural almost 15 years, long before these boards existed.
I joined the boards to learn more about new products and techniques people use to keep hair healthy. I'm finally deciding to grow my hair out, so I came to a place where women do that.
 
Probably not...I was very uneducated about our hair and it's needs prior to finding LHCF...I'm five months post, and if not for the forum I'da dove headlong into a vat of relaxer by now, LOL
 
I don't think I would have went natural without youtube and the hair boards, both gave me inspiration.
 
I was already natural when I found this site. I've been natural the majority of my life. I relaxed my hair 2yrs in college, couldn't handle it and went back natural. This board has taught me how to grow my natural hair.
 
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