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9 year old with 24 inches of natural kinky 4a hair

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MizzBrit said:
wow i love it! how long did it take to get there? n do you use anything else on her hair?
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Thank you MizzBrit it took all her life (she is going to be 10 in June), keep in mind i did not set out on a hairgrowing journey. I just did her hair the best that i knew how and i didn not know much. The more it grew the less i did to it, the less i did to it the more it grew and the thicker it got. the thicker it got the harder it was to manage, the harder it became to manage i did even less to it. i only brush her frizzies for school in the mornings sometimes i let loose the plaits brush and replait i have never detangled her hair dry because it hurt her too much. I have discovered that if i were to comb everyday for school it would be way shorter. i use nothing on her hair other than some oil on wash day and that is just for sheen.
 
NappyRina said:
That's got to be genetics to have hair like that pre-LHCF lol!! .....WOW!!

She's got that long thick beautiful Rudy Huxtable hair...no wonder people stop her in the street to take pics!! :grin:
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Thanks for your comment Nappy Rina, I honestly believe that while genetics is important. how we treat our hair is more important if we say its genetics then that would mean some people have better hair than others and i dont beleive that is true. My duaghter and i have the same identical hair type, my hair was not even half hers when i was her age, it was thick but short you can see in a photo when i was two.

I grew up in Jamaica and my mother like most mothers there combed my hair dry, greased my scalp with vaseline and did not use conditioner. if you cried she would rake the comb accross your scalp to stop crying. It was torture, i was sympatheic to my child because i still remember curling my toes because of the pain. so her entire hair care procedure for me was to cause her as little pain as possible that meant spending very little time in her hair so what if she has the frizzies, so what if i left a few tangles. i really never believed her hair would get this long, even my own mother is suprised.
 
OP, you do a wonderful job with your daughter's hair. And to hear you knew nothing about hair when you started her journey makes you even more awesome. :notworthy

Kudos indeed!
 
You're doing a super job, Mom! Her hair is fantastically gorgeous! I think she would look great with two strand twists or small individual braids for easy summer styling.
 
Thank you for this thread OP. I'm even more encouraged that I can grow my daughter's hair just as long!
 
Lovely hair Mom.
It seems the less we play around with our hair the better. I'm working with that theory at the moment and seeing how well my hair likes it
 
I wish I could be of help, I just wanted to say that I think your daughter's hair is absolutely beautiful :love:you are such a great mom for helping her take care of it.
 
OP, I bet she doesn't even need barbie dolls to play with their hair because she has her own!! :grin: You have done a terrific job on her hair!! You both are gorgeous!! :yep:
 
gener said:
Thanks for your comment Nappy Rina, I honestly believe that while genetics is important. how we treat our hair is more important if we say its genetics then that would mean some people have better hair than others and i dont beleive that is true. My duaghter and i have the same identical hair type, my hair was not even half hers when i was her age, it was thick but short you can see in a photo when i was two.

I grew up in Jamaica and my mother like most mothers there combed my hair dry, greased my scalp with vaseline and did not use conditioner. if you cried she would rake the comb accross your scalp to stop crying. It was torture, i was sympatheic to my child because i still remember curling my toes because of the pain. so her entire hair care procedure for me was to cause her as little pain as possible that meant spending very little time in her hair so what if she has the frizzies, so what if i left a few tangles. i really never believed her hair would get this long, even my own mother is suprised.
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ITA .. I hope my post didn't come across the wrong way..I don't mean to say that those with certain genes have "better" or "good" hair. How we handle the hair is waaaaay more important than genes but I do believe that genes do play a big role. Two young girls w/ totally different genes but very similar hair types & awesome hair regimens might not achieve the same length & thickness..that's where genes come in. Both girls would still have gorgeous hair reaching their own individual potential!

But I totally agree that if more little black girls had mamas like you that took the time & effort to work WITH the hair and not AGAINST it by manipulating it gently, washing w/ gentle cleansers, avoiding tangles & knots as much as possible, etc, etc (all things that most of us learn here on LHCF) instead of "fixing" the hair w/ relaxers, ripping the hair out by dry combing & using fine toothed combs, etc, etc, etc we would see many many more black girls like your precious baby girl w/ gorgeous long Rudy Huxtable hair! :grin:

You've got to be proud:yep:
 
NappyRina said:
ITA .. I hope my post didn't come across the wrong way..I don't mean to say that those with certain genes have "better" or "good" hair. How we handle the hair is waaaaay more important than genes but I do believe that genes do play a big role. Two young girls w/ totally different genes but very similar hair types & awesome hair regimens might not achieve the same length & thickness..that's where genes come in. Both girls would still have gorgeous hair reaching their own individual potential!

But I totally agree that if more little black girls had mamas like you that took the time & effort to work WITH the hair and not AGAINST it by manipulating it gently, washing w/ gentle cleansers, avoiding tangles & knots as much as possible, etc, etc (all things that most of us learn here on LHCF) instead of "fixing" the hair w/ relaxers, ripping the hair out by dry combing & using fine toothed combs, etc, etc, etc we would see many many more black girls like your precious baby girl w/ gorgeous long Rudy Huxtable hair! :grin:

You've got to be proud:yep:
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No not all i get that all the time!! most people want to believe there is something special about her regimen or it must be something other than plain old obvious. i tell them that so they know anyone can get this type of growth.
 
Wow... you are doing a FABULOUS job... I only hope I can do half as well as a mother (even though that won't be ANYTIME soon! lol)
Kudos!
 
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