2010 OCT/MegaTek Challenge (July 31 - Dec 31)

[grow]

hi ladies!

yes, ms. coco, i posted my strating pic and you're right, it will be nice when we finish to see everyone's change in pictures, so c'mon ladies, let's get those pics posted!

i've been using my mt mix 3 times a week steadily since the start, but i will stop shortly because i will perm soon.....!

 

[Ijanei]

so far Im good. I cut back to using twice a week now instead of everyday

 

[Ms_CoCo37]

hi ladies!

yes, ms. coco, i posted my strating pic and you're right, it will be nice when we finish to see everyone's change in pictures, so c'mon ladies, let's get those pics posted!

i've been using my mt mix 3 times a week steadily since the start, but i will stop shortly because i will perm soon.....!

How far in advance do you stop the MT before a relaxer, and how soon after will you start back up?

so far Im good. I cut back to using twice a week now instead of everyday

I'm glad to hear it. Weren't you experiencing the itchies before? Did you ever decide to use the MT on the length of your hair?

 

[grow]

How far in advance do you stop the MT before a relaxer, and how soon after will you start back up?

i plan to stop at least 7 days before perming (maybe even 10) and i never restart before a week after perming.

so these are the last days of my mt usage for quite a bit....

 

[Ms_CoCo37]

i plan to stop at least 7 days before perming (maybe even 10) and i never restart before a week after perming.

so these are the last days of my mt usage for quite a bit....

Well, from your siggy pix, what ever you're doing, keep right on doing it. I'm loving your progress!

 

[grow]

Well, from your siggy pix, what ever you're doing, keep right on doing it. I'm loving your progress!

thank you sugar! let's hope it continues and was not a fluke!

one thing the mt mix taught me that i will continue through the perm time is to use that homemade garlic oil.

i just put a tbsp in my conditioners (used to have it in my mt mix) and the shedding has diminished tremendously!

plus, it saves alot of time and energy because all i need to make it is found at the grocery store. simple garlic cloves and evoo!

 

[SiobhanM]

Are any of you ladies experiences a sore scalp? Anything I can do to combat this?

 

[Ms_CoCo37]

Are any of you ladies experiences a sore scalp? Anything I can do to combat this?

How often are you applying the MT?

 

[Ijanei]

I'm glad to hear it. Weren't you experiencing the itchies before? Did you ever decide to use the MT on the length of your hair?

Hell yea I was experiencing some serious itchies Now that I took up ur suggestion, I cut back and have not had any problems. two to three xs a week now. That's it. I have read that some people just use it on their whole length of hair as a Deep Condition/Protein Treatment once a week. I may try that but still afraid. I want thick and long-pretty flowing hair

I just realized something, (I posted about this in two other threads) but I tried to straighten my hair and been following the same procedures as I normally do when I flat iron...But for some reason the last three times DIDN'T WORK AT ALL for me. I wonder if MT is causing this. My hair would not get straight like my avi, instead it was yucky looking....wth?

 

[Minty]

I mixed MT w/Castor oil (JBCO), Aloe (George's), MSM (by Trimedica) - absolutely no itchies.

Before this mix, the itching was intolerable.

 

[mzteaze]

Are any of you ladies experiences a sore scalp? Anything I can do to combat this?

No problems so far. How much are you putting on your scalp and how often?

 

[Ijanei]

I mixed MT w/Castor oil (JBCO), Aloe (George's), MSM (by Trimedica) - absolutely no itchies.

Before this mix, the itching was intolerable.

I see everybody talking about this JBCO but I don't know where to get it from. I guess I will have to order it from Amazon. My itchies were horrible and my mt was mixed. I guess I didn't use enough oil in my mix then.

 

[Ms_CoCo37]

Hell yea I was experiencing some serious itchies Now that I took up ur suggestion, I cut back and have not had any problems. two to three xs a week now. That's it. I have read that some people just use it on their whole length of hair as a Deep Condition/Protein Treatment once a week. I may try that but still afraid. I want thick and long-pretty flowing hair

I just realized something, (I posted about this in two other threads) but I tried to straighten my hair and been following the same procedures as I normally do when I flat iron...But for some reason the last three times DIDN'T WORK AT ALL for me. I wonder if MT is causing this. My hair would not get straight like my avi, instead it was yucky looking....wth?

Could it be that your hair is starting to thicken up?

 

[*closer*2*my*dreams*]

I have yet to experience the severe itchy sore scalp. My scalp itches a little at night, nothing that I can't handle, but it's never been sore and I use my MT straight and five times a week.

As far as the flat iron, it could be the fact that your texture is changing as well. A lot of ladies in the 2008-2009 challenge spoke of their texture changing, and of course thickening up. Part of the growing pains.

 

[drmuffin]

I see everybody talking about this JBCO but I don't know where to get it from. I guess I will have to order it from Amazon. My itchies were horrible and my mt was mixed. I guess I didn't use enough oil in my mix then.

Yup I use JBCO as my mixing oil and so far I haven't had problems with it. In fact, I started to get worried that I didn't have any itchies, therefore I thought my MT wasn't working. But then again I think my progress is telling me otherwise . So I'll be an advocate for JBCO! Plus I think it helps with thickness too, something I desparately need!

 

[Platinum]

I'm starting to get a sore scalp and crazy itchies. I think I may have to add more oil to my mix.

Keep up the good work Everyone!

 

[Curly Luul]

So far this challenge is going great...... only issues i had were a very itchy and sore scalp erplexed. Then I started shedding crazy , which stopped because I reduced my usage from 4 days a week to 3 and I only left the mega-tek in my hair for 10 mins max ...... So the shedding and itching has stopped. I can’t lie I’m loving what mega tek is doing to my hair/hairline

 

[obsessedw|hair]

just checking in . i have been cowashing about 4 times a week . my wash day is sunday in which i use the whole ovation system . when i cowash my hair is in a pony . i use some conditioner [silk elements , vo5 , ORS], rinse, and simply add the OCT to my hairline and go . i cant do a normal cowash due to all of the new growth it just doesn ' t look great . with that its hard to tell if my hair s growing or not .. i ' m itching to straighten . i want to get optimal results but idk if things are working out .

 

[drmuffin]

Uh oh...ran out of Megatek! I just put in another order at horseloverz.com and I am loving the coupon! But this shouldn't stop me from the reggie...I had just enough in my now empty bottle of MT to fill my applicator bottle one more time.

Mic check one two, one two! So this is me checking in on mah progress: I think I have just about 2" (I think) of NG over the majority of my head. I'm past 3 months of stretching and a little bit past 1 month of me using MT. (I started a little early cuz of my "test running" LMAO!) So 2" in 3 months...feeling pretty good! Hopefully I can get a full 4" by the time I "prematurely" drop out of the challenge .

 

[Ijanei]

I have yet to experience the severe itchy sore scalp. My scalp itches a little at night, nothing that I can't handle, but it's never been sore and I use my MT straight and five times a week.

As far as the flat iron, it could be the fact that your texture is changing as well. A lot of ladies in the 2008-2009 challenge spoke of their texture changing, and of course thickening up. Part of the growing pains.

Ohh ok, thanks, I was wondering what was going on. I had to re-straighten my hair 3xs . This is day three and my roots are puffy as Idk what.

Yup I use JBCO as my mixing oil and so far I haven't had problems with it. In fact, I started to get worried that I didn't have any itchies, therefore I thought my MT wasn't working. But then again I think my progress is telling me otherwise . So I'll be an advocate for JBCO! Plus I think it helps with thickness too, something I desparately need!

Great...thanks. I am ordering right after I type this.



Thanks for the feedback ladies. I was beginning to get worried about my hair not being straight. So is the texture change a good or bad thing? Also is it permanent?

 

[mzteaze]

I haven't had many problems with the sore or itchy scalp yet. However, my hair feels more "hard" in the shower, despite the fact that I haven't changed anything as part of my routine. No shedding yet altho I got a lil worried when a few hairs snapped off after moisturizing protein DC. Not sure what to think of it.

One strange thing I noticed....I can see the neat little rows of hair at the top of my forehead. Just a lil "strange".

 

[drmuffin]

So after much debate with myself...I think I'm going to relax next month. BUT! On the bright side this means that I don't have to end the challenge early! I'm going all the way! I can relax and then keep going with the challenge! C'mon December 31st!

My reasoning why is that I really don't think that I/my hair can stretch that long. Mid-November would be six months...way too long for me! If I relax in the middle of next month, it would be four months, and I still think that that is a really good period of time to see some progress. And I realized that I'll still be able to reach my goals in the same amount of time, rather than putting undue damage on my hair trying to have a "big surprise" at the very end.

So from now until my next relaxer, I'm really gonna rev up my MT and scalp massages, kinda like I'm in the home stretch and trying to make the most of it.

So did any of that make sense? Anybody have some advice or words of wisdom they would love to share about this?

 

[maxandsally]

Question on the shedding? How much hair is too much? When I comb out after a wash or cowash I loose about 20 - 30 strands. Is this too much? I'm estimating about that since the hair is long kinda hard to judge.

 

[Platinum]

Question on the shedding? How much hair is too much? When I comb out after a wash or cowash I loose about 20 - 30 strands. Is this too much? I'm estimating about that since the hair is long kinda hard to judge.

The average person loses about 100 strands a day. You shouldn't have anything to worry about with the amount that you're seeing.

 

[NubianPrize]

bumping to subscribe

 

[Ms_CoCo37]

NubianPrize,

I've added your name to the list. Welcome!

 

[Ms_CoCo37]

Sorry I've been MIA ladies. I had to deal with some massive migraines this past week. I'm finally back at work, and I'm feeling much better. I've still been using the OCT, and so far, I really can't tell whether it's doing anything.

I'm ready for the bottle to be done so I can get started on my MT.

How has everybody been? I need to go back and read some of the posts.

 

[Minty]

I'm glad you are feeling better, those migraines are a beast and I'm sorry for your ordeal.

 

[chichi08]

Hello Ladies, Chichi08 checking in for the month end update. As l mentioned, l concentrated on my front edges last month. l have seen some improvement. Also, l think my hair is fuller although l experience a lot of shedding when l took my sew in down yesterday. I will be putting the sew in back in tomorrow. Will be getting an applicator bottle to help put be Datarkin/MT/Coconut oil mix on my tracks. See pic of my before and current on my edges on the pics link

 

[chichi08]

Ms_Coco37 please could you update the links on the intro page for this challenge . The links to this forum and the one for the start pics are no longer active due to the updates made to the LCF server over the weekend.

Cheers x