Transitioning without BC'ing Support Thread

[pearlific1]

pearlific1 I just mini-chopped too! Only took off 2 inches though but now I'm APL

It's amazing how much difference a chop made. My ends would tangle like crazy but the moment I chopped last night, my hair became so manageable. My ends are blunt and healthy now; can't wait until I get more length.

TheNDofUO how long is your unrelaxed hair?

 

[GettingKinky]

This is my story smh

How long have you been transitioning pearlific1

 

[PlainJane]

I wish I had gone natural 3 years ago instead of texlaxing. By the time I'm fully natural I will have been transitioning for 6 years. 3 years to texlax and then 3 years to natural. What a waste of time. Sigh...

This was me! I transitioned to texlaxed because it was the "best of both worlds" wrong. For me, it was the worst of both worlds combining processed hair and textured hair. I ended up getting a corrective eventually to be bonelaxed and now I'm going natural.

But it feels right this time because I'm doing it for all the right reasons.

 

[pearlific1]

How long have you been transitioning pearlific1

GettingKinky Girl, about 5 years I took several detours along the way. Now, I know how to care for my hair so I will definitely get to the promised land I was was just thinking I could have been natural and MBL by now if I had stuck with the plan the first time. Texlaxed hair was a step in the wrong direction.

 

[GettingKinky]

GettingKinky Girl, about 5 years I took several detours along the way. Now, I know how to care for my hair so I will definitely get to the promised land I was was just thinking I could have been natural and MBL by now if I had stuck with the plan the first time. Texlaxed hair was a step in the wrong direction.

The only thing that makes me feel better is that if I hadn't texlaxed, I might have never considered going natural. So maybe it was good for something. But still. I could be BSL-MBL natural.

 

[Nazaneen]

I trimmed in Sept and again at the end of Oct. I may just keep trimming frequently. I won't be able to grow my hair long but at least I'm purging the chemically damaged hair.

 

[pearlific1]

I trimmed in Sept and again at the end of Oct. I may just keep trimming frequently. I won't be able to grow my hair long but at least I'm purging the chemically damaged hair.

You have to get rid of the damaged hair to see the fruits of your labor. Keep trimming and soon you will be able to grow your hair long

 

[Evolving78]

I trimmed in Sept and again at the end of Oct. I may just keep trimming frequently. I won't be able to grow my hair long but at least I'm purging the chemically damaged hair.

I joined that no trimming challenge.. So I am really working on my ends, while transitioning to fully texlaxed.

 

[naija24]

I was due to big chop last Friday but the shrinkage stopped me. I feel really guilty but I'm gonna try my hand at long term transitioning. I currently am 4 months post and have 2 inches of new growth. I am rescheduling my big chop for late April/early May at 9-10 months post relaxer.

i'm in a sew in between now and then.

 

[Honey Bee]

I trimmed in Sept and again at the end of Oct. I may just keep trimming frequently. I won't be able to grow my hair long but at least I'm purging the chemically damaged hair.

When I first started transitioning, I cut A LOT. For no good reason, really, just cuz it was bothering me. I stayed SL for a looong while. I didn't really notice because I wear it up all the time. I stopped cutting this past spring, I think, only one trim since then... iirc. Hmm. Anywho, I'm past APL now, just by stretching with my fingers. I need to straighten but I'm being lazy. Maybe I'll do a flexi set.

I'm soooo tired of transitioning, but I'm in the middle of the 'awkward phase' with my natural hair and I refuse to do it. I've done it twice and I'm good.

 

[Eboni801]

Hi everyone, I've been transitioning for 18 months and find that when I straighten my hair, my hair sticks/tangles at the line of demarcation after flat ironing. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I blow dried first.

 

[Coilystep]

Eboni801 unfortunately that is the nature of transitioning hair. The nature hair and relaxed hair will fight each other. I had horrible tangles during my transition. It did not resolve itself until I cut all the relaxer off. My natural hair does not tangle. How much longer do you plan to transition? After 18 months you probably have a lot of natural hair. Once I have more natural hair than relaxed it got easier and once I started cutting random pieces off so I could see my curls I knew it was time to bc. Congratulations on making 18 months.

 

[Eboni801]

Eboni801 unfortunately that is the nature of transitioning hair. The nature hair and relaxed hair will fight each other. I had horrible tangles during my transition. It did not resolve itself until I cut all the relaxer off. My natural hair does not tangle. How much longer do you plan to transition? After 18 months you probably have a lot of natural hair. Once I have more natural hair than relaxed it got easier and once I started cutting random pieces off so I could see my curls I knew it was time to bc. Congratulations on making 18 months.

Thanks for responding. Errr, I was hoping I could learn to flat iron my hair like my stylist. Lol. I am planning to go 30 months if I can, "chopping" next October. In the back I only have about 1-2 inches of relaxed hair left but more than that on the top. I've learned that my top grows a bit slower.

 

[Coilystep]

Thanks for responding. Errr, I was hoping I could learn to flat iron my hair like my stylist. Lol. I am planning to go 30 months if I can, "chopping" next October. In the back I only have about 1-2 inches of relaxed hair left but more than that on the top. I've learned that my top grows a bit slower.

your welcome. Good luck. My stylist was a huge help throughout my transition I was not very savvy with styling my transitioning hair. I wore a lot of twisted and cornrowed styles. I workout a lot and straight styles were not practical for me.

 

[pearlific1]

Hi everyone, I've been transitioning for 18 months and find that when I straighten my hair, my hair sticks/tangles at the line of demarcation after flat ironing. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I blow dried first.

Eboni801 make sure your hair is moisturized prior to flat ironing because dry hair doesn't do so well and transitioning dry hair is the devil. Also try the comb-chase flat ironing method if you're not already. It works wonders with the two textures

 

[Eboni801]

Eboni801 make sure your hair is moisturized prior to flat ironing because dry hair doesn't do so well and transitioning dry hair is the devil. Also try the comb-chase flat ironing method if you're not already. It works wonders with the two textures

Thank you. Yes I did try the comb chase method. It may be simpler once I am fully natural. I will also try deep conditioning for longer next time, maybe that will help.

 

[PlainJane]

Hi everyone, I've been transitioning for 18 months and find that when I straighten my hair, my hair sticks/tangles at the line of demarcation after flat ironing. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I blow dried first.

My hair does this whenever I don't stretch it enough before flat ironing.

 

[KiWiStyle]

I'm 17 weeks into my transition and I'm feeling very optimistic for a long term transition! Yesterday I tension blow dried my hair and all my textures felt ridiculously soft... BUT now my NG Is reverting already (probably due to hear sweating in my sleep) and feels a little dry. I was rushing to hurry and get out and vote before I picked my DD up from school, so maybe I didn't dry it completely.. I'm also thinking I need to start sealing my NG with a butter, my oil mix ain't cutting it anymore.

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[baddison]

I was due to big chop last Friday but the shrinkage stopped me. I feel really guilty but I'm gonna try my hand at long term transitioning. I currently am 4 months post and have 2 inches of new growth. I am rescheduling my big chop for late April/early May at 9-10 months post relaxer.

i'm in a sew in between now and then.

LOL...don't feel guilty, girl!! I have absolutely NO INTENTIONS of big-chopping. Currently 11months since my last relaxer in December 2013, and I'm just gonna transition forever!!

I will trim these ends sparingly as time goes by. Eventually I'll look up and be a full natural head. Shrinkage is so real!!

 

[naija24]

LOL...don't feel guilty, girl!! I have absolutely NO INTENTIONS of big-chopping. Currently 11months since my last relaxer in December 2013, and I'm just gonna transition forever!!

I will trim these ends sparingly as time goes by. Eventually I'll look up and be a full natural head. Shrinkage is so real!!

THANK YOU!!! baddison how long is your hair altogether/just natural?

I want to just trim as I go but a part of me would LOOOOOVE to have super long hair in a year with both natural and relaxed parts of my hair. I'll be one year post in July and I would have another 5-6 inches of hair. That would put me at APL or beyond easy if I retain everything so I feel like by 2015's end I'd be full CBL or closing in on APL natural anyway so I might as well retain and not chop. I don't know!!! My feeling is that since i'm neck length now, to BC at 10 months my hair will be about the same length stretched.

Straight haired natural sounds fun but I hear so much from people about heat damage. I may just end up being a press and curl natural once my hair is APL.

 

[naija24]

Dream hair length, color and style!! <3 <3

Do you think it's possible for me to get to this length of hair by the end of 2015 all natural.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCSnLtnCrks#t=364

 

[PlainJane]

It's so frustrating how I can get my roots so straight on wash day, but I have the hardest time stretching the length of my hair.

I tried to make it to Sally's the other day to buy rollers but they were closed. I'm going to try again today because I really fell in love with these ladies rollersets

 

[Eboni801]

My hair does this whenever I don't stretch it enough before flat ironing.

Hmmm, do you blow dry before flat ironing? If so do you use the comb attachment?

 

[Eboni801]

It's so frustrating how I can get my roots so straight on wash day, but I have the hardest time stretching the length of my hair.

I tried to make it to Sally's the other day to buy rollers but they were closed. I'm going to try again today because I really fell in love with these ladies rollersets

What kind of rollers will you be using? I bought perm rods but have yet to use them for a full set.

 

[pearlific1]

Dream hair length, color and style!! <3 <3

Do you think it's possible for me to get to this length of hair by the end of 2015 all natural.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCSnLtnCrks#t=364

I think it may be a stretch since you said you only have about 2" of ng (if I remember correctly) but that doesn't mean it's impossible. Challenge yourself!

 

[naija24]

I think it may be a stretch since you said you only have about 2" of ng (if I remember correctly) but that doesn't mean it's impossible. Challenge yourself!

awwww. how many inches do you think the girl in the video has?

 

[SuchaLady]

She cut way too much of her hair off I gasped.

Dream hair length, color and style!! <3 <3

Do you think it's possible for me to get to this length of hair by the end of 2015 all natural.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCSnLtnCrks#t=364

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

I was just so tired of knots, tangles & fooling with my relaxed ends! So instead of breaking out the scissors & doing something I know I would regret...I straightened. I stretched first with flexi rods & sat under my hooded dryer. I'll be 3 years post in a few weeks.

baddison Not only is shrinkage real...that ***** is kicking butt & taking names

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

My apologies in advance for the multiple posts but my app crashes when I try to add more than 1 picture.

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

Last pic! *promise*

Wishing you Transitioning Divas much luck on your journey....and mine too...I need it at this stage! I'm tired & ready to focus on something else!