Growth without protective styles

[Mena]

Does this work for any of you guys?

I am thinking of wearing my hair in a ponytail because I am tired or braids and weaves.

 

[Traycee]

I wear buns or a ponytails..I take it down every night and add moisture to the ends then seal...Cover at night ....I think it helps me keep the growth I did get. Couple of months ago I used to get it flat-ironed every week and I had good growth too but I had to get trims very often . Last trim I had to cut about 2 inches because my ends were thin....

 

[Mena]

Any other responses?

 

[JustKiya]

Why not bun it up?

I'm sure my hair WOULD grow without protective styling, but I'm too impatient for all that....

 

[Miss*Tress]

Most of the members have done either low manipulation or protective styles or some combination thereof. See Sylver's Fotki and some of her posts for an example of how to wear hair out with low manipulation - she has gotten great results with her approach.

Good luck!

 

[caribeandiva]

I don't do protective styles. Never liked them.

 

[trini_rican]

Does this work for any of you guys?

I am thinking of wearing my hair in a ponytail because I am tired or braids and weaves.

I'm doing this from now on - I was using a protective style but I'm just gonna bun until April and measure my growth. If it's good I'll keep doing it.

 

[growth2come]

I think grow with still happen with or without protective styles but its the protective styles that help you retain that growth...thats just the way I see it....

 

[Jas123]

I think grow with still happen with or without protective styles but its the protective styles that help you retain that growth...thats just the way I see it....

This exactly right...protective styles don't grow your hair out (they have nothing to do with growth) they just protect your ends so you can retain maximum length... I co-sign on checking out sylver2's fotki...and from the looks of it caribeandiva's as well

 

[shtow]

It depends on what I'm wearing. If I'm just wearing a tee shirt or a button up, I'll go ahead and wear it down. But I refuse to wear my hair out with my pea coat. Also, my work uniform consists of 2 very ROUGH cheap ugly sweaters that would literally snag my hair, I could hear it and feel it. So my hair is always up when Im at work.

 

[Mena]

Most of the members have done either low manipulation or protective styles or some combination thereof. See Sylver's Fotki and some of her posts for an example of how to wear hair out with low manipulation - she has gotten great results with her approach.

Good luck!

I willl check this out! Thanks!

 

[FineChyna]

i had great growth w/ pony tails. i never really did a protective style until recently and now i am back to having my hair pinned up in a curly updo.

 

[Barbara]

A friend of mine never wears protective styles, and that's why it took her hair seven years to grow from neck length to arm-pit length. That's six inches in seven years when normally it takes a little over a year to grow six inches.

I said to myself: "She can see that it didn't take my hair long to get to this length. I've made faster progress than her, because when I first met her, her hair was much longer than mine.b Years later her stylist cut it, but it's taken seven years just to get to her current length--arm pit."

I feel protective styles will help you reach your goal, because they retain your ends (length).

 

[sareca]

I don't wear protectives styles and I managed about 4.5 inches this year. The one protective style I wore (kinky twists) tore up my ends . I had to cut off about an inch.

 

[caribeandiva]

I don't wear protectives styles and I managed about 4.5 inches this year. The one protective style I wore (kinky twists) tore up my ends . I had to cut off about an inch.

sorry to hear that.

 

[mzcris]

I'm not big on protective styles...I wear ponytails 95% of the time (see avatar) and my hair continues to grow very well (thank God!)

 

[MonaLisa]

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[kiesha8185]

This exactly right...protective styles don't grow your hair out (they have nothing to do with growth) they just protect your ends so you can retain maximum length... I co-sign on checking out sylver2's fotki...and from the looks of it caribeandiva's as well

Exactly.

If what you meant is how to retain growth without protective styles....it is possible, but I think it will be a little harder (especially if you are between SL and APL). You don't have to wear your hair up all the time, but remember your ends being exposed to environment, manipulation, rubbing against clothes can lead to dryness and breakage. You also may find yourself having to trim more often to get rid of splits, which will also prevent retaining length.

FYI - Protective styles are styles in which your ends are not exposed. Buns, phony ponies, french braids...things of that nature are protective styles.

 

[Poohbear]

I get growth and retain length without protective styles. I don't really like wearing protective styles.

 

[tt8]

So what are you guys doing when you aren't protective styling to keep the growth. I.E., what's your regimen at night and in general that keeps your ends in shape enough to keep ends from becoming split.

 

[Mena]

So what are you guys doing when you aren't protective styling to keep the growth. I.E., what's your regimen at night and in general that keeps your ends in shape enough to keep ends from becoming split.

I would just wear it in a bun at night like I would during the day.

 

[tt8]

This might be a silly question but I thought a bun was a protective style right?
Andre2000 I was wondering if you and the others wore your hair hanging down most of the time and style managed to keep your ends healthy and what you all did to keep them from getting snaggled.

 

[Mena]

This might be a silly question but I thought a bun was a protective style right?
Andre2000 I was wondering if you and the others wore your hair hanging down most of the time and style managed to keep your ends healthy and what you all did to keep them from getting snaggled.

I dont consider a bun a protective style if it is all your hair. Those fake ones are protective to me. I never wear my hair down though.

 

[caribeandiva]

So what are you guys doing when you aren't protective styling to keep the growth. I.E., what's your regimen at night and in general that keeps your ends in shape enough to keep ends from becoming split.

i wrap my hair with a satin scarf and sleep on satin pillowcases.

 

[lovegan]

I don't wear protectives styles and I managed about 4.5 inches this year. The one protective style I wore (kinky twists) tore up my ends . I had to cut off about an inch.

same thing with me.... i feel like styling my hair is too much manipulation; wet bunning etc. i just let it hang down and dry and do what it wants basically.

clipping it up or bunning it / tying it up at night, when wearing a rough fabric sweater or on dry days might be a good idea. it depends on what your hair can handel. i have more breakage the more i touch my hair, so i just leave it well alone.

 

[Songbirdb]

I always thought buns and pony's were protective styles... I guess I got alot to learn

 

[ravenmerlita]

I rarely wear protective styles and my ends are usually out. I wash and go or put my hair in a puff/ponytail or wear it straightened. I put it up in a bun at night after doing a pre-poo most nights (Ojon or coconut oil or something similar).

I haven't had a problem with my ends so far BUT I am going to start doing more buns/french rolls when my hair is straightened because my hair tends to get caught more in stuff now that it is longer.

Also, protective styles like braids or weaves thinned out my hair terribly.

 

[ravenmerlita]

I always thought buns and pony's were protective styles... I guess I got alot to learn

They way I understand it is that buns are protective because your ends are tucked under and not exposed. A pony wouldn't be protective because your ends would be out. Unless it was a phony pony that covered your own hair. Maybe someone will have a better answer.

 

[tt8]

I always thought buns and pony's were protective styles... I guess I got alot to learn

I'm learning its up to the individual to define what it is cause I was in the same boat as you. I saw so many bun challenges which hid the ends I thought of it as a protective style. So bunning is my definition (IMO) of a protective style more so than for instance a pony-tail cause if my ends are not exposed or touching my clothing, I consider it a protective style.

 

[Mrs.Green]

Apologies for digging up an old thread. But I'm just not understanding the whole protective style thing.

I am past shoulder but not quite Armpit length and not good at the whole bunning thing *tucking ends under*. I've been wearing my hair in bantu knots taken down and clipped up. Am I not protecting my ends even though they are not rubbing against my clothing? I also seal my ends with EVOO. I guess i am trying to figure is Protective Styles different from Low Manipulation Styles I thought they were the same.