Well, it's been two years. I made it 
Started with 0" of hair and I'm now at about 8.5-10".
I took these pics on Saturday. Took me 2.5 hours to flatiron and trim as I go...oy
Before Saturday I hadn't used heat since Mar 2006, which has it's positives and negatives. One negative was my hair had many inidivual knots. If they say we have 100,000 strands of hair give or take, well I had 90,000 knots
I read on here that it may have to do with trapped shed hairs. I was combing but I guess the teeth were too large so I didn't really get in there.
When I first flatironed the back it was APL but by the time I did the comb-chase method of flatironing then I trimmed the ends to remove the individual knots from the ends....my back was reverting...basically going upwards. So enjoy my slightly poofing hair pics...lol. I'll go to a professional next time Btw, I used CHI silk infusion and I LOVED it.
Happy With:
Looks Thick
It's Healthy
It's growing out pretty even all around (have never had that before...no tail this time...yet)
It's APL (stretched)
Sad:
All the knots which meant I had to trim some off. Need to figure out how to prevent those. I never had that issue my first time around with being natural...hmm. I think I may have straightened more..hmm.
My hairline has thinned a bit from the continuous braids...need to get a lace front this week
Pics were taken with a new camera and I still haven't played with it enough. Sorry the pics are a bit blurry.
And excuse the background of the pic (I was in a storage room...only one with the shelf at the right level for my camera). Anywho...lol...enjoy the pics
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v343/TKFF7/June 2008 - 2 YEARS/
PASSWORD: June2008
Started with 0" of hair and I'm now at about 8.5-10".I took these pics on Saturday. Took me 2.5 hours to flatiron and trim as I go...oy
Before Saturday I hadn't used heat since Mar 2006, which has it's positives and negatives. One negative was my hair had many inidivual knots. If they say we have 100,000 strands of hair give or take, well I had 90,000 knots
I read on here that it may have to do with trapped shed hairs. I was combing but I guess the teeth were too large so I didn't really get in there. When I first flatironed the back it was APL but by the time I did the comb-chase method of flatironing then I trimmed the ends to remove the individual knots from the ends....my back was reverting...basically going upwards. So enjoy my slightly poofing hair pics...lol. I'll go to a professional next time
Btw, I used CHI silk infusion and I LOVED it.Happy With:
Looks Thick
It's Healthy
It's growing out pretty even all around (have never had that before...no tail this time...yet)
It's APL (stretched)
Sad:
All the knots which meant I had to trim some off. Need to figure out how to prevent those. I never had that issue my first time around with being natural...hmm. I think I may have straightened more..hmm.
My hairline has thinned a bit from the continuous braids...need to get a lace front this week
Pics were taken with a new camera and I still haven't played with it enough. Sorry the pics are a bit blurry.
And excuse the background of the pic (I was in a storage room...only one with the shelf at the right level for my camera). Anywho...lol...enjoy the pics http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v343/TKFF7/June 2008 - 2 YEARS/
PASSWORD: June2008
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