kareflow
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I HAVE OPENED AND UPDATED MY ALBUMS. SO FAR I'M PRETTY PLEASED WITH MY PROGRESS...GAINING A LITTLE OVER 2 INCHS IN 12 WEEKS. THIS YEAR I AM VERY SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING MY GOAL (ARMPIT LENGHT) IF I DIDNT HAVE SO MANY SETBACKS LATE YEAR, I WOULD WAS BEEN THERE BY NOW.
I STARTED MY HAIR GROWING JOURNEY JANUARY 2005. I STRETCHED MY RELAXER FOR 8 MONTHS USING BRAIDS. IN AUGUST 2005, I DECIDED THAT I WOULD LET MY SISTER RELAX MY HAIR ...BIG MISTAKE. YOU SEE MY SISTER COULD NOT TELL THE DIF. BETWEEN MY RELAXED AND NATURAL HAIR ( THOUGH SHE SAID SHE COULD,PRIOR TO APPLING THE RELAXER) , THEN THE RELAXER WAS LEFT ON MY HEAD FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES ( BECAUSE AFTER SHE APPLIED IT, I WENT AND LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND REALIZED THAT SHE HAD MISSED ABOUT 2 INCHS OF NEW GROWTH). IT WAS A DISASTER ....WHEN WE WASHED THE RELAXER OUT, CHUCKS OF HAIR WERE COMING OUT
. THE END RESULT WAS THAT I HAD A FEW INCHES OF SEVERELY OVER PROCESSED HAIR , ABOUT 2 INCHS OF SEVERELY UNDER PROCESSED HAIR AND OLD BONE STRAIGHT RELAXED ENDS. I DID MY BEST TO NURSE MY HAIR BACK TO HEALTH, BUT WITH THE DEMANDS FOR WORKING 44 HOURS A WEEK AND GOING TO SCHOOL FULL TIME...I WAS FORCED TO PUT BRAIDS IN UNTIL DECEMBER.
DISASTER NUMBER 2 HAPPENED IN JANUARY WHEN I WENT TO GET MY HAIR RELAXED. THE HAIR DRESSER USED A RATTAIL COMB TO SMOOTH OUT MY HAIR BECAUSE (ACCORDING TO HER) MY HAIR WAS TOO THICK AND THE RELAXER WOULD NOT TAKE IF SHE DIDN'T USE IT
. MY HAIR STARTED TO SNAP AGAIN. WHEN SHE WASHED OUT THE RELAXER, I LOST CHUNKS OF HAIR AGAIN AND THE ENDS WERE THIN AND SEE THROUGH. I HAD TO CUT THE HAIR TO THE BASE OF MY NECK
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IN APRIL I RETOUCHED MY RELAXER AT ANOTHER HAIR DRESSER ... I WAS STILL LOSING ALOT OF HAIR BUT AT LEAST IT WAS NOT CHUNKS. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THE A BECAME VERY SERIOUS ABOUT MY HAIR CARE.
FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF MY RELAXER I WASHED AND DEEP CONDITIONED MY HAIR. I USED HEAT ONLY ONCE (TO MEASURE HAIR).I MOISTURIZED AND SEALED. IN THE LAST 6 WEEKS, I BRAIDED MY HAIR AND APPLIED THE C+G METHOD.WHEN I REMOVED THE BRAIDS, I BARELY LOST ANY HAIR . I RELAXER MY HAIR BY MYSELF AND LOST ABOUT 20 STRANDS. NOW I HAVE A SIMPLY REGIMEN THAT WORKS FOR ME AND A FEW STAPLE PRODUCTS. BEST OF ALL, MY HAIR IS THE HEALTHEST IT HAS EVER BEEN AND HAS GAINED MOST OFI TS THICKNESS BACK.....
P.S . THANK GOD FOR HAIR CARE FORUMS.....
(HOPEFULLY THERE ARE NOT ALOT OF TYPING ERRORS. ITS 5:45 AM HERE AND I AM STILL AT WORK ....WORKING NIGHTS IS A B**CH.
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I STARTED MY HAIR GROWING JOURNEY JANUARY 2005. I STRETCHED MY RELAXER FOR 8 MONTHS USING BRAIDS. IN AUGUST 2005, I DECIDED THAT I WOULD LET MY SISTER RELAX MY HAIR ...BIG MISTAKE. YOU SEE MY SISTER COULD NOT TELL THE DIF. BETWEEN MY RELAXED AND NATURAL HAIR ( THOUGH SHE SAID SHE COULD,PRIOR TO APPLING THE RELAXER) , THEN THE RELAXER WAS LEFT ON MY HEAD FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES ( BECAUSE AFTER SHE APPLIED IT, I WENT AND LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND REALIZED THAT SHE HAD MISSED ABOUT 2 INCHS OF NEW GROWTH). IT WAS A DISASTER ....WHEN WE WASHED THE RELAXER OUT, CHUCKS OF HAIR WERE COMING OUT
. THE END RESULT WAS THAT I HAD A FEW INCHES OF SEVERELY OVER PROCESSED HAIR , ABOUT 2 INCHS OF SEVERELY UNDER PROCESSED HAIR AND OLD BONE STRAIGHT RELAXED ENDS. I DID MY BEST TO NURSE MY HAIR BACK TO HEALTH, BUT WITH THE DEMANDS FOR WORKING 44 HOURS A WEEK AND GOING TO SCHOOL FULL TIME...I WAS FORCED TO PUT BRAIDS IN UNTIL DECEMBER.DISASTER NUMBER 2 HAPPENED IN JANUARY WHEN I WENT TO GET MY HAIR RELAXED. THE HAIR DRESSER USED A RATTAIL COMB TO SMOOTH OUT MY HAIR BECAUSE (ACCORDING TO HER) MY HAIR WAS TOO THICK AND THE RELAXER WOULD NOT TAKE IF SHE DIDN'T USE IT
. MY HAIR STARTED TO SNAP AGAIN. WHEN SHE WASHED OUT THE RELAXER, I LOST CHUNKS OF HAIR AGAIN AND THE ENDS WERE THIN AND SEE THROUGH. I HAD TO CUT THE HAIR TO THE BASE OF MY NECK .IN APRIL I RETOUCHED MY RELAXER AT ANOTHER HAIR DRESSER ... I WAS STILL LOSING ALOT OF HAIR BUT AT LEAST IT WAS NOT CHUNKS. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THE A BECAME VERY SERIOUS ABOUT MY HAIR CARE.
FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF MY RELAXER I WASHED AND DEEP CONDITIONED MY HAIR. I USED HEAT ONLY ONCE (TO MEASURE HAIR).I MOISTURIZED AND SEALED. IN THE LAST 6 WEEKS, I BRAIDED MY HAIR AND APPLIED THE C+G METHOD.WHEN I REMOVED THE BRAIDS, I BARELY LOST ANY HAIR . I RELAXER MY HAIR BY MYSELF AND LOST ABOUT 20 STRANDS. NOW I HAVE A SIMPLY REGIMEN THAT WORKS FOR ME AND A FEW STAPLE PRODUCTS. BEST OF ALL, MY HAIR IS THE HEALTHEST IT HAS EVER BEEN AND HAS GAINED MOST OFI TS THICKNESS BACK.....
P.S . THANK GOD FOR HAIR CARE FORUMS.....
(HOPEFULLY THERE ARE NOT ALOT OF TYPING ERRORS. ITS 5:45 AM HERE AND I AM STILL AT WORK ....WORKING NIGHTS IS A B**CH.http://public.fotki.com/kareflow/
