Based on my experience, which has been too many re-BCs from perming, heat damage, dyeing and not taking care of my hair, the answer is no!
A life of perms, heat curling for more volume, then weaves to hide the heat damage, then twist extensions to stop the hairline damage from weaves, then wigs because I wanted access to my hair just exhausted the hell out of me.
I didn't 'go natural' but decided to 'remain natural'. I LOVE Bardot's luscious fullness (extensions
Eva Marcille's caramel blonde, Nia Long's pixies, Rita Hayworth's hairline, Aishwarya Rai's silkiness and Rapunzel's length but....I can get that with wigs
Like LovelyNaps26, I'd evaluate why I decided to remain natural, which for me was:
#1 My hair always suffered when I got a perm and broke off
#2 I was becoming a more eco-centric person
#3 I lusted after the full, bold hair of my childhood
#4 Men seemed to drool over the confidence of natural women (vain, but.... hell y'all)
#5 I was ashamed of my thin, lifeless locks and lying about my weaves (SMH)
#6 It pained me to know that I was ashamed of anyone ever seeing my curly/coily hair and how obsessed I was with maintaining a straight look because without it I was less beautiful and desirable.
I had inherited and internalized this shame and it was eating away at me and I wanted to be free of all of it.
It's different for everyone but I came from a background where natural curls were 'hideous' and to be hidden. Straight hair wasn't a 'fun alternative' to beautiful natural hair, but a necessity. But happily, the paradigm is shifting in the opposite direction.
This isn't everyone's story just an honest reflection of how I felt. I've gone straight, SEVERAL times and wound up right back where I began, with the same hair and ego damage back to super healthy, lush, soft, coily curls (naturals just love to brag) and won't choose to straighten my hair in any way again.
I'm confident you'll find what's right for you, thanks for throwing an honest question out there. In the meantime stock up on KCKT and try a few wigs
)) - good luck!