Are You An Effortless Grower or Someone Who Has To Work For Growth?

[maxineshaw]

I selected

NO: I must maintain a strict regimen but I'm willing to do that to reach my goals!

because I just do. I have to follow a very strict regimen in order to retain my length. It took me a while to figure out what works best for it. Now that I have my hair is flourishing. But I still have to be very strict with my regimen or else I'm looking at a setback.

I also have a tendency to be lazy, and my hair suffers because of that. If I skip one part of my routine, I'll be dismissive of the next time I should perform the skipped task (such as oiling my scalp, styling, etc.). I don't have to do a lot with my hair (my hair actually flourishes on simple things). Consistency is mainly key.

 

[SUPER SWEET]

I am an effortless grower until neck length....then it's all down hill

 

[mscocoface]

Depending on the phase and length.

The past year I have been working for it. Last two months there seems to have been a shift....but I am giving it the side eye....

 

[Sapphire_chic]

I'm pretty sure I have to work for length, i've never had experience not working for it and retaining length then again my pre lhcf hair care was pretty awful.

 

[Triniwegian]

Whoa! So in 18 months you grew your hair to waistlength? How long was your hair after the big chop?

No sweetie, I meant that I don't have WL or an inch a month..i didn't type that right.
After 18 months I am still not APL, so no magic happening over here.

 

[Mad Scientist]

I'd say I'm an effortless grower to a certain length. When I was relaxed, my hair would grow long pretty fast and I didn't do that much to it. But I think at a certain length, I'll have to work a little harder to reach goals.

 

[Adaoba2012]

I'm an effortless, fast grower (usually ).....but I have to work my a$$ off to retain.

This is exaaaaactly how my hair is too...I have to protective style for months to see significant growth.

 

[indarican]

i said other, because i have never had a problem with my hair not growing it was the retention that was the problem.

 

[biancaelyse]

I grow pretty easily and my regimen helps it to look better as it grows.

The main things that cause breakage for me are chemicals, heat and color. I don't do any of those things anymore so I'm good!!

 

[Stacy TheLady]

My hair has proven to be quite resilient but growing comes about with much PS and treatments.

There are times i do not stick to my reggie but my hair still grows (not fast but i see changes) or maybe its just that the ends dont break off.

Lately i am trying to do more corn rows and less bunning. My hair is plentiful but the strands are fine so i need to be more committed to protective styles

 

[*Muffin*]

My hair grows normally but for some reason it likes to break off at a certain point. I can grow my hair effortlessly up until APL or maybe a little past, then after that I have to treat my hair like it's precious silk thread or it will hover at the same length forever. I chose the other option because my hair grows just fine, and I don't have to maintain a strict routine, it's just that I have to comb my hair and manipulate it a bit less after a certain point or my retention won't be on point.

 

[growinstrong]

definitely NOT effortless. I dont know, my hair seems to grow slow these days no matter what I do .

 

[chebaby]

my hair grows effortlessly and i retain effortlessly too. even when i was relaxed, all i had to do was moisturize my ends and i was good.

 

[kizzylonghair]

I voted, I have to stick to a strict regime

The way I look at it every 4 weeks the roots start to come and LHCF has taught me that this is growth!!!. After 32 years of thinking my hair don't grow and its bad nappy hair that can't
My problem was retention, so the good regime I work at is worth it

 

[drappedup]

I chose other only because I don't know for sure yet. As a few others have said, I usually can make it to SL no matter what (hell, made it longer than that in the past w/ regular relaxers and flat irons), but it's never a long term thing, unfortunately. As soon as my hair grows past SL it just always gets jacked up one way or another. So I'd say I have fairly easy growth to SL point with no work whatsoever, but it's apparently hard for me to grow it longer than that........hopefully now that for the first time in my life I'm actually and genuinely TRYING to grow my hair, it will grow. We'll see. So ya, other.

 

[candiel]

Effortless for the most part!

 

[Mz.MoMo5235]

i would say compared to most i have it pretty easy....

 

[Creatividual]

I picked neither. Before my healither hair practices when I was relaxed, with no effort I could get SL to APL. I've never had issues growing my hair, for me it was retaining length and relaxing that were the issues. Relaxers just kept weakening and weakening my hair over time and my ends were so fragile that I really had to baby them. By the time I fully realized this, I was over it and made the decision to transition to natural.

Now as a natural it feels like my hair is growing faster but it's just that I'm able to retain the majority of my length now. It's stronger and has more body since there are no caustic chemicals being put on it. I have a simple regimen for my hair that is loosely structured. I listen to my hair and tend to its needs. I go for simple, easy and chic styles that require minimal effort, technical skills, time and manipulation. My hair flourishes with this outlook and I'm on my way to APL stretched.

 

[EMJazzy]

When I follow a fairly strict regimen my hair flourishes and retains length quite nicely as soon as I stray even a little bit from my established routine my hair rebels and I see broken hairs where there was none.

 

[Solitude]

I voted NO, I am not an effortless grower. I've always been able to grow my hair past my shoulders before LHCF, but it always took a while. My ends would get dry and start breaking, so I'd have to cut/trim. When I joined here, my hair was nape-length (a layered bob), and I'm just now achieving APL, about 18 months later.

For me to reach long lengths, I'll have to stretch my relaxers, avoid the flat-iron and blow dryer, use quality products, and pay special attention to my ends. I had to completely give up dyes and rinses, and right now my focus is overall moisture.

 

[softblackcotton]

I wouldn't really say effortless. I have to do something as little as retain moisture in the strands and not be rough with the manipulation. My hair grows kind fast but it breaks just as fast if I don't maintain a simple regimen such as clean well moisturized scalp and hair, protective styling.

 

[Filmatic]

I kind of have a regimen but my hair grows regardless. It actually grows fast. I can get a full inch if I'm eating right. I made it past SL before my nappiversary and I was just lazy that year. Just washing and going on.

I think the real key to my hair is moisture.

 

[BostonMaria]

My hair has grown so much these past 3 years. I don't know if my hair would still be this long if I did nothing to it. I don't want to find out the hard way so I'll just keep my strict regimen.

 

[skegeesmb]

I'm a neither yes or no. I have been able to grow out my hair regardless of what I did to it. But when I did do protective styles, the growth was more apparent to me. My husband seems to think so too, because he says as soon as you get to a certain length I seem to cut it. He's the type to tell you: "your hair has been the same length for six months" kind of person.

 

[yardyspice]

I thought I was a slow grower but I am really just a bad retainer. My hair grows between 1/2 to 3/4 inch month (lots of grays in the front so it is easy to measure) but before LHCF I didn't see any growth. I keep my hair moisturized (juicin') and cowashing and I am retaining most of my growth. I went from shoulder in November to APL in February and hopefully, I'll be at BSL by summer.

 

[halee_J]

Well I'd say I have to work for it. On average, my hair grows about 1/3'' a month. When I'm working out alot and taking my vits consistently, I can get 1/2". The good thing is that I retain well.

 

[wheezy807]

I voted: Neither Yes nor No: I have a regimen, but even if I don't stick to it 100%, my hair will grow. But for the last year or so i haven't even been sticking to my regimen out of pure laziness. Now that i think about it, maybe i am an effortless grower.**shrugs**

 

[Kellum]

My hair is going to grow regardless, it is retaining it that take a little work. That is where the regimen comes in.

 

[~~HoneyComb~~]

Since I've been natural, my hair has grown effortlessly--I'm very lazy with my hair, my routine is very simple and I've chopped it several times since becoming natural.

When relaxed my hair struggled for growth. It was most likely due to the fact that I hot curled every day, and I retouched every 6-8 weeks. It was weak, fine, and never grew past shoulder length.

 

[lnhair]

I am an effortless grower but only when I am natural. As a natural I always was able to maintain apl or bsl without effort. I relaxed my hair in Dec 2007 and by Sept 2008(last relaxer) I was transitioning. Right now I am collar bone length and fully natural. So I am way ahead of what I thought I would be.