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Are You Where You Thought You'd Be One Year Ago?

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No I'm not. I'd thought I'd be closer to waist by now. But I'm just at BSL. The 5" the stylist cut in Sept. hurt me but I learned a lesson "don't trust anyone with my haircare.":)
 
nope. thought i'd be closer to apl in the back and that the front layers of my hair would be farther than they are.
 
nope, I should be below BS but I am about 2" away. I cut off about 5" last year :sniff::sniff:

But I am plowing along.
 
Dang, me either. :lol: I thought I'd be APL in the Back by now but I'm a little past shoulder length.
 
:mad: No way. I should be below BS, but I think I'm just at BSL. My layers are all still there.
 
NOPE! This time last year, I was a month post my BC. I thought I would be an inch or two below shoulder length...now I'm about an inch or two away from shoulder length.

Grow hair, grow!!
 
Yes. I'm a little ahead of schedule as far as length goes. But I should say here that I have not cut or even trimmed my hair since my big chop in the summer of 2005. If I wore my hair in straight styles, I might have had a hard time getting away with this.
 
nope. i thought i'd be at full shoulder length by now. the back is at shoulder length but the sides are not fully there yet. hmmph! i wanted to be apl by the end of this year. i don't know if that's gonna happen either. oh well there's always next year.
 
Negative.

I thought I'd be closer to BSL by now. I think it took me a while just to get a solid regimine and figure out what works and what doesn't. So while I'm not where I thought I'd be, I am happy with my hair and it's progress.
 
Slightly- I didn't have measurable goals a year ago. I just wanted long hair and if I remembre correctly, I wanted a ponytail. I got the ponytail but I wish my front and crown would grow to SL. But overall I am happy with my progress (even if it's slow) and I since I really started tracking in Dec 06, I should be able to better gage my progress for 07.
 
No, but its my own fault because I gave myself too many unncessary trims trying to keep my ends blunt. :ohwell: The dh hid my scissors so I will probably make my goal sometime this year. :lol:
 
Nope!

I thought it would be full apl by now after all the trimming and evening up I did last year. But only the back from ear to ear reaches apl, and the rest of my hair is almost there.

I'm a little disappointed, but I won't stress over it. I don't want the rest of my hair to fall out. :grin:
 
Way ahead actually.

This time last year I was in a cut it and keep it covering my neck at the shoulder mode. When my grandmother died she was 100 years old and had beautiful long butt lenght braids she'd had for many years, my feelings about my hair changed. I decided to put the scissors down, and let my hair grow as it will.
 
I never thought I would have ended up chopping all my hair off and starting over. But on the brighter side, my hair is almost back to where it was before I chopped in less than a year. IDK why I didn't do it sooner.
 
No I am. my hair has gotten worse. I have a broken patch and my left side is extremely thin. But I'm not gonna give up. Im just gonna dust my shoulders off and keep trying.:)
 
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No but thats only because I was thinking TOO BIG and now thinking about it after figuring out a solid regimine of what works for me I have grown a head full of some healthy, shiny, black hair. :D I'm proud of myself for that. I've had a few stumbling blocks along the way but my hair has thanked me for giving her some good treatment along the way.

I think the excitement of seeing what works for one person really gets our minds working and we run off and change our regimine but all of our bodies are different so what will work for me may very well not work for somoene else. After I found that out the HARD way....I'm much better.

Thinking about it is making me anxious to take these braids out and feel my wet hair slap my skin. LOL!! :)

Happy Hair growing ladies...
 
I think i'm on schedule with regards to hair growth.

I BC exactly a year ago....infact i shaved all my hair off and now i can't believe my hair is tickling my neck when in twists.
Its only when i looked at my comparisons pictures did i realise how much it had grown. It was all down to wash and go's every day.
 
That's a big fat NO thanks to an unwanted cut in Dec. Like you DLewis I NEVER EVER will another stylist cut my hair. I should have been close to APL. So sad.
 
Hmmmm... no.

I thought I would have been brastrap before the end of last year, but I'm not. :( In all fairness though I was not taking care of my hair at all (I was too caught up in being cute)

But I am quickly approaching BSL and may very well be after my next touch up... if I don't need/get a major trim anyway. I've also gotten a little better at doing certain things to my hair myself. :)
 
no but thats because i have not been here a year yet but sent i been here and learning a lot my hair is growing out of a short short cut and i am getting happy:lol: :lol: :lachen: :lachen:
 
Although I was not on the board then, I have say that I have hit my original hair goal of BSL. It was not until I found this board that I realized that I have the possibility of growing it to even longer lengths. My next is to be least 3 inches below BSL and then I will find the perfect hair cut to frame my face with. The straight look is a little boring on me. :look:
 
No. I think at this stage I sill wasn't even thinking about going natural, I think that thought came at the end of March or April 2006. When I did make the decision to go natural I thought I would transition for 18 to 24 months. I pretty much thought I'd keep getting relaxers and eventually my hair would grown to BSL again.

So I'm natural with 6 inches of hair, a far cry from where I thought I'd be a year ago.

BUT I LOVE IT!
 
In regards to length no. The two 3inch cuts I had last summer really set me back but in terms of getting to know my hair better and overall health, I say a BIG yes.
 
Sort of...

When I started in March 2006 my hair was literally fried off from improper use of relaxers (applying too strong a relaxer, too frequently) and glue-in weaves (uggghhh!!). My practices left me with bald patches and little over-processed hairs sticking out, averaging about 2-2.5 inches :ohwell: .

I just wanted healthier hair in 2006 and for my scalp to recover and grow out those bald spots in my crown and nape. So I ended up cutting my hair all the way down in March and started over. My hair was an inch above SL in December, but I got a 1.5 inch trim two days after Christmas. My hair is back where it was in December when she trimmed it. So I think I've done fairly well considering. Wish I would've taken pics to document all this....:(
 
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Hmmmm... no.

I thought I would have been brastrap before the end of last year, but I'm not. :( In all fairness though I was not taking care of my hair at all (I was too caught up in being cute)

But I am quickly approaching BSL and may very well be after my next touch up... if I don't need/get a major trim anyway. I've also gotten a little better at doing certain things to my hair myself. :)
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girl you are going to be there in no time. you are so close, well in my opinion you are there.;)

This time last year I was still rockin micros and deciding when I was going to take my hair out. I was hoping my hair would be longer due to wearing braids for 3 years and completely growing out my relaxer but I didnt know anything about hair boards, deep conditioning, MOISTURIZERS, and everything else I have learned from here. I will be back in this thread in August 2007 (i know its a long way from here) to say that YES I am where I expected to be a year ago. With a head full of healthy hair and past APL inching closer to BSL. Lets hope so!!!
 
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