BSL 2013 Challenge

[GettingKinky]

Yesss! I'm obsessed w/ the health & skin section. From reading those boards, I decided 2 start taking cholera(sp). I'm still reading that thread though. I've also started making my own face & body exfoliates. I really like the threads with the body transformations too. Its def helping me not to obsess over my hair, however every now & then I think I'm balding cause of all my shedding, lol.

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pelohello We must think alike. I just ordered some chlorella from amazon and I was just wondering where I could buy jars to keep my homemade face scrubs. And I'm resisting the urge to turn into a PJ with face products, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy the AO cleanser and mask and sunscreen.

 

[NikkiQ]

3 more days til 3 years post relaxer!!!

 

[Cattypus1]

3 more days til 3 years post relaxer!!!

Wow! That is really quite an accomplishment. Congratulations, your hair is beautiful.

 

[NikkiQ]

Wow! That is really quite an accomplishment. Congratulations, your hair is beautiful.

Thanks Cattypus1! It feels like it flew by too. Can't wait to see how long it is when I make it 3 years post BC.

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[Evolving78]

i got this oil in my head and it is itchin! i need to relax, but time is just not allowing me to do it.

 

[bajandoc86]

pelohello That;s awesome! Where you guys plan to stay...north coast or negril?

I know its not the typical tourist area but y'all should check out Portland. It is the most beautiful parish imho.

 

[newnyer]

Okay....I'm trying not to go into serious panic mode but I THINK I may have a bald spot from the past tension of this weave. Actually, I'm almost sure of it but partial denial is the only thing that is keeping me sane right now. :-( It's in the one spot in the front of my horseshoe part where it was a little sore when I first got it sewn in...but after a few days it loosened up so I never paid attention. So today I'm washing & DC'ing my leave out & started peeping my hair a little thin in that area & starting investigating...and I feel straight scalp!!! Pleaaassse don't let this be bad...please, please...
I'll take a pic as soon as I get back to my house. I'm so sad right now though, because my hair is already thinner than i'd like, lawd knows I can't cover a bald spot. *cry*

ETA: I don't even want to post this pic....it's CLEARLY a bald spot there. My 1st instinct would be to take this weave out ASAP...but #1 it's not even tight anymore so tension is no longer an issue- so how would it help @ this point anyway? & #2 I'm now scared that I may not even be able to cover up this spot w/o this weave right now. I'm gonna go lie down...I'm depressed now.

 

[keranikki]

Okay....I'm trying not to go into serious panic mode but I THINK I may have a bald spot from the past tension of this weave. Actually, I'm almost sure of it but partial denial is the only thing that is keeping me sane right now. :-( It's in the one spot in the front of my horseshoe part where it was a little sore when I first got it sewn in...but after a few days it loosened up so I never paid attention. So today I'm washing & DC'ing my leave out & started peeping my hair a little thin in that area & starting investigating...and I feel straight scalp!!! Pleaaassse don't let this be bad...please, please...
I'll take a pic as soon as I get back to my house. I'm so sad right now though, because my hair is already thinner than i'd like, lawd knows I can't cover a bald spot. *cry*

ETA: I don't even want to post this pic....it's CLEARLY a bald spot there. My 1st instinct would be to take this weave out ASAP...but #1 it's not even tight anymore so tension is no longer an issue- so how would it help @ this point anyway? & #2 I'm now scared that I may not even be able to cover up this spot w/o this weave right now. I'm gonna go lie down...I'm depressed now.

Take a deep breath. .. and relax. Okay. I would take the weave out just so you can see the full extent of the damage. Also, just because the weave isn't tight anymore doesn't mean it's not giving tension on the weak area. Before you take the weave out, I would buy a wig that would work for your active lifestyle to cover your hair while you nurse it back to health. Stay patient, stay calm, please don't stress, and your hair will how back stronger in no time.
I've been where you are at right now, except my bald spot was on the front left side of my head. For a while I had no way to cover it up (allergic to most wigs), but I was able to use fat braids to cover it up as my hair grew.

 

[Guinan]

pelohello That;s awesome! Where you guys plan to stay...north coast or negril?

I know its not the typical tourist area but y'all should check out Portland. It is the most beautiful parish imho.

I def take a look @ portland. My coworker keeps telling me iwe should go 2 ocho rios(I think that's what its called)

I'm excited, I can't wait. We're booking it in may (bday is not till july). I'm in full weightloss mode

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[Guinan]

Okay....I'm trying not to go into serious panic mode but I THINK I may have a bald spot from the past tension of this weave. Actually, I'm almost sure of it but partial denial is the only thing that is keeping me sane right now. :-( It's in the one spot in the front of my horseshoe part where it was a little sore when I first got it sewn in...but after a few days it loosened up so I never paid attention. So today I'm washing & DC'ing my leave out & started peeping my hair a little thin in that area & starting investigating...and I feel straight scalp!!! Pleaaassse don't let this be bad...please, please...
I'll take a pic as soon as I get back to my house. I'm so sad right now though, because my hair is already thinner than i'd like, lawd knows I can't cover a bald spot. *cry*

ETA: I don't even want to post this pic....it's CLEARLY a bald spot there. My 1st instinct would be to take this weave out ASAP...but #1 it's not even tight anymore so tension is no longer an issue- so how would it help @ this point anyway? & #2 I'm now scared that I may not even be able to cover up this spot w/o this weave right now. I'm gonna go lie down...I'm depressed now.

I 2nd that w/ buying a wig, till ur spot recovers. I had 2 VERY noticeable bald spots on both sides of my head (near the ears) due to a bad relaxer from my stylist. To help it recover, I massage JBCO on it for one month & then switch to MN & WGHO. I also avoided ANYTHING that would cause tension to my hairline. So I mainly wore braidouts. The one bald spot have recovered, almost completly but the one on the other side is slowly recovering. Its still present but not as noticeable.

(((Hugs))) I hope this helps & please don't get discouraged.

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[Guinan]

My hair has been officially wash & lightly blow dried. Can anyone spot the smile?

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[NikkiQ]

My hair has been officially wash & lightly blow dried. Can anyone spot the smile?

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I can kinda see a smile under all that gorgeous hair pelohello

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[GettingKinky]

I was fooling around with my ponytail, making loops and tucking the ends in, and I kind of like the resulting bun. I may actually wear this out. I tried to get a big picture, but it's hard to see detail in dark hair.

newnyer I agree with the wig suggestion while you nurse your hair back.

pelohello I see the smile it made me smile.

 

[Seamonster]

I finally cracked and did a trim. Thought I was cutting off an eight of an inch, but I actually cut off between 1/2 to 1 inch. Gotta love natural hair. Glad I waited 3 months to trim, next trim I am going to make sure I only cut an 1/8 of an inch. May try to wait 4 months for my next trim.

 

[Firstborn2]

I typed out a long paragraph hit enter and lost everything Anyway I was saying, It's been awhile since I've posted in this thread. I've been traveling for the past month and my hair has not suffered in the least. I've kept it braided and mosturized. I've gotten some good growth and for the first time I actually feel like I will make BSL by the end of the year. I'm excited

 

[newnyer]

Ok, after I laid down for a bit and distracted myself with some mind numbing movies I relaxed a lil bit. LOL. Still highly pissed. But I thought about it and this is definitely not my first setback & I've bounced back before...this is my first set back since my HHJ began.:-( I think that's why I was so upset. Before I would've just slapped some gel or another weave to hide the bald spot & kept it moving. LOL. Thanks keranikki & pelohello for the advice & encouragement. I'm going to take this weave out first thing next week (on 24 hour call right now) & see what I'm working with. It's a little hard to wear wigs @ work because of what I do daily, but I'll figure something out if I can't hide it. Definitely going to be buying some more of NJoy's sulfur mix & replenish my castor oil stash. Now that I've calmed down...here is my pic.

 

[newnyer]

I also see that there's a smaller spot on the exact opposite side of the horseshoe...but it's not as big & not nearly as thin. *sigh* oh well.

 

[Froreal3]

My hair has been officially wash & lightly blow dried. Can anyone spot the smile?

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You are grinnin like the Chesire cat honey! ...as you should be w/all that gawgus hurr! pelohello

newnyer (hug)...you will bounce right back.

GettingKinky Whatever that looptyloop is that you did came out really cute.

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[JosieLynn]

So I went out of town for a conference this weekend with my fam. Decided I'd wear my hair down, it's not an often occurrence. So I flat twisted from the center and bantu-knotted the ends and the resulting curly fro came. All I used was a spray bottle with water and a touch of gylcerin, Luv Naturals Leave-In, and my Belle Butters Green Tea and Matcha Shea Butter, then at night I just put the flat twist back up, pretty quick! I had quite a few compliments and even had a lady at ULTA compliment me and ask me how I accomplished the style, she was rocking a pretty fierce burgundy afro puff. Weekend hair was a success! Now I plan on washing it today and doing some major pampering, hot oil, DC the works!

 

[SelahOco]

I love seeing all your pictures! Very pretty, happy, long haired ladies

 

[NikkiQ]

Ok, after I laid down for a bit and distracted myself with some mind numbing movies I relaxed a lil bit. LOL. Still highly pissed. But I thought about it and this is definitely not my first setback & I've bounced back before...this is my first set back since my HHJ began.:-( I think that's why I was so upset. Before I would've just slapped some gel or another weave to hide the bald spot & kept it moving. LOL. Thanks @keranikki & @pelohello for the advice & encouragement. I'm going to take this weave out first thing next week (on 24 hour call right now) & see what I'm working with. It's a little hard to wear wigs @ work because of what I do daily, but I'll figure something out if I can't hide it. Definitely going to be buying some more of NJoy's sulfur mix & replenish my castor oil stash. Now that I've calmed down...here is my pic.

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newnyer the advice the ladies gave you is perfect. I've seen the wonders that castor oil has worked on others that had some thin spots so this should work great for you. I'm just happy that you saw it and decided to do something before it lingered around for a while. We'll be in here to support you. Now we got 2 things to cheer for-when you make BSL and when you successfully fill in your spot!

 

[Guinan]

I also see that there's a smaller spot on the exact opposite side of the horseshoe...but it's not as big & not nearly as thin. *sigh* oh well.

Thank u for sharing these pics, I know it was hard to do. Do u take vitamins? If not, I would add that into the reggie.

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[NikkiQ]

Is it sad that I haven't taken this satin cap off in a couple days now? *sigh* I just have no desire to look cute anymore

 

[newnyer]

pelohello Gurl I did feel some kinda way about posting those pics last night... I was so embarassed. Then I slapped myself back into reality-this is a hair forum, right? LOL if ANYBODY can understand my plight it's ya'll- & ya'll would give me more sound advice & encouragement than anybody else I know. I know we've seen a lot of setbacks here & some worse than mine. So yea NikkiQ- I'll be posting LC AND "bald spot watch" from here on out. LOL (tryna laugh about this shiznit-maybe too early. LOL)
Anyway, I take mutivitamins, but not nearly as consistent as I should be. Not anymore! I'm going to set a timer to remind myself everyday, now.

 

[SincerelyBeautiful]

Today is wash day!!!! I clarified, then used my moisturizing shampoo and followed it with a moisturizing cowash. Im now sitting under my hooded dryer DCing with a light protein conditioner. Im currently 8 weeks post and my NG is thick as thieves but im managing it very well. Usually at this time i have just a little NG but with me back on Hairfinity its growing twice as fast but im not complaining

 

[KaramelDiva1978]

I have missed so much here!! NikkiQ I'm so sorry we didn't meet I had no plans to go out of town, that trip was the definition of spontaneous. Y'all I looked at the calendar on Thursday and all but fell over that I hadn't shampooed my hair in three weeks!!! It has been LOC and French braid or bun....zero thought to the process.

Anyhow that nonsense ended on yesterday when I returned from the gym--a good clarifying wash and four hour deep condition. I think my hair sang a tune last night. The boyfriend and I workout four days a week and he has me learning to Chicago Step. My schedule is a fool plus he's in town this week!

Anyway no hair neglect and healthy ends. I still hope to be BSL by late summer.

 

[KaramelDiva1978]

Took down my flat twists of 5 days and cowashed with Aussie 3 min moist and went to work. So a relaxed wash N go? It's dry now I like the look.

Loving this!! Its warm and the season for braidouts and wash n go's. I have hair in four braids with rollers on my ends. I plan to rock a braidout all week.

 

[FroFab]

I've been twisted up for the last couple of weeks and focused on fitness. I've tried to use a spritz of water, conditioner (Tresemme Naturals for moisture), and Africa's best oils. I've cowashed at least twice per week and washed once per week (usually after my heaviest day). Now I'm going through each twist and finger detangling, removing shed hair and retwisting.

 

[ImanAdero]

Ok, after I laid down for a bit and distracted myself with some mind numbing movies I relaxed a lil bit. LOL. Still highly pissed. But I thought about it and this is definitely not my first setback & I've bounced back before...this is my first set back since my HHJ began.:-( I think that's why I was so upset. Before I would've just slapped some gel or another weave to hide the bald spot & kept it moving. LOL. Thanks keranikki & pelohello for the advice & encouragement. I'm going to take this weave out first thing next week (on 24 hour call right now) & see what I'm working with. It's a little hard to wear wigs @ work because of what I do daily, but I'll figure something out if I can't hide it. Definitely going to be buying some more of NJoy's sulfur mix & replenish my castor oil stash. Now that I've calmed down...here is my pic.

I know it's sad :: BUT you can always do a swoop bang with the other side!!! And definitely wigs! that'll be great! All hope is not gone! I can already see lots of style choices!

Keep your chin up and just nurse that spot!

 

[SincerelyBeautiful]

After rinsing out my dc, i applied my cantu leave in and sealed with my evco. This time i twisted each section and put the twists in bantu knots. May not touch for a couple days and do the GHE for added moisture during those days.