belletropjolie
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Hello Ladies! Semi Newbie here! This is my first post but have thoroughly enjoyed the site and all the great advice and tips.
Quick Synopsis of my hair:
I am a relaxed 4b(z?), prior to my HHJ I could have cared less about the health of my hair and was mostly weaved. Despite my poor habits I've typically hovered right around shoulder length though I think I may have been APL at some points.
I began my HHJ last December and began hiding my hair in wigs/buns. I also began self relaxing and stretching my relaxers to about 3 months. Unfortunately I experienced massive breakage at the line of demarcation, which was also compounded by under processing. I now have multiple patches of broken off hair all over head...setback 1
I reduced my stretches to about 8-10 weeks max and also used the half and half method which helped with the underprocessing.
I've also had breakage due to over moisturized hair which I've been dealing with by adding protein once a week. Took me forever and a month to realize that I needed to incorporate more protein but since doing so my breakage has definitely reduced a lot ...setback 2
Just when I think I've figured it all out, I recently noticed massive shedding . I began noticing that my fallen hairs have the white bulbs which clued me in that this was shedding. I've been reading up on this and I got some cheapo orange pekoe and cut black tea. Hopefully this will stop the shedding. Anyone had success with tea rinses??
Current Regimen
- Shampoo wash 2ce times a week (organix sulfate free or Old CON)
- Protein (egg recipe or aphoghee) once a week
- Co-wash once a week (VO5 moisture milks)
- DC once a week (aussie moist 3 min with honey
or ORS pak)
- Apply castor oil to scalp every other day
- Apply sulfur to scalp and take biotin when I remember too
Ok so I'm thoroughly confused because while I've experienced these setbacks I've also seen progress. I THOUGHT I was close to APL but now I'm not so sure. When my hair is wet it looks almost APL but when dry it looks shoulder length
erplexed. Soooo, is it possible to still make it to my goal of full APL by this December? Do I need to trim my hair back to the length of these broken off patches? I guess my larger question is, am I even on the right track despite these setbacks?
Thanks in advance ladies!! Your help is much appreciated!
p.s: sorry for the poor quality pics :-( digial camera broke
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Quick Synopsis of my hair:
I am a relaxed 4b(z?), prior to my HHJ I could have cared less about the health of my hair and was mostly weaved. Despite my poor habits I've typically hovered right around shoulder length though I think I may have been APL at some points.
I began my HHJ last December and began hiding my hair in wigs/buns. I also began self relaxing and stretching my relaxers to about 3 months. Unfortunately I experienced massive breakage at the line of demarcation, which was also compounded by under processing. I now have multiple patches of broken off hair all over head...setback 1


I've also had breakage due to over moisturized hair which I've been dealing with by adding protein once a week. Took me forever and a month to realize that I needed to incorporate more protein but since doing so my breakage has definitely reduced a lot ...setback 2
Just when I think I've figured it all out, I recently noticed massive shedding . I began noticing that my fallen hairs have the white bulbs which clued me in that this was shedding. I've been reading up on this and I got some cheapo orange pekoe and cut black tea. Hopefully this will stop the shedding. Anyone had success with tea rinses??
Current Regimen
- Shampoo wash 2ce times a week (organix sulfate free or Old CON)
- Protein (egg recipe or aphoghee) once a week
- Co-wash once a week (VO5 moisture milks)
- DC once a week (aussie moist 3 min with honey

- Apply castor oil to scalp every other day
- Apply sulfur to scalp and take biotin when I remember too

Ok so I'm thoroughly confused because while I've experienced these setbacks I've also seen progress. I THOUGHT I was close to APL but now I'm not so sure. When my hair is wet it looks almost APL but when dry it looks shoulder length

Thanks in advance ladies!! Your help is much appreciated!
p.s: sorry for the poor quality pics :-( digial camera broke
Pics
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