O.K., here's a two-month progress report:
The first pic was taken in September 2008. While my hair is fairly long at APL, it's whispy, the ends are a bit damaged, and my hair looks very fine.
The second pic was taken on December 1, 2008, yesterday. Notice the difference in my ends. Keep in mind that at least 2 inches were chopped off. I trimmed about an inch back in late September. When my mother came for a visit in early October, she trimmed another 1 and 1/4 because I had done such a poor job.
The other day, I did I search and destroy, evening up my ends as best as I could. Notice how much fuller my hair looks. Both pics were taken after a fresh relaxer and my hair was bone straight. Notice the difference...
Just think...had I not trimmed at all, my hair may have been about 2 inches longer than the 2nd pic.
MT works, ya'll! It really does. I do an herbal oil infusion, which I make myself with various fresh herbs, including Rosemary, Nettles, Sage, Hibiscus and others, infused in Jojoba oil. Add that to my MT and apply every 3 days or so. I shampoo and condition with OCT, deep conditioning twice a week with either Silicon Mix or some other deep moisturizing conditioner. My hair shows the difference, and I received many compliments from my family during the Thanksgiving holiday. And friends and colleagues at work continue to tell me that my hair looks very healthy and is growing. I may not see the progress all the time, but others seem to be noticing...
MT/OCT WORKS!!!!!!!