luckiestdestiny
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@luckiestdestiny to be honest, Idk if it's a good long term solution. I got mine done I think around month 10 of my transition and I started to get Dominican rollersets n blow outs and I'd blow dry my own hair so essentially I was wearing my hair straight. Yes, my hair reverted from using the system. However, I received some heat damage from the few Dominican blow outs I got. I got this treatment b/c I didn't know how/felt overwhelmed with my transitioning hair. Looking back in hindsight, instead of trying to wear my hair straight, I would have started doing my braid outs earlier on in my transition. I didn't really see the real benefit of using this. It was good for when I got wash n sets and wore my hair straight and for when I'd blow dry my hair straight myself. As my transition continued I realized how much easier it was to handle my hair when I took the time to do my braid outs. I worked in 4 sections similar to how I handle my hair now. Also while transitioning, for the most part I'd wear my hair slicked back b/c it was easy. For me, I didn't see the need to keep using it when I realized that it wouldn't be in my best interest to keep trying to straighten my hair.
I see. In my mother's case she's going natural because she has to (and has lupus that is thinning her hair). She loves straight hair. I have convinced her to wear an occasional braid out, but she wants it straight most of the time and definitely not frizzy. It's frustrating because I'm like ma c'mon I'm natural and I'm telling you to become friends with your frizz (I wear mine natural in braids, twists and of course also flat iron so I know my hair inside and out and how natural hair responds.) .
But she is not having it ..., or rather not having the frizz, so as I've looked into this before I reminded her about this but told her I'd do more research. Before I could, she jumped the gun and had it done. So with that said I think what you're saying is if she wears it straight, this may be good, but not for someone wanting to wear it curly all the time. She is not to be reasoned with about wearing it curly most of the time. If she could keep the hair on her head she'd relax till kingdom come. But since listening to me, her hair is growing back, not breaking and is thickening up so she's open to growing it out (and has worked on that for the past five months). I don't know a better way. I got rid of my hair (relaxer) with grave's disease (thyroid). But hey I was more than willing to wear it natural and big chopped so I didn' have to go through his. She will definitely be the other way, she's going to be a straightened natural all the way.
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