Full & Healthy Crown & Edges Challenge 2012

[USER=109779 said:
naturalfinally[/USER];15835567]Thanks for the information! I use oil, leave in and gel after I henna. I'll be on he look out for a decrease in strength. What do you use in the meantime?
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I use my leave-ins. I just don't use oils. My hair is low porosity so it doesn't hold the henna very well. If you have regular porosity you wouldn't have that same issue with your hair.
 
Oiled my edges with HBCO this morning and dabbed a bit in the back. I want to find a way to do my entire scalp mid week without making my hair greasy. So will keep thinking on it.
 
faithVA said:
I use my leave-ins. I just don't use oils. My hair is low porosity so it doesn't hold the henna very well. If you have regular porosity you wouldn't have that same issue with your hair.
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Nope!! I'm low porosity as well. My hair is jet black so the only way that I can tell if I'm losing any is on my 5-6 gray strands.
 
naturalfinally said:
Nope!! I'm low porosity as well. My hair is jet black so the only way that I can tell if I'm losing any is on my 5-6 gray strands.
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Even without the oil, the henna has slid right off of my hair. I have way more than 5 gray hairs :lol: But it isn't as bad as usual. I hate applying henna. So I will just deal with the gray for a few more weeks before I have to do it again.
 
Went overboard with my newly added sulfur MN mix last night. My hairline this morning was patchy yellow and I had somewhere to be soon. I sprayed leave in and took a towel and gently scrubbed away semi frantically lol. Less is more, lessss is more.
 
Was twisting my hair and can see some spots that are still too thin. And I had this sore spot on the right side in the crown. Not completely surprised because I knew that section wasn't completely healed. But its the first time my scalp has been sore in anyway in many months.

I think I will still just stick to my 1x to 2x a week oil schedule and hope thats enough to fill in the thin spots.
 
faithVA how often are you rinsing your scalp? Are you spritzing with an herbal rinse?
Fyi: ladies I saw a thread on wild growth oil on curly nikki a girls crown was bald. She used the oil & in 2 months there was a huge difference. I wasnt sure if posting her pics were against forum rules. Its on the last page of the wild growth oil thread.
 
Now using mn-sulfur 8 mix in the AM daily and continuing with brahmi-bhringraj 3x per week at night. These edges are making a comeback yall!
 
[USER=132381 said:
hair4romheaven[/USER];15878271]@faithVA how often are you rinsing your scalp? Are you spritzing with an herbal rinse?
Fyi: ladies I saw a thread on wild growth oil on curly nikki a girls crown was bald. She used the oil & in 2 months there was a huge difference. I wasnt sure if posting her pics were against forum rules. Its on the last page of the wild growth oil thread.
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I don't do mid week rinses or spritzes. I keep anything wet applied to my scalp or hair for wash day. My hair start to tangle and matt as soon as anything wet hits my hair.
 
faithVA said:
I don't do mid week rinses or spritzes. I keep anything wet applied to my scalp or hair for wash day. My hair start to tangle and matt as soon as anything wet hits my hair.
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So u cant wash in twist mid-week. That has helped my soreness. As well as the herbal spritz. Its immediate relief.
 
[USER=132381 said:
hair4romheaven[/USER];15878999]So u cant wash in twist mid-week. That has helped my soreness. As well as the herbal spritz. Its immediate relief.
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No I cannot wash in twist or braids. Never have been able to do that one.

Last night I rinsed my boxed braids, just letting the water run through them and they just tangled right up. I only did it this time because I was taking them out immediately to put in twists.

But my scalp is actually doing well as I mentioned in my March progress report. I could already tell by the hair growing there that it wasn't healed. That soreness was just a reminder.
 
Did a scalp massage with some copper peptide and emu oil mix, a little hair trigger and flax seed/aloe vera gel. Braided it up for the night. Added some pomade to my edges.
 
Did my regular rollerset. Crown looks great. Added some cantu to my edges to lay them down. Will use profectiv on them in the morning.
 
My crown is coming along but not as nicey as I thought it was, after taking pictures I see I need to be more consistent. I'm going to add using black tea rinse, I never had a shedding problem but about 18 months ago I washing it because it actually increased my growth but discolor my hair to the color of the tea so I stopped. Maybe it will trigger some more growth in the crown. Will continue to take vitamins and use sulfur oil also.

Taking pictures helps tells the whole story, wish I kept my original pictures :ohwell:
 
20Something said:
My crown is coming along but not as nicey as I thought it was, after taking pictures I see I need to be more consistent. I'm going to add using black tea rinse, I never had a shedding problem but about 18 months ago I washing it because it actually increased my growth but discolor my hair to the color of the tea so I stopped. Maybe it will trigger some more growth in the crown. Will continue to take vitamins and use sulfur oil also.

Taking pictures helps tells the whole story, wish I kept my original pictures :ohwell:
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I agree about taking pictures. They really help to see what is really going on. Hopefully the next time you do a check you will see great progress.
 
Profectiv really doesn't work unless I'm laying them down w/ a scarf. So I'll take it out of my daily routine and just lay my edges down at night w/ the cantu, but will be way less heavy-handed with it tonight.

This weekend I plan to not wash Friday and Saturday night. I'll lay my edges down w/ Profectiv and a scarf and will just use oil sheen on the back with a hair net and hair bonnet and just fluff it up Saturday and Sunday morning. Really hoping this works and that I don't have to use a comb in my hair.
 
Oiled my scalp with coffee castor oil. Just a little bit of this left and then will switch over to my other castor oil blend. Have been oiling my edges several times a week with HBCO.

My hair is in flat twists so haven't been massaging.
 
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