Full & Healthy Crown & Edges Challenge 2013

[IDareT'sHair]

justhavingfun

Super Great Progress! Very nice!

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Haven't been posting regularly over here like I 'should' but I am still on my Daily Grind.

This is a great motivational thread.

Right now I'm doing a month of sulfur-based products *don't buy many of those* but I have a few in my stash. Finished up, Peppermint Pomade from the Pomade Shop & N'Joi CreationS GRO Balm (both ETSY) another poster sent me.

Right now, I'm using Liquid Gold's Green Magic on problem areas.

After I finish up this jar, I'll move on to something else. Next month, I'll use different Growth Aides, but nothing with Sulfur.

Carry On Ladies and Keep Up the Good Work!

 

[faithVA]

I put my hair in kinky twists over the weekend. They would look better if they were smaller but my crown say absolutely not So I made them bigger to make sure I didn't rip the hair out of my crown. I think my scalp was thinning when I got the kinky twists the first time. I think I worsened it with heavy hair and not keeping my scalp hydrated properly. I have learned my lesson.

I ordered 2 more bottles of NJoy's growth oil. So I will use that 3x a week. I think it will be easier to oil my scalp with the twists. It will also make it easier to cowash. I think I am good for the summer.

I have 4 Naturals Scalp Treatment and Komaza Stinky Stuff. I am going to see how I can incorporate both of those while I'm in kinky twists. Hope to see some good scalp progress when I take these out in August.

 

[msbettyboop]

So here's the update I spoke about. Below are pics of my edges when I wore it in a bun at the beginning of my challenge:

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Below are from middle of last year I think

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Below are from last week before I put in my braids.

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[faithVA]

That's fabulous msbettyboop. You can't tell you ever had an issue. Congratulations. And thank you for sharing your progress. I know it will be encouraging for future ladies.

 

[Andrea2012]

So here's the update I spoke about. Below are pics of my edges when I wore it in a bun at the beginning of my challenge:

http://i.imagefra.me/8c4jkgw0 http://i.imagefra.me/b11jkgwaUploaded at ImageFra.me

Below are from middle of last year I think

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Below are from last week before I put in my braids.

http://i.imagefra.me/4c0jkgwn http://i.imagefra.me/4d3jkgwoUploaded at ImageFra.me

Amazing progress! What have you been using?

 

[msbettyboop]

Amazing progress! What have you been using?

I combined a few different things. I wrote a post on it somewhere in here. Sorry I can't search for it cos I'm on my iPad. Perhaps faithVA can assist since she manages the thread. Thanks habibti

 

[msbettyboop]

That's fabulous msbettyboop. You can't tell you ever had an issue. Congratulations. And thank you for sharing your progress. I know it will be encouraging for future ladies.

I hope so. I'm not out of this challenge though cos remember I mentioned discovering a bald spot on my crown by accident last year. I admit I haven't been taking pictures of that cos I was just horrified by the discovery. I really hope that's filled in by the time I take out my braids!

I will also continue what I've been doing as the regrown hair still needs to catch up with the rest of my hair .

 

[faithVA]

I have decided to use the 4 Naturals Hair Treatment every day until it is used up. I will use it morning and night except for the days I use NJoy's growth oil. Then I will just use it in the morning. When it is gone I will replace it with Komaza's Stinky Stuff.

I like how soothing the 4 Naturals is. After I use the Stinky Stuff I will decide which one I will continue with. I still have a bit of my own oil mix to use up.

 

[ghanagirl23]

Checking in

 

[Newtogrow]

Update: I went to the a 2nd dermatologist today that said i have "breakage". I side-eyed that because I have a widening bald patch. I believe that because without formally diagnosing alopecia she was hesitant. so she scheduled a biopsy for me to find out the true cause for my hair loss. i had blood work done for my thyroid. in the meantime, my jbco arrived today and i mixed it with lavendar and peppermint to hide the smell. i am still using the prescription shampoo and oil, emu oil, majhbrahmi(sp) oil, and the eo mix with heat cap.

 

[faithVA]

Update: I went to the a 2nd dermatologist today that said i have "breakage". I side-eyed that because I have a widening bald patch. I believe that because without formally diagnosing alopecia she was hesitant. so she scheduled a biopsy for me to find out the true cause for my hair loss. i had blood work done for my thyroid. in the meantime, my jbco arrived today and i mixed it with lavendar and peppermint to hide the smell. i am still using the prescription shampoo and oil, emu oil, majhbrahmi(sp) oil, and the eo mix with heat cap.

I hope you can pinpoint the problem soon.

 

[faithVA]

I have upped my scalp game. I am applying something to my scalp daily. I apply NJoy's growth oil 3x a week. And morning and night I apply either 4 Naturals Daily Treatment or Komaza's Stinky Stuff. Even though I have been moisturizing my hair, I notice that my scalp is thirsty. So I will be misting my scalp with water morning and night as well to see if I can hydrate my scalp.

I'm not sure if I need to add something to the water but I will play it by ear.

 

[justhavingfun]

So here's the update I spoke about. Below are pics of my edges when I wore it in a bun at the beginning of my challenge:

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Below are from middle of last year I think

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Below are from last week before I put in my braids.

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Wow, it's filled in nicely.

 

[faithVA]

I went to Sally's today and they had 2 bottles of the 4 Naturals Hair Treatment for 4.99 on the clearance rack. I had 20% off so I got them for $3.99. Now I'm covered for 2 extra months. Going to use the Stinky Stuff in June and when it runs out I will go back to this. I don't know if this helps my crown but it definitely soothes it. And lately my crown has been feeling very dry.

 

[jprayze]

I wanted to come back and check in because it has been a while. The bald spot near my right ear remains, but I continue to have hair to cover it up. Thank God! I returned to the dermatologist and I think they were able to finally pinpoint the problem. It does appear to be medical, a special type of autoimmune disease caused scleroderma that in my case only affects the right side. It also causes a ptosis in my right eye, although it has gotten a lot better over the years. So the effects seem to be mostly cosmetic and hopefully has not affected anything internally. Now I wonder if other things are related to this. Time to put the pieces together...

Next stop will be a rheumatologist that specializes in it. I remember years ago growing up in a rural area seemed to make our medicial resources limited. They knew how to fix minor ailments and always recommended fixes but not identifying the root cause, like suggesting surgery on my eyelid but not determining why it was droppy. Because scleroderma is kinda rare, a lot is still unknown so no doctor has wanted to deal with it.

So my mother dug up my old medical reports and I'm going to start on this journey again at Johns Hopkins.

In the meantime, I'll keep massaging my bald spot with good oils and hope for the best. I'm amazed how things work together for my good because it took my hair loss to get my attention to get me to revisit this thing.

 

[MileHighDiva]

I went to Sally's today and they had 2 bottles of the 4 Naturals Hair Treatment for 4.99 on the clearance rack. I had 20% off so I got them for $3.99. Now I'm covered for 2 extra months. Going to use the Stinky Stuff in June and when it runs out I will go back to this. I don't know if this helps my crown but it definitely soothes it. And lately my crown has been feeling very dry.

faithVA have you considered applying Jojoba oil to your scalp 1x week to keep it from being dry? It's the oil closest to sebum and light. I apply mine with the Roots Only applicator to keep my scalp from being dry/thirsty.

 

[faithVA]

@faithVA have you considered applying Jojoba oil to your scalp 1x week to keep it from being dry? It's the oil closest to sebum and light. I apply mine with the Roots Only applicator to keep my scalp from being dry/thirsty.

No. I have used jojoba once before and wasn't crazy about it. But maybe I will get a little sample size and try it out.

 

[ghanagirl23]

Update on my edges the left side is almost done filling im so happy just that the right side is taking forever but slow n steady wins the race

 

[faithVA]

^^Thanks for providing an updated. Hopefully this thread will provide inspiration to others for a long time.

Congratulations on your progress.

 

[faithVA]

I picked up a bottle of Softee Thicken Growth Oil (Revitalizing Repair Formula). It was about $5 for a 4 oz bottle. It has some decent ingredients in it.

Soybean oil
MeadowFoam Seed Oil
Shea Butter extract
rosemary extract
lecithin
sulfur
olive oil
retinyl palmatat
tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e)
corn oil
safflower oil
hops extract
balm mint extract
chamomile extract
yarrow extract
nettle extract
horsetail extract
neutral henna extract

After I use up my various oils, I think I will just by this and add more essential oils if I like. In the meantime I will mix it with the NJoy Growth Oil to dilute the sulfur some. I probably have enough oils and scalp treatments to last me the rest of the year.

 

[justhavingfun]

I'm sitting here with castor oil on my hair. It's been this way since bedtime. Woke up this morning and we have no water. Needless to say my day is a total loss.

On another note. I bought a bottle of Argan Oil.



I was in the beauty supply store the other day with a coworker when I picked up this bottle of Argan Oil. My coworker mentioned that she really likes using the olive oil made by the same brand on her daughters hair. I love the way this smells and you don't need a lot as it's a bit on the oily side. Plus it's very light. It was $2.49 for a 2.5 fl oz bottle. I've been oiling my scalp with it at bedtime.

Has anyone else ever used this product? If so what kind of results did you get?

 

[faithVA]

I'm sitting here with castor oil on my hair. It's been this way since bedtime. Woke up this morning and we have no water. Needless to say my day is a total loss.

On another note. I bought a bottle of Argan Oil.

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I was in the beauty supply store the other day with a coworker when I picked up this bottle of Argan Oil. My coworker mentioned that she really likes using the olive oil made by the same brand on her daughters hair. I love the way this smells and you don't need a lot as it's a bit on the oily side. Plus it's very light. It was $2.49 for a 2.5 fl oz bottle. I've been oiling my scalp with it at bedtime.

Has anyone else ever used this product? If so what kind of results did you get?

You hair will love that extra oil treatment this morning.

I have not seen that brand of argan oil. I will check for it next time I go.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Pulled out the Mega-Tek and have been applying it to Scalp. See if I can encourage a Summer Growth Spurt.

Still using other Oils & Massages and all of that good stuff. My 'problem' area (where I had tied my Durag too tightly filled back in nicely).

So, I'm just using MT all over for an extra-added Push.

Also still taking Viviscal.

 

[Newtogrow]

Update: I went to the a 2nd dermatologist today that said i have "breakage". I side-eyed that because I have a widening bald patch. I believe that because without formally diagnosing alopecia she was hesitant. so she scheduled a biopsy for me to find out the true cause for my hair loss. i had blood work done for my thyroid. in the meantime, my jbco arrived today and i mixed it with lavendar and peppermint to hide the smell. i am still using the prescription shampoo and oil, emu oil, majhbrahmi(sp) oil, and the eo mix with heat cap.

Update: I went back to the 1st derm for my second round of cortisone shots, this time the physician assistant administered the shots. I asked her if this could be anything other than alopecia. she said that it looked to be because it starts out with breakage and the only way to know is to take a biopsy but since my hair was responding to treatment we continue on the path of cortisone shots, script shampoo and prescript oil. I have to say I agree, now that my scalp is responding my bald spot has filled back into a patch. there is no bare skin anymore so I don't want to get the biopsy from the 2nd derm that is scheduled for this thursday. I do want to know the results from my blood test. I'm still following my above regimen.

 

[justhavingfun]

Pulled out the Mega-Tek and have been applying it to Scalp. See if I can encourage a Summer Growth Spurt.

Still using other Oils & Massages and all of that good stuff. My 'problem' area (where I had tied my Durag too tightly filled back in nicely).

So, I'm just using MT all over for an extra-added Push.

Also still taking Viviscal.

I've read so much about Mega-Tek on here and really want to try it. However it is quite expensive. One day I'll break down and purchase it.

 

[NappyNelle]

Massaged my edges with sulfur oil.

 

[faithVA]

Have been misting my scalp with the stinky stuff daily. Yesterday I applied diluted NJoy growth oil to my scalp. I was lazy so I just let it sit. I finally baggied around 10 last night.

My crown is interesting. I wet my hair in the shower yesterday. 30 minutes after I got out the hair around the crown was still wet. The hair at my crown was bone cry like it had not seen water in days. I am pretty sure my scalp in that area is dehydrated but not sure how to correct that

Maybe when my hair gets longer I can cowash every other day to help hydrate it. My hair is too short for that right now.

 

[NappyNelle]

Massaged my modified Oyin Burnt Sugar Pomade into my hairline. I forgot how much I love this product.

 

[faithVA]

Before styling I misted my scalp with Stinky Stuff. I have maybe 1 or 2 weeks of it left. I can put twist all over but I can definitely tell the difference in my grown. But at least they are wearable.