Growing hair WITHOUT protective styling?

[nymane]

I've been wearing low mani styles (braid outs etc..)

 

[Miss AJ]

Not sure if twist outs are considered a protective style but my hair has done better since I started doing them more often. Co-washing helped me with growth but it made my ends rough and I had more splits which lead to more frequent trimming. I trimmed every 2 months when I co-washed and I'm hoping I can extend that to maybe 3-4 months now that I'm doing low manipulation styles.

 

[LadyRaider]

I like buns and even braids for protective styling. I do not think weaves are effective protective styling option.

Interesting. Why not?

 

[amerAKAn_dream]

I'd love to do rollersets only, but I'm self conscious about the length of my hair right now so I'm PS-ing until I reach my short-term goal of BSL. Then I will look into using rollersets.

 

[Evo-ny]

I think I'm going to stick with protective styling in the cold winter months when all those itchy scarves, hats, and heavy jackets would chew up and spit out my ends.