Growing hair WITHOUT protective styling?

Did you grow your hair using COMPLETELY protective styles?

  • Yes, I used ONLY completely protective styles where my hair was not exposed or touching fabrics.

    Votes: 60 26.1%
  • Kinda, I did protective styles, but not consistantly and/or I relied on roller sets more than buns.

    Votes: 88 38.3%
  • No. I grew my hair just fine and I wore my hair how ever I felt like wearing it.

    Votes: 82 35.7%

  • Total voters
    230
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.
 
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.
 
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. :(
 
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