Has your hair grown without Protective styles? (POLL)

[suburbanbushbabe]

My hair grows around 1/2" a month, but retaining length is an issue. I've been twisting & curling and that helps my ends

 

[SlantedEyezMiss2003]

I'm happy this thread is posted, because I was thinking the same thing, I'm just tired of bunning, but I want growth, my problem is combing my hair so much......and bunning is a way of not bothering my hair, and plus my daughter loves to pull on it.....(can't have that cuz pulling causes breakage), but bunning puts stress on my nape, and I'm already missing hair there, so I don't know, I might try wearing it out for a while, but I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.....but i'm enjoying the responses.

 

[taj]

My hair grows at the same rate regardless. However, I do believe that practicing protective styles, such as bunning allows the ends to remain in a healthy condition.

 

[Lucia]

those of you who wear your hair out all the time, how do you wear your hair to sleep?

 

[Cleve_gryl]

those of you who wear your hair out all the time, how do you wear your hair to sleep?

I wear my hair out 80% and wear a loose wrap to bed, secured with an open top mesh band.

My hair tends to grow fast in the cooler months...I think I've worn my hair out maybe 3 times since November 1st . I have a cold windy commute to work, so my hair has been bunned or twisted up in a clip. I've lost my sexy, but I'll surprise everyone with my hair in the spring.

 

[chebaby]

i wear my hair out everyday and im retaining just fine. but i've never worn buns. they are not cute to me so i cant do that lol.

 

[Anna9764]

The protective style protects your hair from breakage, the hair grows at the same rate reguardless I think.

 

[TheQueenBeeMaya]

those of you who wear your hair out all the time, how do you wear your hair to sleep?

I put knot today leave in on my ends, seal with coconut oil, then wrap and tie with a silk scarf !

 

[BiRacialBarbie]

being in the military.. i have to wear my hair in a bun for work. In the military, your hair is not to exceed the bottom of your collar. So, unless you have SL hair, your bunning. I bun 5 days a week. the other 2, i might wear my hair down, depends on what im doing. I feel that because i bun so much, my ends are in better shape than they would be if i wore my hair down every single day.

I voted "my hair grows the same amt regardless" because my hair does just that. But, its RETAINING that length which makes my hair long.

 

[topnotch1010]

My hair grows without protective styles. When I was trying the bun everyday, my hair broke off badly at the nape. Since then, my nape has grown back with me wearing my hair down. I am going to try to wear my hair up, probably twisted up and then pinned, not brushed into a tight style such as a bun. I think my nape broke off from all the maniuplation (brushing) of trying to get my hair in the bun. Never again.

I noticed this too! I was shocked last night at how long my nape has gotten. I think the buns were breaking it off because my nape has never been this long. I was probably brushing too much.

 

[songbyrd517]

It seemed that protective styles helped me when I cut my hair above the shoulder. It was hard for me to get it to grow back past the shoulder wearing it out because my ends were constantly rubbing my shoulders. So, when it was above the shoulder, I pinned it up a lot. But, once it had grown back past the shoulder, I could (and can) wear it out just fine.

Now, I do protective styles sometimes, but just for style, and not really for protection. I do pin-ups and loose buns (using pins) and I also like ponytails. I actually notice I lose more hair when I brush my hair a lot and wear it tight. So, my hair likes low manipulation. Even when its down I don't really comb it - except for washing and initial styling I just use my fingers until the next wash.

So, personally, it has been low manipulation as opposed to protective styling that has helped me the most. Protective styling only helped me when trying to get past my shoulders.

 

[Taina]

I never used protective styles before when i was relaxed, but i was no focused on having long hair (i'm a sshort hair and straight lover) i always had my hair into a cut or hairstyle and i trimed it every month to prevent it to grow.

But i think natural hair looks better when its long, so i will be protecting styling it to retain as much growth as i can, i believe i'm not doing it bad now, but i'm pretty much doing nothing. I don't know how to braid, and is not that long to bun, so ... i don't really know what i'm going to do xD