Have you ever BIG CHOPPED??? pics

[iri9109]

B/C 3/25/10:

first month:

2 months:

3 months:

4 months:

yesterday:

all of these are WnG's...the last pic is on day 5 WnG puff...my hair shrinks like crazy, but if i leave it alone it gets bigger every day

 

[Chan_USMC]

 

[KurlyNinja]

BUUUUUUUUUMP!!! I know theres a lot more BC that could be posted...

 

[discodumpling]

I BC' on April 1st 2007 this is my BC pic:

This is my 1 yr comparison April 2007 vs April 2008

And this is a twist out I wore this past spring:

 

[Ese88]

sheena i just love your hair colour

 

[Damaged but not out]

My last relaxer was August 31st 2009, my last chop was in ...
March 2010

Half way there

Result

Last week

Compare with Mrch 30th

 

[Iluvsmuhgrass]

2/09/2010 - Fresh after the BC (5 months post)

09/2010 - Now

I don't regret a thing. I'm truly enjoying my journey.

 

[ConstantlyDynamic]

*you have to click on the pics to see them better- can someone tell me how to just copy and paste the pic into the window?*

then-january 2009? (i never kept track of dates etc. and completely forgot that i had even worn my hair out at this time lol)- I had some relaxed ends still for some reason but i ended up putting braids back in then chopping them off later- i have no pics of that



now (late last month)

yeah i know-it looks like the same length haha my hair shrinks a lot but it is a bit past SL now

 

[my-everything]

Then:

And NOW:

 

[Freespirit02]

1st August 2007

Now

girl..your shrinkage! omg..i love it!

 

[my-everything]

omg!! we BC'ed on the exact same day!!!

 

[my-everything]

Thanks!! i just posted an update, i am above chin length shrunken, mbl stretched!

 

[Iluvsmuhgrass]

You can upload your photos to your gallery then paste the b link in your post. The pics should show then. (but make sure that the album is public)

 

[Mz*MiMi]

Here are my photos (I big chopped after an 18-month transition):

Right before the chop

Getting ready to cut the first piece

Right after I cut that piece

After the BC - still wet

After the BC - mostly dry

OMG i love your hair!!!

 

[itsjusthair88]

Sure did...just yesterday! IDK why my pic is so humongous!!!

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

thanks for all the posts ladies
TRULY MY MOST FAVORITE THREAD OF ALL TIME

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

more pics! pleeeeez

 

[EllePixie]

Did someone say big chop? I sure did! Here are some pics:

 

[AHeadOfCoils]

EllePixie OMG. That's exactly how my hair looks now.

 

[EllePixie]

EllePixie OMG. That's exactly how my hair looks now.

I saw your YT, are you still transitioning or did you decide to chop?

 

[Truth]

ignore the face and the smiles... smh....

the day I did it....

1 month later...

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

BEAUTIFUL HAIR!..... MORE BEAUTIFUL SMILE!!!

 

[bludaydreamr]

I transitioned for 16 1/2 months. This was my hair 5 months before the BC:

The day I BC'd:

2 months after my BC:

My hair now is in my siggy!

 

[FebeeSigns]

Before, 2years natural & SL Unstretched with stupid layers:

Straightened it. Was APL. This is when I noticed how bad my splits were.

BC August & Split free!

 

[Bliss806]

Before

After

My big chop 9/11/10

 

[nsmith30]

I big chopped March 30th. The first pic is the day of, the second is a few days later, and the third is in July.

 

[UrbainChic]

I have done 3 big chops, (yeah we can say I have fully explored chemical straightening) transitioning for far less each time and going shorter and shorter.

I apologize for the sizes.

Big Chop Fall 2002
x

Big Chop Dec 2004
x

And the well documented Big Chop of Feb 2008
x

My varied textures, very tight at the temples, looser everywhere else, loosest at the top:
x

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

hi UrbainChic!!! thank you so much for your posts!!!

i don't like to interrupt the beautiful pictorial space for questions.... but you remind me of kimmaytube.. (but when even more beautiful locks)

DO YOU MIND TELLING US A LITTLE ABOUT WHY U DECIDED TO CHOP 3 TIMES??? I'M A NEWBIE ON THE NATURAL FRONT AND I "NOW" couldn't dare think of chopping 3 times... but in seeing so many ladies who do, i'm wondering what attributed to your multiple whacks?? lol

your hair is so gorgeous i'm puzzled? style change? short hair preference? chemicals? damage? (feel free to tell me to buzz off at any time

thanks!
and gb

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

Sure did...just yesterday! IDK why my pic is so humongous!!!

days later, and the third is in July.[/QUOTE]
OMG.. that song by drake comes to mind when glancing at your pics.... YOU FANCY HUH? roflmao.... you are a beauty

nails done, hair done... everythang dis.... so u SEXY huh?

all of you ladies are so gorgeous with the short cuts

 

[UrbainChic]

tHeHaIRLaB

I cut 3 times because I relaxed and regretted it.

Mainly because I had a lot of pressure from family and I also had a lot of pressure from my stylist, who eventually conned me into texturizing, then into relaxing. I have spent the majority of my life as a natural, and relaxers are just not for me. (Though I did give relaxing a good 5 or 6 year solid run before the first BC)

(this is not supposed to be an anti relaxer rant, i am just answering a question about myself so please no attacks from relaxer lovers)

In my experience, It costs more, it takes more time out of my schedule, and the health of my hair is compromised. I can get my hair EXACTLY as straight as with a relaxer with just a blow dryer/ roller set or a flat iron. Plus I am really into natural living and am paranoid about all the toxins in everything we put on and in our body so why bother with all that chemical mess when it doesn't even make me happy?

I know other women have the exact opposite story i that i do, but my own unaltered hair is easiest for me to work with.

And when my pushy family gets on my case, or when i am in the mood for a switch up, I just flat iron/ blow out/ or roller set and it stays pin straight for at least a week, unless i wash it.