RibzyMitzi7
New Member
Hello everyone. I am really bad at introductions but I'll just say I'm 18 (no harm in saying my age right? 
) and you can call me Sophie. I have been lurking on this forum for about two years now and I only bought my subscription like yesterday. To have a little something to talk about, I guess I'll share my story for now:
I grew up MAAB so I have always had a bald head. When I was really young i used to have braids but I remember my mother braiding my hair one time and she told me to go to the next room to get the grease. I saw the scissors and started cutting my hair. That's not the story my mother remembers though, she just wanted me to have a bald head. But I always hated having it! For years I begged and begged for her to let me grow out my hair. I wanted to be beautiful and feminine but no, she just kept making me get it cut. There were a few times she let me put a texturizer or relaxer on it when it was an inch and then when my family didn't like it anymore they cut it off. Relaxers were always bad for my head though. It ended up causing two parts of my head to grow slower than the rest of my hair. Freshman year of high school I had a relaxer and my hair was only about 2 inches long and I just spiked it up. I ended up getting a bald spot in the back of my head so I cut it off. Sophomore year I found the forums and naturals on youtube and decided to start taking better care of my hair. I decided I would have long beautiful natural hair.... and then I proceeded to hot comb it. That was short lived and I decided to get a relaxer one more time. This time, my hair was maybe... 2 1/2 inches long? My friends liked it and said it looked cool. I thought it did too but it was so damaged and some parts of my hair were shorter than the others. 6 days before my birthday my father came and took me to a barber (forced me to go) and cut it off. I was angry at him for making me do that but it felt good because I could start over. Then I really started trying to take care of my hair. Finding good products and Blah blah blah all that good stuff. In the beginning of course i didn't use such good products then they got better.
Anyway, two years later and my hair is natural and when stretched, past my collar bone. I am 2 years and 5 months Natural. I usually wear braidouts. For about a month or so, I have been blowdrying my hair twice a month and washing twice a month. I'm not in college yet but I want to try finding easier ways to manage it and keep my hands out of it. My hair is in twists now. I don't think they're anything special but hopefully I should dodge some breakage in the process and I should be taking these out in two more weeks. That's all I think I should say for right now but if you have anymore questions, feel free to ask!
I hope this isn't too long.
) and you can call me Sophie. I have been lurking on this forum for about two years now and I only bought my subscription like yesterday. To have a little something to talk about, I guess I'll share my story for now:I grew up MAAB so I have always had a bald head. When I was really young i used to have braids but I remember my mother braiding my hair one time and she told me to go to the next room to get the grease. I saw the scissors and started cutting my hair. That's not the story my mother remembers though, she just wanted me to have a bald head. But I always hated having it! For years I begged and begged for her to let me grow out my hair. I wanted to be beautiful and feminine but no, she just kept making me get it cut. There were a few times she let me put a texturizer or relaxer on it when it was an inch and then when my family didn't like it anymore they cut it off. Relaxers were always bad for my head though. It ended up causing two parts of my head to grow slower than the rest of my hair. Freshman year of high school I had a relaxer and my hair was only about 2 inches long and I just spiked it up. I ended up getting a bald spot in the back of my head so I cut it off. Sophomore year I found the forums and naturals on youtube and decided to start taking better care of my hair. I decided I would have long beautiful natural hair.... and then I proceeded to hot comb it. That was short lived and I decided to get a relaxer one more time. This time, my hair was maybe... 2 1/2 inches long? My friends liked it and said it looked cool. I thought it did too but it was so damaged and some parts of my hair were shorter than the others. 6 days before my birthday my father came and took me to a barber (forced me to go) and cut it off. I was angry at him for making me do that but it felt good because I could start over. Then I really started trying to take care of my hair. Finding good products and Blah blah blah all that good stuff. In the beginning of course i didn't use such good products then they got better.
Anyway, two years later and my hair is natural and when stretched, past my collar bone. I am 2 years and 5 months Natural. I usually wear braidouts. For about a month or so, I have been blowdrying my hair twice a month and washing twice a month. I'm not in college yet but I want to try finding easier ways to manage it and keep my hands out of it. My hair is in twists now. I don't think they're anything special but hopefully I should dodge some breakage in the process and I should be taking these out in two more weeks. That's all I think I should say for right now but if you have anymore questions, feel free to ask!
I hope this isn't too long.
I hope you hit all your hair goals! Is your family more understanding of where you're at now? What are your length goals?
happy hair growing !!!
. But the thing is, I bought that oil mostly for my skin (Yeah, even at 18, I'm worried about wrinkles). I rarely use it on my hair or just mix it with another oil.
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