How long was your NATURAL hair when you BC'd?

[ShiShiPooPoo]

Did you have a TWA? Did you have enough to get braids? What style did you wear it in? Thanks!

 

[LadyD]

I did it when I had just enough new growth to get braids. I think around two inches. I wore braids for about a year and then I wore a puff. I still love puffs.

 

[Evolving78]

I chopped it down to a tapered fade. Then once I stopped getting hair cuts and started letting it grow, I started doing wash and gos with Fantasia IC Gel (blue). So I didn't do the braid thing or use extensions.

 

[glamazon386]

Yeah I had a TWA. Maybe 2-3 inches of hair. I went and got a weave the next day. My hair was really too short for it in some spots (like in the crown) though so she had to pull it. She said individual braids would have been better for that length of hair. You need a little bit more for cornrows.

 

[AsTheCurlzTurns]

I chopped mine's down to 1 inch all over. But texturized 2 days later. So right now i'm growing the texturizer out, and will chop the rest of those texturized ends off when I get more NG.

ETA: Yep I'm sporting a TWA as of right now since I got it texturized. But have yet to try doing braids, although I know I have enough to put in braids now.

 

[Soliel185]

I BC'd a few years ago without realizing what I was really doing. I was leaving for college and just wanted hair I wouldn't have to fuss with. I had about 4" at the crown and 3" on the back & sides. I got individual braids w/ no extentions and kept them in for 1.5 yrs -- my siggy pic is what my hair looked like when I took them out.

 

[tinkat]

I don't remember inches, but it was not a twa, it was mini fro...Had enough to braid up my hair for my sewins.

 

[Sunshine0801]

I had a twa. It was about an inch, maybe an inch and a half.

 

[ladylibra]

2 inches. i didn't do any braids until i had 4 inches, and that was just getting my natural hair cornrowed up into a ponytail. i just let my hair grow out into that weird in-between phase... i was preggo i didn't care to do my hair most of the time

 

[Duchesse]

I had about 1/2in to an inch. For the first few months I really could only wear it in a tiny fro. I probably could have done twists or braids, but I was lazy and not creative. After it got to like 3in. I wore cornrows back to back for months, under hats,scarves, and wigs.

 

[PaperClip]

About 2-3 inches. Definitely enough to catch hair. I wore half-wigs and weaves. It's been over a year and a half and still don't wear it out too often yet. I'm cultivating length under the half-wigs and looking forward to wearing it out during the warmer months.

 

[Southernbella.]

About 3-4 inches. I wear headwraps as a protective style most of the time, but I have worn the fro out a couple of times.

 

[ThickHair]

No even enough to catch in a braid. It was faded.

 

[Cheleigh]

My hair was about 4-5"

I mostly just wore my hair out with scarves or hair accessories in a shake and go.

 

[zzirvingj]

Did you have a TWA?

- Yep; it was about 1.5 inches long when I BC'ed.


Did you have enough to get braids?

-Not really....I believe I waited a couple of months to get a little more length before getting braids.


What style did you wear it in?

-TWA daily (basically). Sometimes I would wet my TWA and "coil it".

 

[brittanynic16]

I think it was about 2 inches

 

[Tenacious]

Did you have a TWA?

-Nope, I transitioned about a year.

Did you have enough to get braids?

-Since I transitioned, I had relaxed hair that gave me enough length to get cornrows

What style did you wear it in?

-I wore cornrows for about 9 months (August 2005 until May 2006) with gradual trims and then BC'ed the following June.

It reached about 7-8 inches since my last relaxer (Feb 2005), and with the gradual 1" trims every 2 months, I didn't have much to BC, it was more like a "Lil Chop", so it was less dramatic for me.