It's possible! 0" to SL in 1 year! (pic heavy)

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Stormy said:
Yep Nonie and everyone, I measure from the back. Mainly because my hair grows in layers of different lengths. In my lower pic, the back was CBL/start of SL length after nine months of being natural in 2009 (that was my first time going natural and I started with about an inch of new growth). In this pic it was also a little frizzy on the ends so about a 1/2 inch of shrinkage. About two to three months after that I was a full SL according to your chart Nonie. That's why I thanked you before for that chart!!! My sides were neck length.

Not trying to hi-jack the thread OP, I just feel you that's all.

Anyway, from the looks of it with all that thick hair OP I'll bet if you straightened it back it back in August it would have definitely been a little past SL then too.
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Thank you! You've experienced it and know it's a reality!

And wouldn't that have been cool! Making SL at my 1 year mark is great satisfaction!
Anyway, from the looks of it with all that thick hair OP I'll bet if you straightened it back it back in August it would have definitely been a little past SL then too
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KumakoXsd said:
Well done! Your hair looks great =) I need some advice on my nape!
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Thanks, KumakoXsd What I learned about my nape that might help is that it's fine textured whereas the rest of my hair is med and coarse. So since it's fine, I feel like it's prone to damage easier, so I try to do stuff that won't harm it like I no longer wear combs in my wigs, I don't cornrow my nape (I leave about the bottom 1" out), I seal it a little heavier than the rest of my hair, and when I do wear the occasional puff and putting on my long goody band, I made sure I don't let it rub against my nape as I'm inching it higher to form the puff. Doing all these things has preserved my nape. HTH!
 
Well she very well may be shoulder length now. That pic was from August and we are now rolling into november. But I agree that the pic was in between shoulder and nape.
 
OP I am pretty sure if you had straighten it it would have been sl so yes you can make it in one year. good job.
 
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Congrats on your progress, OP.

I agree with Tamrin. Your hair looks neck/nape-length to me. I just wasn't going to say anything at first, but that was my initial thought when I first looked at your pictures a day or so ago. SL to me is hair resting on one's shoulders. I mean...you put it in the title of the thread, so I feel like it's worth commenting on.

Good luck to you.
 
lol seriously

anyway! congrats on reaching full shoulder/collarbone length!!! you are really working hard to keep your hair healthy. Keep up the great work Charla and don't let others steal your joy :) can't wait to hear when you reach apl
 
Charla congrats on your progress lady. So happy for you. I see that people are looking at the pic you clearly have labeled with an August date and taking that as your current length and trying to throw you off your game. This is LHCF. Everyone is gonna have something to say. But you don't have to please anyone but yourself. We're gonna cheer you on no matter how salty and bitter broads are on here.

I'll catch you in APL 2012 mama :yep:
 
Solitude said:
Congrats on your progress, OP.

I agree with Tamrin. Your hair looks neck/nape-length to me. I just wasn't going to say anything at first, but that was my initial thought when I first looked at your pictures a day or so ago. SL to me is hair resting on one's shoulders. I mean...you put it in the title of the thread, so I feel like it's worth commenting on.

Good luck to you.
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Solitude. I agree with you. I was trying not to be a hypocrite but I guess I'm wrong for telling the truth. I have learned today people like to be lied to. Sorry I was trying to steal someone's joy. I did not know a difference of opinion was stealing anything.

How is this forum helpful when its ok to lie? Progress is made when people are honest.
 
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NikkiQ said:
Charla congrats on your progress lady. So happy for you. I see that people are looking at the pic you clearly have labeled with an August date and taking that as your current length and trying to throw you off your game. This is LHCF. Everyone is gonna have something to say. But you don't have to please anyone but yourself. We're gonna cheer you on no matter how salty and bitter broads are on here.

I'll catch you in APL 2012 mama :yep:
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Yes, thank you! Reading is fundamental!
 
I'm so lost. So r u ladies saying that u claim a length as long as your nape reaches? What about other 90% of your head? Let me go look at those diagrams one mo gen, bc that doesnt make sense.
 
Tamrin said:
@Solitude. I agree with you. I was trying not to be a hypocrite but I guess I'm wrong for telling the truth. I have learned today people like to be lied to. Sorry I was trying to steal someone's joy. I did not know a difference of opinion was stealing anything.

How is this forum helpful when its ok to lie? Progress is made when people are honest.
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But no one is lying to her nor is she lying to herself. You can see in the stretched picture that her hair passes her shoulders. The nape picture is from August. She created this thread out of joy over her progress and the negativity and attitude has taken this thread to a totally different place. It's not like she doesn't have pictures to back up what she's said.
 
Her hair grew, it grew a lot. Say congrats and move on, or just don't click. Y'all acting like improper labeling is going to make the hair fall out your head.
 
NikkiQ said:
@Charla congrats on your progress lady. So happy for you. I see that people are looking at the pic you clearly have labeled with an August date and taking that as your current length and trying to throw you off your game. This is LHCF. Everyone is gonna have something to say. But you don't have to please anyone but yourself. We're gonna cheer you on no matter how salty and bitter broads are on here.

I'll catch you in APL 2012 mama :yep:
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Then why didn't she post a picture of Today? October 21st? That way people won't be so confused. How are people salty and bitter for congratulating her and telling her a lil bit more and you'll be shoulder length. Damn! Some of ya'll are too damn dramatic.
 
pookaloo83 said:
Then why didn't she post a picture of Today? October 21st? That way people won't be so confused. How are people salty and bitter for congratulating her and telling her a lil bit more and you'll be shoulder length. Damn! Some of ya'll are too damn dramatic.
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Umm...she did post a picture and she said it was from "today" unless I read it wrong. Sorry if you thought I was being "dramatic" but I was far from it.
 
Congrats on your progress! Thanks for the motivation.

Regardless to length (and I know it's important), beautiful job babying that hair. It's looks full and healthy. I'm in the same spot as you, so see you on the APL/BSL threads!
 
NikkiQ said:
But no one is lying to her nor is she lying to herself. You can see in the stretched picture that her hair passes her shoulders. The nape picture is from August. She created this thread out of joy over her progress and the negativity and attitude has taken this thread to a totally different place. It's not like she doesn't have pictures to back up what she's said.
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I never got the pictures wrong. They are clearly marked ( not in order) but clearly marked. However I still do not believe that length specifically the middle that looks about 2.5 inches long is shoulder? If you cannot for a bun it is not shoulder to me. Like I said before Shoulder length. ( SL)means being on the ACTUAL shoulders.

It was not said to be negative since I complimented her. I said it to be honest. She made progress but she is not there yet. Does not mean she will not. However to me, it is nape length. If you post on the forum you should be willing to welcome all opinions and consider them before you take offence. Not everyone will agree with you.
 
NikkiQ said:
Umm...she did post a picture and she said it was from "today" unless I read it wrong. Sorry if you thought I was being "dramatic" but I was far from it.
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Okay I see the pic from today. Yes I do think you're being a bit dramatic , but if yo say you were far from it, I'll take your word.

OP I didn't see the pic labeled as Today. Looks like you're collar bone length. Either way you made great progress so...whatever. :lol:
 
bride91501 said:
Exactly this. Using the "literal" definition, I might as well ask for my $6.50 back b/c my 4b hair still shrinks back up to a TWA, even at almost APL. Girl bye.

@Charla - congrats girlie on reaching SL! Now brush your hair off ya shoulders (or pin it up, as it were :lol:) and scoot on down to the APL challenge :grin:
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:lachen:lmao. I didn't think it was that serious either. And what could be more literal than your hair literally touching your shoulders. I think that whole manipulation-extrapulation-guesstification of shrinkage-braids-coils-and-cross sections has to go. :ohwell: If you have to say "My hair is nape length...under these conditions..." then you're not being "literal".

To the OP...nice growth. You'r looks fluffy and healthy.
 
Beautytalk69 said:
I'm so lost. So r u ladies saying that u claim a length as long as your nape reaches? What about other 90% of your head? Let me go look at those diagrams one mo gen, bc that doesnt make sense.
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:lol: Welcome to LHCF! :lol: Beautytalk69

How do you see people showing length? Isn't it the hair in the back being pulled down? I mean, many of us don't have our hair cut like this:
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whereby the back is so short so that the crown falls to the same level as the back. Most people have all their hair the same length, so that hair at the top of their head may only reach their ears while that lower back reaches further down. Like if this hair were to be straightened, the back may be at BSL but not the front. But if you looked at her from behind, it's where the straight hair falls that would have you calling her length...or I should say LHCF. LOL

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Every photo you have seen on the forum showing progress shows the view from the back. And it is the hair that is lowest on our head ie nape that will reaches farthest down.
 
Tamrin said:
I never got the pictures wrong. They are clearly marked ( not in order) but clearly marked. However I still do not believe that length specifically the middle that looks about 2.5 inches long is shoulder? If you cannot for a bun it is not shoulder to me. Like I said before Shoulder length. ( SL)means being on the ACTUAL shoulders.

It was not said to be negative since I complimented her. I said it to be honest. She made progress but she is not there yet. Does not mean she will not. However to me, it is nape length. If you post on the forum you should be willing to welcome all opinions and consider them before you take offence. Not everyone will agree with you.
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This.

Everyone here isn't apart of the getalong gang. We don't always agree because as expected we experience things differently and have alternate pov's. Tamrin was never disrespectful. She said how she felt and that was it. I don't see how she was throwing shade but that's just MY opinion. Things posted on the LHCF do get magnified and disected. Errythang :lol: Where i'm confused is to how this is being blown up way out of proportion. Are we robots here to where we have to agree with every poster, every thread, every opinion?
 
pookaloo83 said:
Okay I see the pic from today. Yes I do think you're being a bit dramatic , but if yo say you were far from it, I'll take your word.

OP I didn't see the pic labeled as Today. Looks like you're collar bone length. Either way you made great progress so...whatever. :lol:
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You make me sick sometimes I swear :lachen::lachen:
 
Carmelella said:
:lachen:lmao. I didn't think it was that serious either. And what could be more literal than your hair literally touching your shoulders. I think that whole manipulation-extrapulation-guesstification of shrinkage-braids-coils-and-cross sections has to go. :ohwell: If you have to say "My hair is nape length...under these conditions..." then you're not being "literal".

To the OP...nice growth. You'r looks fluffy and healthy.
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Carmelella, none of you are answering my question. What if hair doesn't "literally" touch shoulders without being stretched coz it coils? Or what if hair is all the same length like an afro, what length would you call it, if you wanted to use the chart? What part of it would you consider the correct length on your body?
 
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