Ediese
Well-Known Member
Lessons Learned
1. DO NOT take out your weave that you wore for 6+ weeks, and wash your hair right away without detangling first. Trust me, it will get matted and make it impossible for you to detangle afterwards. I did this before even though my cousin instructed me not to. I told her 'girl, I have pretty hair. Nothing will happen. My hair is too soft to loc up'. lol It's pretty sad because I was trying to keep all of my new growth, and didn't want to lose the shed hair (didn't know at the time that the shed hair was normal). Anyway, I took out the weave that was installed for 3 mos., and I washed without detangling. Although, my hair grew so much, I had to chop off all of my progress because of the severe matting.
That was a pretty good lesson learned.
2. Do not apply a permanent color, and a relaxer the next day.
I did that when I was about 14. I was in the bathtub washing out the relaxer, and my hair started coming out in patches. I started screaming down the house, and my mother had just gotten on the church bus so I had to deal with it on my own. I lost ALL my hair then. It was really sad because I had my church confirmation, and didn't have any hair to wear in a veil. My mom took me to get a short cut (about 1"). That was a really traumatic experience. It's been 10 years and I still remember it like it was yesterday. NEVER AGAIN!!!
1. DO NOT take out your weave that you wore for 6+ weeks, and wash your hair right away without detangling first. Trust me, it will get matted and make it impossible for you to detangle afterwards. I did this before even though my cousin instructed me not to. I told her 'girl, I have pretty hair. Nothing will happen. My hair is too soft to loc up'. lol It's pretty sad because I was trying to keep all of my new growth, and didn't want to lose the shed hair (didn't know at the time that the shed hair was normal). Anyway, I took out the weave that was installed for 3 mos., and I washed without detangling. Although, my hair grew so much, I had to chop off all of my progress because of the severe matting.

2. Do not apply a permanent color, and a relaxer the next day.
