kami11213
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone!
I’m a long time (1 year +) lurker of LHCF and decided to join. I’m a stalker of many of you guys’ fotkis and I admire many heads of hair on this board…
Just to give you a little history, I started a healthy hair care regimen almost a year ago with the hopes of nursing my severely damaged 4a/4b hair back to health. Prior to this I wore weaves off and on for 5 years. When I wore my hair down I washed maybe 1x a month and flat ironed 2x A DAY. When I noticed excessive breakage I braided my hair up and put a weave back in. While in weaves I washed maybe 1x a month. Over this 5 year period I did not deep condition at all. I didn’t know what the hell I was doing, all I knew was my nape went from being close BSL to broken off NL. I decided to put a weave back in my hair to grow out my nape and cut weaves off all together. I took down my weave in Feb of this year and my nape did grow out but my hair was EXTREMELY thin and uneven. I found boards such as LHCF, BHM, LHC and K.I.S.S and you guys really opened my eyes.
First of all, I was amazed to see so many women of color with long healthy hair. Secondly, I knew I was abusing my but had no idea how much damage I had done!. Not only was I not washing and DC regularly along with abusing heat, I was also overlapping my relaxers. I relaxed my hair that was not braided in a weave every 4 weeks. And when I did, I combed the relaxer through the ends of my hair… Finding these boards was a God send…okay…
So after finding the boards I created a regimen that worked for me. The first 4 months of hair care I washed 1x a week and DC 1x a week. I co-washed 1-2x during the week, moisturized and sealed nightly, did mild protein treatments bi weekly, combed during washes only and only air dried… my hair thrived. When I relaxed after 4 months I went from…..
to
Then I noticed that my hair stopped agreeing with airdrying so I started rollersetting during my weekend washes. I continued doing everything else the same including bi weekly protein… when I relaxed in October my results were
comparison:
and
Now, I’m experiencing a setback
. My goal is to make MBL by my bday in Feb. but I don’t think that will happen. I have not changed anything in my regimen but started seeing small hairs in my sink and on my floor after washing 2 weeks ago. I didn’t really pay it any attention but started noticing more hairs. I thought my hair didn’t agree w/ the cold weather so I upped my moisture and have been bunning like crazy. EVERY time I wash or touch my hair I see small, medium and large hairs (90% have no bulb at the end) in my hands!!!! That means my hair is breaking not just on the ends but all over including at the demarcation line.
The products I use are:
Mizani bontafying or CON shampoo
Mizani moisturefuse conditioner or CON conditioner (mixed with honey, JBCO, and EVOO)
Herbal Essences HH for cowash
Nexxus Humectress or NTM for my leave in and seal with Jojoba oil
ORS Hair Mayo every other week as a pre-poo sometimes I’ll add 1 egg or Aphogee 2 min
I came across Supergirl’s post about hair breakage and tried the moisture regimen. I’ve been co-washing 1x a week and washing with Elasta QP Creamy Aloe shampoo 1x a week and continuing to dc and I’m STILL seeing breakage. Last wknd I clarified and washed then dc and airdried, when I took my bun down I wanted to cry I had so much hair in my hands. I'm on the verge of either weaving it back up or chopping something off
B4 going to that extreme I’m thinking about clarifying AGAIN this wknd and doing a protein treatment. Is that too much clarifying? What am I missing??? Sorry for the LOOOONNNGGGGG post. ANY advice would be appreciated ladies… Thanks
I’m a long time (1 year +) lurker of LHCF and decided to join. I’m a stalker of many of you guys’ fotkis and I admire many heads of hair on this board…
Just to give you a little history, I started a healthy hair care regimen almost a year ago with the hopes of nursing my severely damaged 4a/4b hair back to health. Prior to this I wore weaves off and on for 5 years. When I wore my hair down I washed maybe 1x a month and flat ironed 2x A DAY. When I noticed excessive breakage I braided my hair up and put a weave back in. While in weaves I washed maybe 1x a month. Over this 5 year period I did not deep condition at all. I didn’t know what the hell I was doing, all I knew was my nape went from being close BSL to broken off NL. I decided to put a weave back in my hair to grow out my nape and cut weaves off all together. I took down my weave in Feb of this year and my nape did grow out but my hair was EXTREMELY thin and uneven. I found boards such as LHCF, BHM, LHC and K.I.S.S and you guys really opened my eyes.
First of all, I was amazed to see so many women of color with long healthy hair. Secondly, I knew I was abusing my but had no idea how much damage I had done!. Not only was I not washing and DC regularly along with abusing heat, I was also overlapping my relaxers. I relaxed my hair that was not braided in a weave every 4 weeks. And when I did, I combed the relaxer through the ends of my hair… Finding these boards was a God send…okay…
So after finding the boards I created a regimen that worked for me. The first 4 months of hair care I washed 1x a week and DC 1x a week. I co-washed 1-2x during the week, moisturized and sealed nightly, did mild protein treatments bi weekly, combed during washes only and only air dried… my hair thrived. When I relaxed after 4 months I went from…..
to
Then I noticed that my hair stopped agreeing with airdrying so I started rollersetting during my weekend washes. I continued doing everything else the same including bi weekly protein… when I relaxed in October my results were
comparison:
Now, I’m experiencing a setback
. My goal is to make MBL by my bday in Feb. but I don’t think that will happen. I have not changed anything in my regimen but started seeing small hairs in my sink and on my floor after washing 2 weeks ago. I didn’t really pay it any attention but started noticing more hairs. I thought my hair didn’t agree w/ the cold weather so I upped my moisture and have been bunning like crazy. EVERY time I wash or touch my hair I see small, medium and large hairs (90% have no bulb at the end) in my hands!!!! That means my hair is breaking not just on the ends but all over including at the demarcation line. The products I use are:
Mizani bontafying or CON shampoo
Mizani moisturefuse conditioner or CON conditioner (mixed with honey, JBCO, and EVOO)
Herbal Essences HH for cowash
Nexxus Humectress or NTM for my leave in and seal with Jojoba oil
ORS Hair Mayo every other week as a pre-poo sometimes I’ll add 1 egg or Aphogee 2 min
I came across Supergirl’s post about hair breakage and tried the moisture regimen. I’ve been co-washing 1x a week and washing with Elasta QP Creamy Aloe shampoo 1x a week and continuing to dc and I’m STILL seeing breakage. Last wknd I clarified and washed then dc and airdried, when I took my bun down I wanted to cry I had so much hair in my hands. I'm on the verge of either weaving it back up or chopping something off
B4 going to that extreme I’m thinking about clarifying AGAIN this wknd and doing a protein treatment. Is that too much clarifying? What am I missing??? Sorry for the LOOOONNNGGGGG post. ANY advice would be appreciated ladies… Thanks 
erplexed I was mostly in weaves for the last 5 years and when I wasn't I didn't pay attention to breakage. My co-worker said her hair breaks a lot during the winter so she keeps it up. I just feel like if it keeps breaking at the rate it is then I will have to cut a lot just to even it out.
