knottyaaverage
New Member
Hi Ladies,
I’ve been a lurker for about two months now and am now glad to say I’m an official member J Here’s my deal: I’ve always had long thick hair, in middle skool it was cut and some of it fell out due to a Crème of Nature perm. I spent high school growing it back and by the time I hit graduation and freshman year of college I was back to normal. I’m a senior now in college and a year ago my hair started changing. My regular Dominican hairdresser left the shop and I would find myself getting a wash and set and my hair coming out looking very dry and needing to be done days later. From there I stopped my normal regimen of mayonnaise conditioning and blowing (which kept my hair healthy and thick) and tried out a few other hairdressers and by winter of last year I noticed a small patch of missing hair. It wasn’t bald but it was strictly new growth. From there my hair thinned for the rest of the year. This summer me and my friends went to Miami and all got sewn in weaves by a black woman, though I was reluctant I left it in for two weeks and had minimal to no breakage. I thought since the weave had gone so well I would let her care for my hair. So she permed my hair with Vitale claiming it was for sensitive scalp when really it was the first perm to ever burn my scalp. I use Just for Me but she insisted that perms were all the same so it didn’t matter. I was upset but the end result was good, she trimmed fine and my hair looked full and even, I figured by the end of the summer I would be back to normal. 2 weeks later I got another weave for the 4th by my cousin and left it in for a month. When it was time to take it out I went to my new black hairdresser and she brushed a matted area out and a lot of hair came out. I had a lot of hair so I figured it wasn’t that big of a deal. When it was time to trim she said I had set my self back and had see through ends so she trimmed more and I seemed to be in the same place I was a month ago. A couple of days later I noticed really flat areas in my head and my wrap wasn’t falling the same. I went to her again for the beginning of skool and she permed it again…WITH VITALE! When I specifically and sternly told her not to use that perm on me again. It burned again. And I never went back to her. When school started my friends began to notice how much shorter my hair had become (shoulder length on the sides and thin armpit length in the back). I also noticed another patch of missing hair in the back which I think came from the switching of perms. I had paid $20 to the black hairstylist for Jane Carter Solution nourish and shine before and used it for the month of September and October but noticed my hair was still breaking. A friend told me about Alter Ego Cren. I did a google search on it and the 1st link was to this forum. So beginning of Dec I went to get a touch up at my friend’s Dominican salon. It was embarrassing in the chair because the stylists gave me the damaged hair stare; it brought me back to middle school. I bought the Cren and my hair has been thickening since then, but the ends are still thin. I did my first baggie last night and it kept my hair VERY moisturized. I’m going to continue this until February to track results. I’m also going to co wash 2x a week and track that. I also ordered my MTG last week. Today I shampooed 2x with Infusium 23 maximum body, protein treated with egg and mayonnaise, light shampooed with Keracare moisturizing shampoo and now I’m sitting with 10 en 1 for 30 mins. After this I’m going to baggie, then exercise. I’ve been eating healthier and drinking nothing but water and peeing A LOT. I’m soooooooo thankful for this board and anxious to meet and get to know you all. The journals and stories here give me so much motivation and I definitely feel like I can be back to normal by graduation in May. xoxo
MY QUESTIONS 2 U: Do you think my hair washing regimen today was a good one?
and
I have Pure Sulfur at home; the first ingredient is Petrolatum and the second is sulfur. Should I grease my scalp with this once a week until my MTG arrives?
I’ve been a lurker for about two months now and am now glad to say I’m an official member J Here’s my deal: I’ve always had long thick hair, in middle skool it was cut and some of it fell out due to a Crème of Nature perm. I spent high school growing it back and by the time I hit graduation and freshman year of college I was back to normal. I’m a senior now in college and a year ago my hair started changing. My regular Dominican hairdresser left the shop and I would find myself getting a wash and set and my hair coming out looking very dry and needing to be done days later. From there I stopped my normal regimen of mayonnaise conditioning and blowing (which kept my hair healthy and thick) and tried out a few other hairdressers and by winter of last year I noticed a small patch of missing hair. It wasn’t bald but it was strictly new growth. From there my hair thinned for the rest of the year. This summer me and my friends went to Miami and all got sewn in weaves by a black woman, though I was reluctant I left it in for two weeks and had minimal to no breakage. I thought since the weave had gone so well I would let her care for my hair. So she permed my hair with Vitale claiming it was for sensitive scalp when really it was the first perm to ever burn my scalp. I use Just for Me but she insisted that perms were all the same so it didn’t matter. I was upset but the end result was good, she trimmed fine and my hair looked full and even, I figured by the end of the summer I would be back to normal. 2 weeks later I got another weave for the 4th by my cousin and left it in for a month. When it was time to take it out I went to my new black hairdresser and she brushed a matted area out and a lot of hair came out. I had a lot of hair so I figured it wasn’t that big of a deal. When it was time to trim she said I had set my self back and had see through ends so she trimmed more and I seemed to be in the same place I was a month ago. A couple of days later I noticed really flat areas in my head and my wrap wasn’t falling the same. I went to her again for the beginning of skool and she permed it again…WITH VITALE! When I specifically and sternly told her not to use that perm on me again. It burned again. And I never went back to her. When school started my friends began to notice how much shorter my hair had become (shoulder length on the sides and thin armpit length in the back). I also noticed another patch of missing hair in the back which I think came from the switching of perms. I had paid $20 to the black hairstylist for Jane Carter Solution nourish and shine before and used it for the month of September and October but noticed my hair was still breaking. A friend told me about Alter Ego Cren. I did a google search on it and the 1st link was to this forum. So beginning of Dec I went to get a touch up at my friend’s Dominican salon. It was embarrassing in the chair because the stylists gave me the damaged hair stare; it brought me back to middle school. I bought the Cren and my hair has been thickening since then, but the ends are still thin. I did my first baggie last night and it kept my hair VERY moisturized. I’m going to continue this until February to track results. I’m also going to co wash 2x a week and track that. I also ordered my MTG last week. Today I shampooed 2x with Infusium 23 maximum body, protein treated with egg and mayonnaise, light shampooed with Keracare moisturizing shampoo and now I’m sitting with 10 en 1 for 30 mins. After this I’m going to baggie, then exercise. I’ve been eating healthier and drinking nothing but water and peeing A LOT. I’m soooooooo thankful for this board and anxious to meet and get to know you all. The journals and stories here give me so much motivation and I definitely feel like I can be back to normal by graduation in May. xoxo
MY QUESTIONS 2 U: Do you think my hair washing regimen today was a good one?
and
I have Pure Sulfur at home; the first ingredient is Petrolatum and the second is sulfur. Should I grease my scalp with this once a week until my MTG arrives?