Ediese
Well-Known Member
I'm still on my hair hiatus, but I wanted to update you guys on my BKT experience. As some of you know, I had someone apply the Marcia Texeira advanced treatment back in April. See here for that thread. Overall, it was a great experience. The treatment has completely worn off now. Pros: I had no issues with tangling or single strand knots, and my hair was also much easier to detangle and straighten. Cons: I don't think enough treatment was applied, so I did suffer some heat damage in some areas . Also, I colored my hair with a permanent color prior to the treatment, and the combination of the dye and bkt altered my hair color. As a result, I should have upped my moisture game, but I didn't. I have suffered some breakage in my crown, and on the left side of my hair because of this.
As of right now, my hair is going through my annual shedding phase. It's a really depressing time for me. I tried to braid my hair for a bit (actually it was for 1.5 mos.) When I took it down, I lost about 4 mos. worth of hair. I'm scared to straighten now. I just ordered some Saw Palmetto, and I'm going to try tea rinses to see if that helps. I'm telling y'all I have handfuls of hair falling out.
Anyway, here are some pics of my hair with the BKT. I think I will try this again in the future, but next time I'll do it myself. I couldnt' believe how straight I got my hair with just blowdrying. That was a miracle. lol
Oh yea, one more thing, I think I'm about .5" from WL, so I should definitely get to full WL by December. It's kinda bittersweet to me though because of the hair loss. I'm going to focus more on getting my hair in good shape, and forget about the length. I won't check the length or update again until December.
Flat iron on left, and blow dry on right -- see how straight it got with the blow dryer? Craziness! lol
Flatiron
Love the carusos!
Pony
April Length
June Length (yes I did smooth the roll on the right) lol -- you can see how the bkt has worn off here. My hair is right back to being fluffy.
Depressing Shedding -- only 1.5 mos
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I'm not on the forum as much because of school, so I wanted to thank everyone for commenting in advance. Oh yea, I'm through with weaves for now. I'll be focusing on stopping the shedding. I think I'm going to venture into wigs so I'll have more access to my hair.
As of right now, my hair is going through my annual shedding phase. It's a really depressing time for me. I tried to braid my hair for a bit (actually it was for 1.5 mos.) When I took it down, I lost about 4 mos. worth of hair. I'm scared to straighten now. I just ordered some Saw Palmetto, and I'm going to try tea rinses to see if that helps. I'm telling y'all I have handfuls of hair falling out.
Anyway, here are some pics of my hair with the BKT. I think I will try this again in the future, but next time I'll do it myself. I couldnt' believe how straight I got my hair with just blowdrying. That was a miracle. lol
Oh yea, one more thing, I think I'm about .5" from WL, so I should definitely get to full WL by December. It's kinda bittersweet to me though because of the hair loss. I'm going to focus more on getting my hair in good shape, and forget about the length. I won't check the length or update again until December.
Flat iron on left, and blow dry on right -- see how straight it got with the blow dryer? Craziness! lol
Flatiron
Love the carusos!
Pony
April Length
June Length (yes I did smooth the roll on the right) lol -- you can see how the bkt has worn off here. My hair is right back to being fluffy.
Depressing Shedding -- only 1.5 mos
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I'm not on the forum as much because of school, so I wanted to thank everyone for commenting in advance. Oh yea, I'm through with weaves for now. I'll be focusing on stopping the shedding. I think I'm going to venture into wigs so I'll have more access to my hair.
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