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It's funny you saying you missed your rollersets because when you bc'd I remember thinking how well your hair was doing with your rollersets. It always looked so pretty. Perhaps texlaxing will give you what you want--more ease with getting sleek styles but still maintain some thickness. It just seems like it is difficult getting it just right though.
I am determined to stay natural for awhile, just made my 2 year anniversary and goodness if I had a major setback I would be devistated--that is what keeps me on course for now. I ask myself if I would be hurt over a setback, and the answer is always yes. I am not at the point where I could just say oh well and bc again or go through a long transition. I want health and length first. I gave relaxers nearly 30 years and stayed at neck length forever, just two years of being natural and I am SL and shooting for APL by the end of the year, so I gotta give my natural hair more time.
If you really really want straight hair most of the time and feel confident you can take good care of it, I say go for it. If you are unsure at all just give yourself a few more months or even another year. I always say just do what will make you the happiest.
I am determined to stay natural for awhile, just made my 2 year anniversary and goodness if I had a major setback I would be devistated--that is what keeps me on course for now. I ask myself if I would be hurt over a setback, and the answer is always yes. I am not at the point where I could just say oh well and bc again or go through a long transition. I want health and length first. I gave relaxers nearly 30 years and stayed at neck length forever, just two years of being natural and I am SL and shooting for APL by the end of the year, so I gotta give my natural hair more time.
If you really really want straight hair most of the time and feel confident you can take good care of it, I say go for it. If you are unsure at all just give yourself a few more months or even another year. I always say just do what will make you the happiest.
But, I need to dye my hair all black again, and definitely need a trim. Until all that happens, I won't be wearing my hair straightened. *Off to read some threads on texlaxing...
I love the thickness of my hair and all as a natural, and I have figured out alot. 
But on the other end of the spectrum, my hair hates being straight and it is so humid where I live (and I sweat like a dude
)so no pressing combs or flat irons for me. I don't know what to turn to
I have no clue why, because I wouldn't want to put chemicals on my own hair. I am just not getting the results that I want. I won't give in so quickly, I'll still try some other options. I don't regret ANY of my natural journey, it's been SO enlightening!!! But...we will see. It's not over yet...and I haven't made any serious decisions yet! 
erplexed. So, she evened it all out, she pressed it, flat ironed it....and I FREAKIN LOVE it. It looks thicker than it used to, it appears VERY healthy!!! She did cut off a bit of it, but it really needed to go. My ends were disgusting!!! We'll see the damage (if any) when I wash again. I hope I did enough prep with using Aveda Damage Remedy and the start of using Redken Extreme Products. Who knows. I am going to have so much fun with this new cut, and I will probably be going back to her once a month, if not every two weeks. I was so happy to be back there getting it done! Hopefully I will be able to maintain it! I'm about to roll the top and wrap the rest like I used to do. So Happy! 
