NATURALS:WHEN DID YOU START PS'ING?

NitaChantell

NitaChantell

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At what length, or month of your hair journey did you start protective styling? Do TWA's need to be in protective styles? If so, why? TIA:drunk:
 
im natural and protective styling is what will get you to where you want to be, i do it 100% of time and always have.

eta: if you dont have that much breakage when you hair is twa, you dont need to protective style untill at a longer length.
 
I started doing ps in november 2007, one year after my bc, my hair was ear length unstretched. Before that I just sported an afro.
 
NitaChantell said:
Did you have a TWA when you first went natural? If so, what protective styles did you use? Thanks!
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hold on , had to think. mother cut all my hair off about 13 years ago and i only had about 1.5inches of hair on my head. after hair grew to NL i braided it all the time.

eta, never pS while shorter then that
 
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I am 5.5 months past BC and transitioned for almost 6 months. I started PS pretty early on to limit manipulating my hair...i became obsessed and always had my hands in my hair
 
I started about a year and a half into my journey when my hair was a lil past SL....I have always read that the stage between SL and APL were pretty critical so I decided to aggressively PS at that point.

its been about 4 months since I started that and im pretty much APL still got a lil more to grow cuz im not tryna claim 10 hairs lol.

But I plan to continue PSn for the next 6 months becase I wanna be well on my way to BSL B4 I wear my hair out more
 
I think my favorite style to do when I had a TWA was coils. It took very little time and lasted a week. I just did them because my hair was suffering from dryness. I also wash n went a lot, but when it got around 4-5 inches, I needed to PS.
 
I didn't p.s until I was comfortable with the way my hair looked in twists which was probably...6 mos post bc (give or take). Up until that point, I wore flat twist twistouts all of the time so that I wouldn't have to wet my hair and it gave my twa more texture.
 
When I bc'd it wasn't to a TWA but it was at that weird shoulder length/in-between stage where the hair flops all over the place but tends to stick up at the crown. Waaaaaay too much end-killing manipulation was required to make it fro out so unless it was in a puff, my hair was mostly rolled up in some twists.

I'd say for that first year 85% of my styles were protective ones of some sort. No weaves, wigs or extensions but lots of twists with the occasional braid/twist out/puff/box braids/rod set styles to keep from getting bored.
 
I can't speak from experience but I think ps for a twa pretty mch the same as longer lengths. Short of buns and pony tails ( unless u have enough hair) braids, twist, wigs, weaves... Hth
 
I PS'd as soon as I BC'd. Twists, coils, cornrows (if I can grab it I can braid it!) PSing is essential for my hairtype & lifestyle.
 
This thread is right on time! I need to PS because of a challenge and my wig is driving me absolutely nuts!:spinning:

I'll seek out a comb coil or twist tutorial.

You all have such beautiful hair!
 
KCcurly said:
I think my favorite style to do when I had a TWA was coils. It took very little time and lasted a week. I just did them because my hair was suffering from dryness. I also wash n went a lot, but when it got around 4-5 inches, I needed to PS.
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I actually reached that point last night, my hair is about 5 inches long stretched and I have been twisting it for a PS since last september. Anyhoo I left it out in an afro yesterday with a little shea butter and the center of my hair knotted and tangled and was fixing to break!:nono:. I had to add conditioner to my afro and untangle under the shower and it was still long and difficult, I will be washing my hair less often and in braids otherwise my hair will be this length forever! Protective styling form now on.

Mind you I used to coil my hair when it was shorter for a change.
 
I started as soon as I bc'd. I would wear twists for 1.5 weeks and then a twist out for a few days and start again with the same routine. The reason I PS'd is because I love twists and twist outs!
 
I just started PS December of last year. Before that I would occasionally wear my hair up or in buns but not with the intent of PS, it was more to change things up.

I am now on the last leg of my journey (hoping to reach my final goal by the end of the year) and I am using PS to get there.

Edited to add: Seeing the results of PS for less than a month makes me wish I had done it sooner. I think if I had I would be closer to my goal because I would not have needed to trim as much. Last year I lost at least an inch and a half to trims.
 
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About 6 weeks after I BC'd and I was about 18 months post relaxer. During my transistion, I learned from the board to cleanse, moisturize, seal, and protect, since I had no problems getting to SL or CBL, I wanted to ensure I would get to APL as soon as possible.
 
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I don't know how to braid my hair, it does not matter how many vids i see in youtube, i just cant .. so i was waiting to have a lenght where i can make a ponytail so i can put a wig-putail to make a bun. SO i started PS at 5 months =)
 
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