New *2010* Transitioners Support Thread!

Grand Prix said:
I ended up having this bad dream that I BC'd myself to a TWA and it was all uneven and there were even bald patches showing! :blush: I had to sit up in bed and blink for a while telling myself it was just a dream.
I really shouldn't be taking this hair thing so seriously. :lachen:
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Thats too :censored:funny. Not the hair care nightmare! :freakout: You need to stop.

I don't know about you, but the only way I would have made it to this point with the hair in this house is by being very serious about this hair thang. I am not playing about hair product or maintenance techniques.

My sister even offered to pay for someone to do my hair. I thought to myself, girl is you crazy, not this head. Just couldn’t stop hearing all the beautician horror stories about ruined progress. I had to tell her thanks, but hell naw. I don’t want to have to beat a beautician about the head, neck and face cuz she couldn’t control the scissors.:hardslap:
 
takes all day to prep this braidout-twa but the result is good for now, love you guys, this is great stuff, my hair couldn't make it without y'all, I be all over this site reading, not even a month old newbie yet, need to learn alot still
 
I don't think I'll make it past 52 weeks. lol.

It's driving me insane.

I'm going to try and wait til at least April 20th, when I will be 60 weeks post.

I'd love to make it to 65 weeks (15 months).

We'll see.
 
Yes you can make it to 60/65 weeks! How's your hair right now? What style?

hairsothick said:
I don't think I'll make it past 52 weeks. lol.

It's driving me insane.

I'm going to try and wait til at least April 20th, when I will be 60 weeks post.

I'd love to make it to 65 weeks (15 months).

We'll see.
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:lachen:
Ok Ladies... I'll continue as normal, thanks :grin:

I cowashed my hair this morning and my shrinkage is RIDICULOUS! I'll do a comparison pic of my stretched hair and my wet hair soon.

I'm amazed at how different my hair can look, I really :love: my hair!

Another thing is - while I have my hair out for the rest of the month... On days I cowash in the morning before work, I airdry in 2 ponytails, when my ends are dry enough, I tuck them in and rock 2 little puffs, I also use a headband or two. I love it!!!! By the end of the day, my new growth is stretched and if I want to I can put my hair up in a bun (which I won't do often, my hair on my edges is even finer than the rest of my hair).

I really think I made the decision to go natural at the right time :yep:

I'm almost one year post, 12 days and counting :yay:

ltown said:
You are funny, stop it we need the inspiration and the pictures.
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StephElise said:
MG DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT NOT POSTING ANYMORE PICS!!!! I will give you a swatting!:spank:
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I'm 6 months post as of TODAY yaaaaaay:thumbsup: I feel like I'm finally making some progress,

Let's chant 12 MORE DAYS congrats Mummy. Now let's do the happy dance for you:circle:.
 
YES, making it to my 6th month mark feels FANTASTIC:grin:. Thanks so much for your support ladies it is greatly appreciated.:grouphug3:

Oh and Mummy I sincerely hope time flies now. But since you've already made it I'm gonna have to believe you:grin: You ladies are transition veterans.
 
MummysGirl said:
Yes you can make it to 60/65 weeks! How's your hair right now? What style?
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I just did some two strand twists and bantu knotted them. I'm gonna wash it tonight and wear a twistout for the rest of the week.

It's not that hard to manage right now, it's just that the suspense is driving me bonkers. lol

Hopefully I'll have my kinky twists by Christmas and it will help me get through the next 1.5 or 2 months.
 
i am feeling really tempted to cut my hair. i think its the hormones since my dot is here, so i'm not gonna do it. i think...♥
 
vainღ♥♡jane said:
i am feeling really tempted to cut my hair. i think its the hormones since my dot is here, so i'm not gonna do it. i think...♥
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I get like that too sometimes when dot decides she even wants to come lol. But hold out. When I did it back in 02 I was like I wish I would have waited a little longer!
 
LOL! Anytime I wash my hair and see how short my hair is (with shrinkage), there is no excitment to BC yet :lachen:

I agree, putting your hair away for a while is a good idea :yep: I am always so excited to play in my hair when I take out my pixie braids after 3 weeks.

hairsothick said:
I just did some two strand twists and bantu knotted them. I'm gonna wash it tonight and wear a twistout for the rest of the week.

It's not that hard to manage right now, it's just that the suspense is driving me bonkers. lol

Hopefully I'll have my kinky twists by Christmas and it will help me get through the next 1.5 or 2 months.
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so i've been cowashing daily since march and i really think it has contributed to making my transition easy to handle and allowing my hair to grow from past shoulder length to almost mbl. however, when i went home for thanksgiving break i got a really bad cold from walking outside in the cold air. i am going to try a new regimen for the winter months and i hope it doesn't affect my hair growth / retaining ability.

my plan is to do a protein prepoo with mane n tail and coconut oil for about 20 minutes, rinse, and apply my pantene time renewal deep conditioner and castor oil to my hair over night. in the morning i will rinse, wash with hair one, and condition with aussie moist. i will detangle while rinsing the aussie moist out. then i will rollerset my hair using water and aussie moist, make banded pigtails to further stretch my hair for one day, and then bun for a week. i will moisturize and seal my bun daily.

wow, typing it out sounds like a lot, but i did it this week and it didn't take nearly as long as i thought. what do you ladies think?
 
Hello Ladies,

I keep asking this question but then I forget to come back to the thread to see the answers. During your transitioning process, do you get more shed hairs than compared to when you were relaxed? IDK if its because i really dont comb my hair any but once a week on a wash day, or is it because I have not had a perm in almost 11 months, but my hair sheds soo bad when I wash it. I have like a golf ball amount of hair when I am finished. Its mostly shed hair because I am OCD and I check for the white bulb (although this past week I had a lot of broken hairs which I was not too happy about:wallbash:).

But anywho, has the shedding increased?
 
cch24 said:
so i've been cowashing daily since march and i really think it has contributed to making my transition easy to handle and allowing my hair to grow from past shoulder length to almost mbl. however, when i went home for thanksgiving break i got a really bad cold from walking outside in the cold air. i am going to try a new regimen for the winter months and i hope it doesn't affect my hair growth / retaining ability.

my plan is to do a protein prepoo with mane n tail and coconut oil for about 20 minutes, rinse, and apply my pantene time renewal deep conditioner and castor oil to my hair over night. in the morning i will rinse, wash with hair one, and condition with aussie moist. i will detangle while rinsing the aussie moist out. then i will rollerset my hair using water and aussie moist, make banded pigtails to further stretch my hair for one day, and then bun for a week. i will moisturize and seal my bun daily.

wow, typing it out sounds like a lot, but i did it this week and it didn't take nearly as long as i thought. what do you ladies think?
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Well it sounds like you are doing it only once a week so that sounds fine to me. I cannot wait until March because I will go back to cowashing daily and wet bunning it. I feel like I gained a ton a growth doing that this past spring & summer.
 
I don't think it sounds like a lot. Especially cos you've tried and tested it. :yep:
I really wish I could do something similar to what you're doing (wash once a week) but I workout 5 times a week and sweat A LOT on my scalp so I have to cowash at least 3 times a week.

Keep us updated :yep:

cch24 said:
so i've been cowashing daily since march and i really think it has contributed to making my transition easy to handle and allowing my hair to grow from past shoulder length to almost mbl. however, when i went home for thanksgiving break i got a really bad cold from walking outside in the cold air. i am going to try a new regimen for the winter months and i hope it doesn't affect my hair growth / retaining ability.

my plan is to do a protein prepoo with mane n tail and coconut oil for about 20 minutes, rinse, and apply my pantene time renewal deep conditioner and castor oil to my hair over night. in the morning i will rinse, wash with hair one, and condition with aussie moist. i will detangle while rinsing the aussie moist out. then i will rollerset my hair using water and aussie moist, make banded pigtails to further stretch my hair for one day, and then bun for a week. i will moisturize and seal my bun daily.

wow, typing it out sounds like a lot, but i did it this week and it didn't take nearly as long as i thought. what do you ladies think?
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I don't think my shedding has increased but I know my shed hair looks much more, as a whole, and I was so happy when I realised it was because my new growth is so coily so it seems to take up more space than my relaxed ends.

Although I do have times when I notice more shed hairs than usual but that doesn't happen often.

Taleah2009 said:
Hello Ladies,

I keep asking this question but then I forget to come back to the thread to see the answers. During your transitioning process, do you get more shed hairs than compared to when you were relaxed? IDK if its because i really dont comb my hair any but once a week on a wash day, or is it because I have not had a perm in almost 11 months, but my hair sheds soo bad when I wash it. I have like a golf ball amount of hair when I am finished. Its mostly shed hair because I am OCD and I check for the white bulb (although this past week I had a lot of broken hairs which I was not too happy about:wallbash:).

But anywho, has the shedding increased?
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SherylsTresses said:
I'm 18 weeks post :spinning:
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Congrats, keep up the good work and HHG.

And Mummy, I didn't know you worked out 5 days/week. So do I and I sweat heavily in my scalp, I mean like pouring sweat, that's why I wear weaves but I would love to wear my OWN hair out but I felt that I couldn't because of this. You have no idea how happy you just made me.

Ok so how does your twist out, like the latest hairstyle you did hold up to the heavy sweating. And how often do you think I would have to redo my hair???? I'm so excited:grin:
 
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