Hello all. I am new to the board. My dilemma is about 3 years ago my hair used to hang down to my biceps on my arms. My niece convinced me to cut it in layers. Boy do I regret ever doing that because my hair is now between my shoulder blades and seems to be taking so long to grow back. I usually get my hair relaxed every 8-10 weeks, deep condition twice per month and get my ends clipped whenever I relax it. I used to use Pantene and Sebastian Penetraitt products. When my hair began to break in the middle from wearing ponytails, my beautician suggested I use Aphogee which worked wonders in helping repair my hair. After that, she suggested that I start to use Salerm to help ease the thinning at my left temple and the Anti-thinning shampoo. Although they have helped, my length just does not seem to be advancing the way it did when I was using Pantene. I think I should go back to Pantene. What do you all think? P.S. Sorry it's so long....