Ovation Cell Therapy/Mega-Tek Challenge

[Cassandra1975]

I've applied MT for the third time now and I don't have any itches. Anyone else?

I only got them the first week or so. I apply it just about every day now, and I don't have any itching.

 

[january noir]

Here ya go... I am using this first one as my starting pic - taken 5/17/08

Here is 6/17/08 - excuse the phat booty and spare tire, I'm working on it.

 

[girlyprincess23]

Hi Ladies

I don't know about anyone else, but stretching is going to be impossible with this product. My ng is now out of control. I thought I could hang and stretch my relaxer but damn, I have to dig to reach the scalp. Its been yrs since I've stretch and I am only 8 weeks post and been using MT for two weeks and before I started I had ng but I could stretch and was a lot more manageable. Now, A mess.

I didn't want to let my DH help me but as he stood next to me yesterday watching me struggle with the application, he snatched the bottle out of my hand and said sternly, "LET ME HELP YOU!!" So as I separated and held the hair apart, he applied, and I have to say it cut the app time in half and it was nice to have his help. Although while looking at my hair, he was like, "whoa babe, you def need a relaxer." Like I didn't already know that.

Also have good and bad news. The bad, I suffered from the massive lay-off's that are happening so I gotta find a new job. The good news is that I got my extra bottle of MT before it happened so I don't have to worry about running out!! :woohoo:


What is everyone else doing to stretch and handle the massive ng?

I think that's cute....I wish the SO wanted to help!!!!...but neway. I'm
using kinky twists to stretch until the end of the year. B/C My ng makes my relaxed hair break off, no matter what I do. So i figure I'll just get them done over in august or so and then some cornrows or something in november until december. even though the OCT seems to make my ng a lot silkier and softer, i won't take any chances!!

 

[MzOptimistic]

Sooky sooky now, my Madea speech worked then **LD puts the switch back in the drawer**

Go on girl get ta megasagging!!

Yea, girl, couldn't resist this I was following along for the longest but what REALLY got me was YOUR progress pics I'm getting good growth with my other growth aid but not an inch a month I'm greedy...If I can get an inch a month. I WANT IT

 

[Aggie]

Here ya go... I am using this first one as my starting pic - taken 5/17/08

Here is 6/17/08 - excuse the phat booty and spare tire, I'm working on it.

Whoa Mama, thickalicious is your hair! Your hair really doeslove OCT.

 

[Mz.Shug]

I only got them the first week or so. I apply it just about every day now, and I don't have any itching.

Same here. Been using everyday since tues. and nada. Doesn't mean it's not working though...just gotta keep applying and see what happens.

 

[Blaque*Angel]

I only got them the first week or so. I apply it just about every day now, and I don't have any itching.

i hope mine only lasts a week, dang, i feel like i gotta put my head in the freezer!

 

[january noir]

Whoa Mama, thickalicious is your hair! Your hair really doeslove OCT.

Thanks Aggie!
It has gotten much thicker. I don't take the best pics, but we can at least measure the coming growth with 'em!

 

[KPH]

Thanks Aggie!
It has gotten much thicker. I don't take the best pics, but we can at least measure the coming growth with 'em!

Yes, the OCT has your hair looking BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! I am broke right now and have been using my sparingly so i dug out my ayurvedic products have have been using OCT one day and the next few days by ayurvedic products.l I so cherish OCT

 

[SelfStyled]

JN- your hair is looking awesome!!!!

Here ya go... I am using this first one as my starting pic - taken 5/17/08

Here is 6/17/08 - excuse the phat booty and spare tire, I'm working on it.

 

[january noir]

JN- your hair is looking awesome!!!!

Thanks! It's getting there, but I have a loooonnnngggg way to go to get back to where I was pre-LHCF. You ladies don't know how many severe set backs I've had.

 

[january noir]

Yes, the OCT has your hair looking BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! I am broke right now and have been using my sparingly so i dug out my ayurvedic products have have been using OCT one day and the next few days by ayurvedic products.l I so cherish OCT

Thanks! That's a good plan. I stopped acting like I have money and cut back on my OVATION a little. Using the WEN products off and on help tremendously.

 

[ebonylocs]

Okay. SO my testimony isn't about growth. It's about strength and elasticity.

When I first got the MT a few weeks ago, I did rub it into my scalp a few days, but then I backed off because (even though I could not quite believe it) I could feel my new growth getting unruly, and there was already quite a lot of it, and I didn't plan on getting a relaxer anytime soon, if ever again.

So anyway, back in December, my hair got double processed. The last 9 inches or so had already been relaxed by a stylist with Mizani No Lye and originally had a very full thick look - not texlaxed but lots of body. The newest 5 or so had been deliberately texlaxed / underprocessed by me. It was giving me a lot of problems with tangling, etc, so in Dec I went to another stylist for a corrective, and she re-relaxed my hair from ROOT to TIP and let it process for a looooong time. And yes, I mostly let her, except I started to ask her "Shouldn't we wash it now? Isn't it going to over process", until she did wash it out. Long story short, I ended up with lots of split ends and damaged strands that felt thin and sooo weak, and tangled like hell. (My hair seemed doomed to tangle - underprocess --> tangle, overprocess --> tangle). It remained long and didn't break as much as it might have, but I had to be super careful with it.

Anyway, I thought MT might help me get my hair stronger so that I could get my hair back to health, trim it, and eventually wouldn't have to baby it so much, and could wear it out and manipulate it more often.

SO over the last couple of weeks, I've been searching and trimming the zillions of individual split ends. I've cut off up to three inches off some individual strands, but because it wasn't an overall trim, the general length of my hair hasn't been affected very much.

And I've been using MT. Every two / three days, I rinse my hair with water (or shampoo it on my weekly wash day). Then I apply the MT - smoothing back with my hands, then cover it with the shower cap and let it sit for as long as possible - at least 5 minutes. Then I rinse. Apply a moisturising conditioner (usually a drug store brand, but something like Keracare Humecto on my wash day). Then I rinse that out as well. Apply some moisturiser to my hair, pull it back in one twist or plait, then pin it up. On my wash day I will detangle in sections with a medium tooth comb before plaiting / twisting, but otherwise I just detangle with my fingers.

And the results are .... AMAZING. I just noticed it a few days ago when I was absentmindedly testing one of my shed strands at work and it was stretching *tautly* (not in a stretchy way) and not breaking, and I was like WTH is this? Is this my hair??? (My hair never does that). Today I did my routine again, and I can confirm I am not hallucinating. As soon as I apply the MT, my hair starts to smooth out. The strands now feel heavier and hydrated, smoother and more elastic. My hair just seems more *real*, I can't explain it. It feels so strong. When I'm detangling. it don't feel like every little touch will break it anymore.

For those of you who already have strong, elastic strands, maybe applying it to your hair wouldn't be beneficial. But for those people with thin / fragile / overprocessed strands, I can attest that using it as a rinse out conditioner has definitely transformed my hair.

I'm so happy, I'm posting pics for the first time, even though they can't really show the change I'm talking about.

 

[january noir]

Congratulations! Isn't it wonderful?

Okay. SO my testimony isn't about growth. It's about strength and elasticity.

When I first got the MT a few weeks ago, I did rub it into my scalp a few days, but then I backed off because (even though I could not quite believe it) I could feel my new growth getting unruly, and there was already quite a lot of it, and I didn't plan on getting a relaxer anytime soon, if ever again.

So anyway, back in December, my hair got double processed. The last 9 inches or so had already been relaxed by a stylist with Mizani No Lye and originally had a very full thick look - not texlaxed but lots of body. The newest 5 or so had been deliberately texlaxed / underprocessed by me. It was giving me a lot of problems with tangling, etc, so in Dec I went to the stylist for a corrective, and she re-relaxed my hair from ROOT to TIP and let it process for a looooong time. And yes, I mostly let her, except I started to ask her "Shouldn't we wash it now? Isn't it going to over process", until she did wash it out. Long story short, I ended up with lots of split ends and damaged strands that felt thin and sooo weak, and tangled like hell. (My hair seemed doomed to tangle - underprocess --> tangle, overprocess --> tangle). It remained long and didn't break as much as it might have, but I had to be super careful with it.

Anyway, I thought MT might help me get my hair stronger so that I could get my hair back to health, trim it, and eventually wouldn't have to baby it so much, and could wear it out and manipulate it more often.

SO over the last couple of weeks, I've been searching and trimming the zillions of individual split ends. I've cut off up to three inches off some individual strands, but because it wasn't an overall trim, the general length of my hair hasn't been affected very much.

And I've been using MT. Every two / three days, I rinse my hair with water (or shampoo it on my weekly wash day). Then I apply the MT - smoothing back with my hands, then cover it with the shower cap and let it sit for as long as possible - at least 5 minutes. Then I rinse. Apply a moisturising conditioner (usually a drug store brand, but something like Keracare Humecto on my wash day). Then I rinse that out as well. Apply some moisturiser to my hair, pull it back in one twist or plait, then pin it up. On my wash day I will detangle in sections with a medium tooth comb before plaiting / twisting, but otherwise I just detangle with my fingers.

And the results are .... AMAZING. I just noticed it a few days ago when I was absentmindedly testing one of my shed strands at work and it was stretching *tautly* (not in a stretchy way) and not breaking, and I was like WTH is this? Is this my hair??? (My hair never does that). Today I did my routine again, and I can confirm I am not hallucinating. As soon as I apply the MT, my hair starts to smooth out. The strands now feel heavier and hydrated, smoother and more elastic. My hair just seems more *real*, I can't explain it. It feels so strong. When I'm detangling. it don't feel like every little touch will break it anymore.

For those of you who already have strong, elastic strands, maybe applying it to your hair wouldn't be beneficial. But for those people with thin / fragile / overprocessed strands, I can attest that using it as a rinse out conditioner has definitely transformed my hair.

I'm so happy, I'm posting pics for the first time, even though they can't really show the change I'm talking about.

 

[Nice & Wavy]

Okay. SO my testimony isn't about growth. It's about strength and elasticity.

When I first got the MT a few weeks ago, I did rub it into my scalp a few days, but then I backed off because (even though I could not quite believe it) I could feel my new growth getting unruly, and there was already quite a lot of it, and I didn't plan on getting a relaxer anytime soon, if ever again.

So anyway, back in December, my hair got double processed. The last 9 inches or so had already been relaxed by a stylist with Mizani No Lye and originally had a very full thick look - not texlaxed but lots of body. The newest 5 or so had been deliberately texlaxed / underprocessed by me. It was giving me a lot of problems with tangling, etc, so in Dec I went to another stylist for a corrective, and she re-relaxed my hair from ROOT to TIP and let it process for a looooong time. And yes, I mostly let her, except I started to ask her "Shouldn't we wash it now? Isn't it going to over process", until she did wash it out. Long story short, I ended up with lots of split ends and damaged strands that felt thin and sooo weak, and tangled like hell. (My hair seemed doomed to tangle - underprocess --> tangle, overprocess --> tangle). It remained long and didn't break as much as it might have, but I had to be super careful with it.

Anyway, I thought MT might help me get my hair stronger so that I could get my hair back to health, trim it, and eventually wouldn't have to baby it so much, and could wear it out and manipulate it more often.

SO over the last couple of weeks, I've been searching and trimming the zillions of individual split ends. I've cut off up to three inches off some individual strands, but because it wasn't an overall trim, the general length of my hair hasn't been affected very much.

And I've been using MT. Every two / three days, I rinse my hair with water (or shampoo it on my weekly wash day). Then I apply the MT - smoothing back with my hands, then cover it with the shower cap and let it sit for as long as possible - at least 5 minutes. Then I rinse. Apply a moisturising conditioner (usually a drug store brand, but something like Keracare Humecto on my wash day). Then I rinse that out as well. Apply some moisturiser to my hair, pull it back in one twist or plait, then pin it up. On my wash day I will detangle in sections with a medium tooth comb before plaiting / twisting, but otherwise I just detangle with my fingers.

And the results are .... AMAZING. I just noticed it a few days ago when I was absentmindedly testing one of my shed strands at work and it was stretching *tautly* (not in a stretchy way) and not breaking, and I was like WTH is this? Is this my hair??? (My hair never does that). Today I did my routine again, and I can confirm I am not hallucinating. As soon as I apply the MT, my hair starts to smooth out. The strands now feel heavier and hydrated, smoother and more elastic. My hair just seems more *real*, I can't explain it. It feels so strong. When I'm detangling. it don't feel like every little touch will break it anymore.

For those of you who already have strong, elastic strands, maybe applying it to your hair wouldn't be beneficial. But for those people with thin / fragile / overprocessed strands, I can attest that using it as a rinse out conditioner has definitely transformed my hair.

I'm so happy, I'm posting pics for the first time, even though they can't really show the change I'm talking about.

Congratulations. I too have great elasticity while using these products and great strength.

 

[Nice & Wavy]

I know I started a thread on this already, but I must add pics to this thread also. Here are my results:

I have been using OCT and MT together every other day!

 

[LondonDiva]

Only twice a week? what da....Girl JK, I need someone to celebrate some looonnnng tresses with on September 1st. Get a roll on girl before I have to put some fire under:gotroasted: that butt of yours . You see LD represented MT well and we have to join her in September, okay?

YEAH JK, cause when I'm not around Aggie will whoop your behind. And Kiya whoop Aggie's if she falls off too Y'all can't tell me nothin' I use mine everyday.

How funny!!!! He is a sweetheart!!

LD: What a response from a "real" company!! That ezpetstore aka equitec aka horseloverz is so unreliable! Anyway, I just ordered a second bottle so I won't run out .

I have been using the MT daily since Thursday and I'm loving it all so much- I keep running to the mirror to check for some fuzz at my thinning temples . My hair seems happy right now. Thanks ladies!

Tailgator know how to cater to their customers. In communication and delivery.

Its been a few days , and oh. my. goodness.

for three nights in a row I woke up trying to peel my scalp off my head - scratching in my sleep.

I added JBCO to the mix and I am not dry, but each am I have co-washed my hair and really rinsed my scalp, which helps during the day but so far at some point each night I get the itchies.

I didn't think the MT would smell so nice...finally a growth aid that dosen;t smell like burnt pork or remind me of an uncomfortable infection!

I itched like a mutha **beeeeeper** this week, so much so I had to try and calm it down because I was afraid I'd cut my scalp with my nails. I wore twists for the week to cut down on the combing/brushing and washed, conditioned re-twisted today, and I can tell a difference the twists are hanging much longer than last week I can definitely tell a difference and the waves at the roots are in full effect. I've added Micro Tek (spray on the scalp) and the Premier Rehydrant (on the hair daily) as part of my regimen. The rehydrant is OMG just the best thing since Elasta QP H-Two, that's out the window now, my friend can have that and I use the premier shampoo and creme rinse too. My hair is uber soft. I think the Organic Root Stimulator Olive Oil conditioner helps too, plus a shampoo top up of Elasta QP creme conditioning shampoo after I use the Premier shampoo. My hair has never felt this soft. I'm sticking with Eqyss products, I've substituted a ton of my products for these now.

Okay Just wanted to let you all know my nephew was kind enough (even though he says I 'm not getting six inches by the end of the year) to measure my ng for me and it's official it is .5 in (in 3 weeks, tommorow) in the middle, longer in the back and shorter in the front (but the front always grows more slowly) and I probably would have got more but I was not able to apply OCT for 1 week (durnit i'll make sure to stock up and not wait till I run out to reorder!!). Unfortunately I will not be able to post progress pics until december b/c that's the next time i'm relaxing (unless I get a blow out) but just wanted to post an update, i should be BSL by the end of the year. I'm glad I posted my starting pics in my fotki for any naysayers!!! Oh yeah and I know now it's ng b/c as you can see from my siggy my hair is straight and this stuff as it gets longer you can def see my thick tight coil pattern

Congrats on the 1/2 inch in 3 weeks. I calculated over the next 6 months at that rate is 4.33 inches.
Now if you can make it to December on this stuff without a touch up I'll give you a virtual medal. And if you can using it daily reaps maximum results IMO.

#

that is a sweet email

co signing on great customer services and an exceptional first class service from www.tailgator.co.uk

my first mega tek went missing in the post

they sent one out immediately and i got it the next day!!!

myself and Debbie from mega tek have sent a few emails to each other, she has a great sense of humor.

she joked about the postman "jacking" my MT
saying she can imagine him with a huge afro and 70's music playing in the background

i nearly spit my tea all over my new laptop.

i'm not joining the challenge, i'm doing my own personal challenge
thanks LD for being a great MT spokesperson

you certainly sold it to hundreds of LHCFers

You're welcome I my e-mail Debbie and ask how many forum members are placing order out of curiousity. There's probably a ton of posters watching the thread and buying the products and not posting, which is all good, so it'd be interesting to know the amount. And I'm getting that gallon next time.

Debbie is a sweetheart my order arrived like I predicted in 2 days on the Friday. I kow how you feel about personal challenges, I find it easier to fall off in a group challenge I dunno why but always found that to be the way. Gooid luck with the MT

Hey girl!!! I saw it and Im like cant way to pay day cant wait till pay day lol

I want to get the Mega-Tek as I hear its the same as OCT, what do you use from the MT?

Ebony x

The rebuilder (the equivalent of OCT)

www.tailgator.co.uk/tg/pages/eqyssmegatekhuman.html

 

[LondonDiva]

I know I started a thread on this already, but I must add pics to this thread also. Here are my results:

I have been using OCT and MT together every other day!

N&W that's amazing

What is the timespan of these pics?

 

[Nice & Wavy]

N&W that's amazing

What is the timespan of these pics?

The first pic was the end of April, the second pic was around May 18 and the last pic was tonight.

 

[LondonDiva]

The first pic was the end of April, the second pic was around May 18 and the last pic was tonight.

**LD counts months on fingers slowly like she belongs on the special bus**

JUST UNDER 2 FRICKIN MONTHS

Double

OK who STILL doesn't believe in growth aides after this
What is there not to believe.

Nice & Wavy muchos congrats, it finally feels good to have the holy grail of growth aides finally in our hands.

I been on this board 6 years it's about blasted time

It's 3:30 am I'm off to megasage before bed.

 

[Nice & Wavy]

**LD counts months on fingers slowly like she belongs on the special bus**

JUST UNDER 2 FRICKIN MONTHS

Double

OK who STILL doesn't believe in growth aides after this
What is there not to believe.

Nice & Wavy muchos congrats, it finally feels good to have the holy grail of growth aides finally in our hands.

I been on this board 6 years it's about blasted time

It's 3:30 am I'm off to megasage before bed.

You are too much girl....

Yes maa'm....it finally happened!

Thanks girl....girl, I'm getting ready to massage in a few minutes!

 

[LondonDiva]

It's strange even though I got great results on mine I know it's not a fluke after seeing yours. I even though oh this time around it won't work as well. Low and behold I was wrong.

This thread has over 3,000 posts and nearly a quarter million views And there's been no drama in it, no talk of where are all the black men or the light skin dark skin debate over the blue n black OCT and Mega Tek bottles.

Right let me go and make dat hinglish tea watch some of my movie and start making lubbits to my scalp.

 

[Nice & Wavy]

It's strange even though I got great results on mine I know it's not a fluke after seeing yours. I even though oh this time around it won't work as well. Low and behold I was wrong.

This thread has over 3,000 posts and nearly a quarter million views And there's been no drama in it, no talk of where are all the black men or the light skin dark skin debate over the blue n black OCT and Mega Tek bottles.

Right let me go and make dat hinglish tea watch some of my movie and start making lubbits to my scalp.

You are not alone, LD. I too thought that maybe this isn't going to work, but it has. If it wasn't for my granddaughter saying to me that my hair has grown, I wouldn't have taken a pic tonight and see a result. I have been noticing a change, but you know how hair anorexia is...

I do agree...this thread is so huge and absolutely drama-less and I'm happy for that. I do hope that people stop looking at all the shedding and stuff and just hang in there....they will see results!

Enjoy your night...well, morning for you!

 

[Aggie]

Okay. SO my testimony isn't about growth. It's about strength and elasticity.

For those of you who already have strong, elastic strands, maybe applying it to your hair wouldn't be beneficial. But for those people with thin / fragile / overprocessed strands, I can attest that using it as a rinse out conditioner has definitely transformed my hair.

I'm so happy, I'm posting pics for the first time, even though they can't really show the change I'm talking about.

Lookin' good ebonylocs and interesting point and observation with the bolded.

 

[Aggie]

I know I started a thread on this already, but I must add pics to this thread also. Here are my results:

I have been using OCT and MT together every other day!

The first pic was the end of April, the second pic was around May 18 and the last pic was tonight.

Well what da....? Now this has certainly taken my breath away. :waytogo: Nice & Wavy and a big on all that new growth honey. Now you and LD has certainly given us a whoooooooooooole lot more hope right here. oooooh, at this rate, you'll be WL or beyond before the end of the year. Anyhoo, what are your measurements for the combined OCT & MT, did you mix them with anything else and if so, what?

 

[TwistNMx]

I know it's been awhile, but can I still join the challenge?
I will be ordering my products next week.

 

[Aggie]

YEAH JK, cause when I'm not around Aggie will whoop your behind. And Kiya whoop Aggie's if she falls off too Y'all can't tell me nothin' I use mine everyday.

Hey, I heard that, lol and don't worry, I've using mine everyday except 2 days right after my relaxer. I wanted my hair to stay fresh and product free for at least 2 days after my relaxer. Now I'm adamantly at it every night, even when I'm tired.

 

[Aggie]

I know it's been awhile, but can I still join the challenge?
I will be ordering my products next week.

HiHigh Priestess, of course you're welcomed to join the challenge. When your products arrive, just send tt8 a pm and she'll add you in officially, okay?

 

[Nice & Wavy]

Well what da....? Now this has certainly taken my breath away. :waytogo: Nice & Wavy and a big on all that new growth honey. Now you and LD has certainly given us a whoooooooooooole lot more hope right here. oooooh, at this rate, you'll be WL or beyond before the end of the year. Anyhoo, what are your measurements for the combined OCT & MT, did you mix them with anything else and if so, what?

Thank you so much, Aggie. I appreciate it very much!


Wow...waistlength, really? Girl, I would be happy just to get to MBL, but I'll take it...

I don't mix them, I just apply the OCT one day and then the MT the next (I do this every other day). I make sure that I apply Olive Oil or Sweet Almond Oil on my scalp FIRST before using either product and then I massage. In the beginning, I wasn't doing this, but after a while, I started doing it this way because of the itching. I don't get the itching or shedding any longer. I never put it on the length of my hair. I was doing this in the beginning and stopped.

 

[explosiva9]

Question to those who have relaxed. I have to relax my hair because I can't deal with the ng. It looks a mess and I really hate looking unkept. So, for those who have relaxed during the challenge, how long did you stop using before relaxer and if any did not stop, do you feel that u should have stopped? Was there a difference compared to previous relaxers?

I know some ladies waited two days or a week but was wondering if there was anyone who just did it without waiting and the results.

Thanks