JerseyGirl
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Prior to me finding this board, I had the braids put in my hair (micro braids - human hair). I had just purchased my house and was working the graveyard shift. No time to comb my hair. I left them in for 8 weeks and took very good care of them. After the 8 weeks, I rebraided my hair again. Expecting to have more length and body, I was shocked and amazed how fragile, frizzy and limp my hair was. I cried all night. When I took out the braids, I had to go to my husband's best friends housewarming party. My intentions were to get a perm but the way my hair looked, it was impossible. My husband really wanted me to go and wiped my tears and took me to the nearest wig shop. I screamed, "Are you crazy!! Wigs are old fashioned. I can't wear a wig. I am just going to cut all my hair off and foregt about. I am going to cut it off and have my hair like Camille Crosby." My husband said try it. My mother has a 100 wigs and she looks good in it (which is true). So I went into the wig shop and purchased my first wig and wig net for under $25.00.
I went home and braided my own hair into little braids (you know the ones our mothers use to do when they were going to straighten our hair the next day) and greased it with Ultra Sheen (the one in the blue jar). I went to the party (very nervous) and got nothing but compliments on my hair (wig). I told two women there that it was a wig. They said "Get out of here". I would have never thought that that was a wig. Where did you get? How much did it cost? I am going to get a wig next week. And they did. This gave me the strength to go to work with this wig. Again, nothing but compliments.
Every night, I would rebraid my braids and grease with Ultra Sheen. Every week, I would wash my hair (I think at the time I was using Patene) and deep condition. And guess what, after 3 weeks my hair started to thicken up. Life began to breath back in. I did this for a total of 6 weeks and wore my wig with every day.
When I got my perm, I was nervous. Yes, the stylist screamed at me and had a hard time putting the perm in. She perm, conditioned and trim. Yes, trimmed my hair. Because what I thought was going to get cut off because it looked so bad after I took the braids out. When I left the salon my hair was thick, bouncy and flowing. Not as long as it is now but I didn't come out with a Camille Crosby hair cut either.
So my point is - don't give up. I know you are mad right now and you can find no other solution. But there is a solution. Have patience. If it wasn't for my husband, I would have cut it myself. Don't worry everything will be alright.
I went home and braided my own hair into little braids (you know the ones our mothers use to do when they were going to straighten our hair the next day) and greased it with Ultra Sheen (the one in the blue jar). I went to the party (very nervous) and got nothing but compliments on my hair (wig). I told two women there that it was a wig. They said "Get out of here". I would have never thought that that was a wig. Where did you get? How much did it cost? I am going to get a wig next week. And they did. This gave me the strength to go to work with this wig. Again, nothing but compliments.
Every night, I would rebraid my braids and grease with Ultra Sheen. Every week, I would wash my hair (I think at the time I was using Patene) and deep condition. And guess what, after 3 weeks my hair started to thicken up. Life began to breath back in. I did this for a total of 6 weeks and wore my wig with every day.
When I got my perm, I was nervous. Yes, the stylist screamed at me and had a hard time putting the perm in. She perm, conditioned and trim. Yes, trimmed my hair. Because what I thought was going to get cut off because it looked so bad after I took the braids out. When I left the salon my hair was thick, bouncy and flowing. Not as long as it is now but I didn't come out with a Camille Crosby hair cut either.
So my point is - don't give up. I know you are mad right now and you can find no other solution. But there is a solution. Have patience. If it wasn't for my husband, I would have cut it myself. Don't worry everything will be alright.