Question........

[zoya_j]

I have always loved having long hair. I religiously wore long weaves and braids. But I couldn't always get them to do what I wanted. My hair is natural now, but when it was permed no matter how well I conditioned and treated my hair my hair would grow a little past my shoulders and then start breaking off.Growth is not a promblem for me but retaining that growth was. After this happened a few times, I decided to go natural in my quest to have long hair.

 

[pebbles]

Hi zoya,

Welcome to the board! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[mahogani]

For me one of my many things i take pride is for my hair.
i believe that you should take the time to maintain your hair among other things because that is a big part of you. I want to achieve and maintain length but the important thing to me is that i maintain a healthy mane, i'm so happy that i found this board . /images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[londongirl3]

I remember replying to this but I can't see my post anywhere. /images/graemlins/ohwell.gif Am I going mad?

 

[ms_kenesha]

<font color="green">This is sad, but my original reason for coming to any hair site was for a .....MAN!!!! That was me joining BHSGO in 1999, dayum that was a long time ago!!! So, you'd think my hair would be down to my behind, right? Well, I would get back at this person for various transgressions by cutting my hair. Then when we broke up I was like forget this hair crap!!! Then came the heat styling again, shoot I was single and dating again I needed to "hook" myself up for them dates!!!

My hair had gotten to Armyqt's length, but was thinning like crazy!!! So, I had to get a major cut!!! Then I got it cut again this past summer. After this cut I was like I really want my hair back &amp; I want it to be HEALTHY!!! So, I recommited myself to the BHSGO, but it was no more and in it's place was BHCAB and I "met" Adrienne who like a lot of you all said inspired me even further!! /images/graemlins/smile.gif Then Adrienne &amp; some other BHCAB members mentioned this site and here I am!!!</font>

 

[JenJen2721]

I came to this forum after having to get all of my hair chopped off literally due to bad care and just plain making bad decisions. My hair was cut really short on 1/9/03 and I decided that that was the last straw. I came home and immediately got on my computer /images/graemlins/user.gif and started searching for a black hair care forum. I, however, never expected to find anything this good. I've been hooked ever since and my hair definitely feels and looks and lot better since I've followed some of the recommendations on this site.

If I didn't find this forum, I probably would have been convinced that I couldn't grow long hair.

Last year, I achieved a decent amount of length w/braids, but also ended up having a lot of damage. Who knew that the Kankelon hair could damage your real hair? Also, I didn't know that you weren't supposed to wear braids longer than 2 months. People always told me that you should get your money's worth from wearing braids and keep then until they start to look bad! /images/graemlins/blush.gifoo:

Also, I was tired of hairdressers (these are supposed to be the professionals /images/graemlins/mad.gif) giving me wrong advice. I once asked a hairdresser what should I put on my hair and how should I maintain it at home. She told me just use oil sheen?!?!!? I have really, really dry hair. How can I just use oil sheen. But w/my lack of knowledge I believed her and put just oil sheen on my hair.....needless to say my hair dried up eventually and broke. My last hairdresser recommended a pomade that had mineral oil has the second ingredient for daily use!!! I feel VERY blessed to have found this board and now I feel empowed to grow long hair and it's a definite challenge for me. (I love a challenge). I'm determined to keep my hair healthy and soft feeling and treat it like silk.

I haven't told any of my friends and family that I want to grow long hair yet, because I know I'll hear negative comments and remarks. /images/graemlins/mad.gif I appreciate all the positivity and support I've received from this board and you guys and my boyfriend are the only ones right now that are positive and supportive of me growing long hair!!! I feel confident that I can do it because my hair looks and feels better than it ever has and I have no breakage! /images/graemlins/clap.gif

This is a great post, by the way....looks like I had some pent up emotions I needed to let go of, whew!

 

[DOTNOV]

I actually use to have a nice length back in the day. So I have always wanted to get back to that stage where it was healthy, thick and long. It has been a struggle but I do believe I will achieve even more length than I have ever had. For one I haven't blow-dried or flat iron my hair since the new year came in. So I figured if I had nice thick hair back in the day with all the heat and still maintain healthy hair. That I can achieve even more without it. I'm a believer and love long hair and I will strive to achieve it. Once I get my hair back thick it will not be anything to stop me!

 

[Lindy]

That's a good question!!

For me, it was about 2 years ago. I had just gotten my hair highlighted, and I knew that if I wanted to keep my hair on my head, I needed to start taking care of it. Having hair that is relaxed, permanently colored, and plus with highlights on top of all that definitely required a lot of care, and at that point I made a commitment to 'throw away my blow dryer' and start doing roller sets every time I washed my hair. That's how I started. Then I came upon a website about caring for relaxed hair, and from that site, I came upon this one, and the rest is history!! My hair is looking better than ever, and I feel that it's thanks to the advice and information I have learned about from this forum!!! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Guest]

I had a hair dresser cut off all my hair, I decided to just take care of it myself. I'm glad I did.

 

[LondonDiva]

I was under the assumption that black women couldn't grow their hair long at all and unfortunately years ago I also believed that if you were mixed it was the only way a black woman's hair could be long. /images/graemlins/mad.gif&lt;------- at myself for thinking such /images/graemlins/censored.gif

Anyways, I was fed up admiring other people's hair and wanted to know how too look after my own and grow it. The basis for long hair is very simple, you know, protect the ends and the retain the lenght, so I applied it to myself. The more I found out about out hair, what it needs, why it's different to other races etc the more the long hair on black women thought seemed very possible to achieve. And it is believe me. I no longer have any of these jacked up notions thank god pertaining to our hair. All it took was a lil understanding and education. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Country gal]

I have always been obsessed with having long, healthy hair. I was at a house warming discussing hair with Beverly and another friend. Beverly informed me about the website. I'm glad she did because the board has been very helpful. We are intelligent women and we don't need to rely on a beauticians for hair success. My hair is in such better condition because I give it plenty of TLC. Everyone is noticing my hair growth and how healthy it looks.

 

[Guest]

Amen...