Let me preface it with this:
Over the past year or so, i have transitioned into eating a totally clean diet, with a few hiccups here and there for occasional processed food, which i believe is okay in moderation. this has especially intensified since november; when i started moving away from animal protein (out of budget reasons!), making my own granola, and eating really light. i drink tons of water, dry skin brush, detox, etc. My hair has had a different, frizzy texture, with a looser, weirder curl and got over stretched really easily. I attributed this to the MSM which I gradually stopped in December or January, around my detox. Right now I take no vitamins, although i have ordered bcomplex and Evening Primose (which i really need for cramps) from Puritans Pride. At the end of Dec. my shower filter broke and wasnt replaced until this month. I did CO washes here and there because we have really hard water and used heat twice. I wasnt detangling because i didnt want to spend much time in the hard water. I started regular trims following lunar cycles which was looking good at first. i thought my hair has been thinning since summer, but i wasnt sure. its still longer than its been in a loong time, so i attributed it to the curls hanging differently due to length.
However, during the last month my hair has gotten the thinnest I can ever remember being natural. My hair is customarily coarse, thick and plentiful. Its become weak, scrawny and looser curled. It has been breaking like nobody's business and shedding too. its particularly worse in the back, which pretty much knots up on itself as it feels like it in any situation, even after detangling. i nearly cried in the shower three weeks ago when SO much hair came out, and again today when i noticed what looked like a broken patch down to an inch near my ear. my hair has gotten so thin i dont even recognize it. the entire back of my hair makes four tiny braids about 1/4 - 1/2 and inch thick. i dont understand why this is. i have been worse to my hair and its done okay.
i have begun using different strenghtening agents on wash day and have begun massassing my scalp with castor and coconut oil, both treatments are working. im feeling tightness and growth spurts which is good. I think personally, i need to consume way more protein, which i have been doing. (im trying to buy organic). i use either shea butter or the kemi pomade. protective styles havent made a difference. my hair hasnt been interested in retaining at this length yet my hair has been longer than this which is particularly confusing. im going back to using ego boost which seemed to make my hair happy at the time.
i didnt realize how deep this hair thing is for me. i feel ashamed that i am having such a hard time growing strong hair. my hair was so strong, thick and pretty when i became a nappy 6.5 years ago.and i had no idea what i was doing. im learning how profound the idea "less is more" can be. i havent used product on my hair during the week and its been happier. but the knots and thinness are really demoralizing. i just feel sad and ashamed. i am trimming when i dries tomorrow.
i am focusing on strengthening the root and making the ends happy. i have deduced i need even more frequent trims the longer my hair gets, i need EPO, i need to eat more protein (and my body likes it). i maybe need some braids. i wont do that until i feel my hair is strong enough. i get a good growth rate and manage to retain despite it all. ive been at this damned threshold point for MONTHS now and im really sick of it. i am just writing because i really need encouragement.
Over the past year or so, i have transitioned into eating a totally clean diet, with a few hiccups here and there for occasional processed food, which i believe is okay in moderation. this has especially intensified since november; when i started moving away from animal protein (out of budget reasons!), making my own granola, and eating really light. i drink tons of water, dry skin brush, detox, etc. My hair has had a different, frizzy texture, with a looser, weirder curl and got over stretched really easily. I attributed this to the MSM which I gradually stopped in December or January, around my detox. Right now I take no vitamins, although i have ordered bcomplex and Evening Primose (which i really need for cramps) from Puritans Pride. At the end of Dec. my shower filter broke and wasnt replaced until this month. I did CO washes here and there because we have really hard water and used heat twice. I wasnt detangling because i didnt want to spend much time in the hard water. I started regular trims following lunar cycles which was looking good at first. i thought my hair has been thinning since summer, but i wasnt sure. its still longer than its been in a loong time, so i attributed it to the curls hanging differently due to length.
However, during the last month my hair has gotten the thinnest I can ever remember being natural. My hair is customarily coarse, thick and plentiful. Its become weak, scrawny and looser curled. It has been breaking like nobody's business and shedding too. its particularly worse in the back, which pretty much knots up on itself as it feels like it in any situation, even after detangling. i nearly cried in the shower three weeks ago when SO much hair came out, and again today when i noticed what looked like a broken patch down to an inch near my ear. my hair has gotten so thin i dont even recognize it. the entire back of my hair makes four tiny braids about 1/4 - 1/2 and inch thick. i dont understand why this is. i have been worse to my hair and its done okay.
i have begun using different strenghtening agents on wash day and have begun massassing my scalp with castor and coconut oil, both treatments are working. im feeling tightness and growth spurts which is good. I think personally, i need to consume way more protein, which i have been doing. (im trying to buy organic). i use either shea butter or the kemi pomade. protective styles havent made a difference. my hair hasnt been interested in retaining at this length yet my hair has been longer than this which is particularly confusing. im going back to using ego boost which seemed to make my hair happy at the time.
i didnt realize how deep this hair thing is for me. i feel ashamed that i am having such a hard time growing strong hair. my hair was so strong, thick and pretty when i became a nappy 6.5 years ago.and i had no idea what i was doing. im learning how profound the idea "less is more" can be. i havent used product on my hair during the week and its been happier. but the knots and thinness are really demoralizing. i just feel sad and ashamed. i am trimming when i dries tomorrow.
i am focusing on strengthening the root and making the ends happy. i have deduced i need even more frequent trims the longer my hair gets, i need EPO, i need to eat more protein (and my body likes it). i maybe need some braids. i wont do that until i feel my hair is strong enough. i get a good growth rate and manage to retain despite it all. ive been at this damned threshold point for MONTHS now and im really sick of it. i am just writing because i really need encouragement.
It will get better.
I would recommend the Super B-Complex for you which helps your hair stay strong and allow it to show it's growing potential.
