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[Divine Inspiration]

Off Topic: I love this website and you gals. I've learned a lot here(first time posting here)

Welcome to the board!!

 

[SherryLove]

I didnt see it explicitly within the thread either. Now I am not speaking for msniq, but I think that maybe she was saying that since only certain people are genetically capable of achieving healthy, long hair, those who arent should just focus on having healthy hair. And since excessive splits make the hair unhealthy, they should be trimming regularly for maintenance.

My own personal observation about this thread:

People seem to be really emotional over this and it's causing- what i find to be- unnecessary cattiness amongst members. It's just differences in opinion... not that serious.

i agree, goldensen, we all have differences in opinion......so there should be no arguments/no debates here.....we should all just focus on what works best for us individually and our own experiences, not on differences in opinion or someone else's beliefs or experiences.......

 

[Samaria]

As far as genetics go, I really really hope that dont play a part in hair growth cuz that will depress me seeing as though everyone in my family hair is above their ears

I was thinking the same thing. My hair is longer than everyone else in my family.

Maybe if I wanted hair to my knees genetics might play a role, but for bra strap length, I don't think it will be an issue. When I consider people who have dreads, their hair seems to grow very, very long. But I guess I'll find out soon.

I think I can reach BSL, I am the kind of person that keeps trying anyway though, I had EVERYONE ell me my relaxed hair ws going to fall out, my hair was going to be short there is NOTHING i could do about it....i think my avatar says another story.

 

[Faith]

I think also a lot of people are hesitant to get trims because they have had so many bad experiences in the past with scissor happy stylists.

In any case, no one can tell me what my hair NEEDS, but me.

That is my issue with going to get trims. SHS!!! I learned to do it myself but I think I'm going to get it trimmed at a white salon on Saturday. Sadly. I'm afraid of black women and scissors by my hair from *MY* previous salon experiences.

 

[angelbaby]

Honestly, it's not that serious people. It's just hair. Personally, I prefer thick, healthy hair regardless of the length over long or short scraggly hair.

 

[Candy_C]

The hair on your head IS genetically regulated just like the rest of the hair on your body (that's why your eyebrows don't grow to be a foot long). You hair never stops growing (provided the follicles are healthy), but the growth and shedding phases reach an EQUILIBRIUM, and THAT'S why the hair will reach a certain length and not get longer. It takes years to get to that point if you start from scratch, though. What genetics determines is how long your phases are, how fast your hair can grow during the growing phase, how much of your hair is in a phase at any given time, etc.

Some people can't get past a certain, relatively "short" length because they have reached an unnatural equilibrium, involving how they handle their hair, the products they use, chemical processes, nutrition, environmental factors, and a million other things. It can be hard to pinpoint what is the cause of such a stall, which is why I think some people just give up and figure that their hair wasn't meant to be past neck length or whatever.

this is one of the most understandable and true points.

basically u said it all in one!

trimming, i dont see is nessessary. when i see splits they are dotted around my head, not alllll over. so i just snip the split and mooooooooove on. the two weeks later i might find some more splits in a completely different area of my head, so i snip those off too!! my hair is healthy strong, and have levelled itself out into a U shape. my ends r very thick and strong. TRIMMING as such is NOTTTTTTTTTTTT nessessary 2 gain healthy length...but i will say snipping the ends every now and then IS nessessary, unless u want thin, weak ends.

 

[Faith]

ok so GENETICALLY you are predisposed to have long hair. That was just what I wanted to know. I think people need to realized that no matter how much you do to your hair it may NEVER be as long as you want. Long hair is genetically determined like eye, skin and hair color.


It does not matter if your post gets lost. a lot of people will read it and still not believe what i am saying. thanks.

Thing is sometimes there is NO way to tell what that GENETICALLY predisposed limit is when NOBODY has reached it/gone there before...hm. I seem to be the pioneer in my house. My grandmother had brastrap/mid back hair and my mom has brastrap hair BUT I'm the first to get it waist length. And now my plan is to even it out since my ends are not as thick as I like so I admit I need a trim

 

[melodee]

lol..thanks girl
Well then can somebody post a pic of what see thru ends look like or scraggly ends. Maybe people don't know they have that. I don't know what its suppose to look like

Slyver,

There is a diff between the thinner ends that folks with thin or medium textured strands get toward the ends AND thin ends as a result of breakage. I will try to find some good pics to show an example. Whether you have breakage or just older, thinner ends--a nice trim can really even things up and make your hair look more luxurious.

I'm still lovin' your hair girl--keep on doing what you're doing.

 

[princesmich]

I personally do get trims, not as often since i've joined in january, I do not like my hair unenen or do i like split ends. so for my next relaxer in 9 weeks i'm getting a trim

 

[uncutandgettinglonger]

I don't trim my hair for spiritual reasons. I really don't care how it looks, just as long as my hair is healthy.