This may sound weird, but I found a brush that I haven't used in years since the first time around I was natural. And out of curiosity I was wondering how strong my natural hair was back then was compared to now. Because I always felt like my natural hair was way stronger than my relaxed hair, but this time around it wasn't seeming the case. Anyway I tested some hair in the brush and indeed my hair was way stronger back then! Now mind you my hair practices back then sucked! I was a straight hair natural back then, but I only got my hair washed once a month at the salon when I would get my hair pressed. And I was very anal about my hair staying straight so everytime my hair or edges went back I would flat iron it again. I would attempt to wash my hair on my own but didn't know much about deep conditioning. I would rip through my hair with the blow dryer and put globs of grease on my hair during the flat iron process and could literally see the grease melting down my hair shaft. Surprisingly I had no heat damage, my edges were fine, and my hair wasn't in bad shape I just remained stuck at armpit length. It's just weird to me how much my hair could withstand back then, I wouldn't dare try that one my hair now because I know better. But I noticed with my hair less is better, the less I do with it the better it does. So maybe I will go back to washing less frequently and using heat will help with that. So instead of washing my hair once a week I will do maybe every two or three weeks doing my heat regimen. I'm a little pass armpit length now so hopefully I can get to bra strap length over the summer.