My sides in the front are growing. After i took out my braids the last time i had noticed i had lil bushes in the front and a bit on the sides, like at the sideburns. My left use to be longer than my right now its vice versa, im like wth?!?! lol. I like it though. Its great, just this thick lil bushy thing on my hair which i can control at times its just weird to see it. hehehe. What i used was s-8 on my scalp only and would use jam, water, and oil(olive or hot 6) on my hair, Plus i'd put in ORS carrot oil or Breakthru hair lotion to stop breakage so i guess thats prolly why but it still looks funny. LOL