Re: Transitioners Club/Big Chop
I just got my hair straightened today at a natural salon, I don't completely like it because my roots are not completely straight, it doesn't have sheen, but it does have body, and it's dry, I am waiting to put oil on it, because I am going to let my regular beautician flat iron it again for me today. I am going through all of this because I have something I need to do this evening that I just found about yesterday, so I took my crochet braids down (that I wanted to keep until the end of the month) and got my hair straightened. Anyway, I probably need a trim, but my hair is sitting on my shoulders and I have a few strands that need to be clipped that are a little past the shoulders, but I am holding on for dear life due to my obsession. I have been transitioning for what will be 8 months this month, and I thought the whole process was going well, I moisturize with curl products, my sprays, and conditioners, with biotin, but the stylist was telling me that the hair that hasn't snapped off has broken off (I knew that, because you get a lot of tangles with natural hair, that sometimes snap, and I had a broken spot on the left side since April, it's not breaking anymore, but it is shorter than the left side). She also told me that the small portion of perm left is either starting or is going to work it's way up to the natural hair and cause splitting. Now my hair does not look damage to me and I still don't plan on cutting it until I completely reach a year (because so much of my perm has grown off until now), but listening to people who know about hair and who have transitioned may be wise for me. My best friend and another friend transitioned with braids for about a year to 2 years, my best friend told me last week, to not get so caught up in the length, because there will be a lot that will need to be cut beyond the perm. I am still going to try to grow my hair as close to bra-strap length as I can before cutting it, but do you guys think it is necessary to wait too long to cut our permed ends or will it end up hurting us in the longrun? Give me your opinions, because it might help me decide on a cutting date? Has anyone recently done the big chop? What was your experience?