Transitioning without BC'ing Support Thread

Hey everyone!
I have been following this thread for the past month and spent hours reading from the start :ohwell:. Now I finally decided it was time to post and stop lurking. I had my last relaxer in December 2009 so next week on the 11th will be a year since I gave up the creamy crack! I'm planning to transition until my hair is long enough to tie back.
 
Do most of you plan on cutting off your relaxed ends after a certain amount of time or when your hair reaches a certain length?

I don't wear my hair down that often currently so I don't plan to seriously trim my hair until it's HL or so. That's at least 2 years away. Oh well I'll wait until I do my length check in January before I ask any more questions lol.
 
Bigmommah said:
Do most of you plan on cutting off your relaxed ends after a certain amount of time or when your hair reaches a certain length?

I don't wear my hair down that often currently so I don't plan to seriously trim my hair until it's HL or so. That's at least 2 years away. Oh well I'll wait until I do my length check in January before I ask any more questions lol.
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I'm in it for the long haul. Once my natural hair hits MBL (stretched), then I'll chop any remaining relaxed ends.
 
Bigmommah said:
Do most of you plan on cutting off your relaxed ends after a certain amount of time or when your hair reaches a certain length?

I don't wear my hair down that often currently so I don't plan to seriously trim my hair until it's HL or so. That's at least 2 years away. Oh well I'll wait until I do my length check in January before I ask any more questions lol.
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I'm just doing light trims for now and will continue to do so until I am my natural hair is bsl.
 
Bigmommah said:
Do most of you plan on cutting off your relaxed ends after a certain amount of time or when your hair reaches a certain length?

I don't wear my hair down that often currently so I don't plan to seriously trim my hair until it's HL or so. That's at least 2 years away. Oh well I'll wait until I do my length check in January before I ask any more questions lol.
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After a year and a half or when my natural hair hits SL. whichever comes first:grin:
 
arm445 said:
Hey ladies I'm no longer a LT transitioner I BC'd 11/22/10 unexpectedly in the middle of the night (1 wk shy of 17mths). I'm so excited to finally be natural and I can't wait to try out new styles. Unfortunately my house was broken into yesterday and they stole my Camera and PC so i don't have my actual BC pictures:( But I will post pics ASAP. Good Luck Transitioning Ladies!!! It's well worth it at the end of the tunnel.
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I'm so late but I wanted to say congrats on your BC! It was cool being your transition buddy...
 
TruMe said:
I don't have a specific date but I think I would once my hair is at least SL unstretched. I think maybe another year should do the trick. How about you?
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I was originally planning to wait til next December but I got scissor happy a few weeks ago and chopped off quite a bit of my relaxed ends. So I think by May/June I'll be ready to part with the rest.
 
Bigmommah said:
Do most of you plan on cutting off your relaxed ends after a certain amount of time or when your hair reaches a certain length?

I don't wear my hair down that often currently so I don't plan to seriously trim my hair until it's HL or so. That's at least 2 years away. Oh well I'll wait until I do my length check in January before I ask any more questions lol.
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I don't really plan on bc'ing, just gradually trimming the ends. I wear my hair in braids or a phony pony or flex rods, so it's hidden most of the time. I'm gonna do a small trim in February when I take my braids down. I'd like to have it APL when straightened.

I'm also checking in, ladies! This month will be 1 year and 8 months post relaxer! Woo hoo! I want to straighten it, too, but I'm chicken to put direct heat on it! I'll get over myself though, LOL!

HHG!
 
Bigmommah said:
Do most of you plan on cutting off your relaxed ends after a certain amount of time or when your hair reaches a certain length?

I don't wear my hair down that often currently so I don't plan to seriously trim my hair until it's HL or so. That's at least 2 years away. Oh well I'll wait until I do my length check in January before I ask any more questions lol.
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I don't wear my hair down either. It's braided beneath wigs much of the year. No large trims until my hair reaches HL as a whole (my goal as well), which is about 1 year away for me. It's (HL) only about 6 inches from where I am now, but my hair sometimes grows slowly due to anemia...so I just say 1year to give it enough time.

I want to see how long my hair can get before I worry about BC'ing or cutting off a large portion of the texlaxed ends. It's generally healthy, no split ends, and very thick. I just wanted to rid myself of relaxers and have my hair growing in thicker...I can wait on getting rid of the ends now that they're pretty easy to manage. Right now, I trim about 1/2" to 1" every other month - 2 months...which is a VERY SLOW rate IMO.
 
Checking in...

I'm 67 weeks post-touch up. I've been committed to learning dry styling ~ i refuse to go through another Canadian winter with wet hair!

So far I like bantu knot twist-outs, banana clips and buns. I'd like to try micro twists w/o adding hair but my texlaxed ends are so thin.

How are you styling your hair this winter?
 
Decided to stop doing BKT's altogether. My last BKT was in October. I want to transition without any chemicals whatsoever. If I want straight hair, then I'll do that. But I don't want any heat at all on my hair. That was the last time I used direct heat. I want to shoot for my birthday in October 2011 to BC. I'm gradually cutting relaxed ends, I'm calculating that if I wait that long, I should have 11-12 inches of NG. I've just been rocking twist outs, bantu knot outs, and other protective styles. I wear my hair down maybe once a week. I've gone natural now 3 times in my adult life. So, I'm serious about doing this thing right this time around. :yeah:
 
I THINK I'm 32 weeks post. Not too sure right now lol. Don't have my calendar in front of me right now.
 
I cut about an inch and a half a few weeks ago and today ive been snipping random straight chunks on my twist out. I have a feeling my transition is not going to last much longer.....
 
Je Ne Sais Quoi said:
I cut about an inch and a half a few weeks ago and today ive been snipping random straight chunks on my twist out. I have a feeling my transition is not going to last much longer.....
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I've been doing exactly the same. I have two strand twists at the moment and some of the straight ends are annoying so I keep cutting. Your hair looks lovely in your sig, it looks completely natural. :yep:

How long have you been transitioning for?
 
MochaMooch said:
I've been doing exactly the same. I have two strand twists at the moment and some of the straight ends are annoying so I keep cutting. Your hair looks lovely in your sig, it looks completely natural. :yep:

How long have you been transitioning for?
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Thank you :) I've been going at this for about a year and nine months I think. My only problem is that my hair grows so slow I'm only at a little past shoulder, my natural hair that is. Im sick if these thin end though. I'm trying to make it to two years post before I finally get rid of these ends. I have between three and five inches left i'd say.
 
tricie said:
I'm also checking in, ladies! This month will be 1 year and 8 months post relaxer! Woo hoo! I want to straighten it, too, but I'm chicken to put direct heat on it! I'll get over myself though, LOL!

HHG!
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Wow 20 months post...!!! Congrats to you. I hope I can last that long. :yep:
 
just checking in. I am now washing about twice a week now, I've almost given up on shampoo for the winter. I did an S&D the week before last. I'm now MBL streched. YAH!!!
 
chrisanddonniesmommy said:
According to your ticker, you are almost 30 weeks.
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I don't go according to the ticker for my amount of weeks b/c it's always off. I count every week from the day I've gotten my last relaxer (April 23rd) and it's 32. That ticker is just a countdown to when you hit the next month. Not very accurate on weeks. Very weird.
 
chrisanddonniesmommy said:
According to your ticker, you are almost 30 weeks.
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Nope her ticker looks about right at 32 weeks to me. 7 months does not equal 28. Just like yours says 6 months and 4 weeks....doesn't say 7 months because each month has extra days that are not a full week...and I assume you are more than 28 weeks post.

But congrats Nikki you are moving along nicely! Time is passing fast, no?
 
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Hey girls!!!
I turned 9 months post last saturday!!! I guess I am serious about this transitionning deal. I would never imagine me being able to pull this off ( not relax for 9 months!!!). I am going to slow down the cuts since I am trying to reach BSL straigthen by dec 2011.
 
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