ladysaraii
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Ummmmmmm....
Noooooooooo....
But thanks anyway!!
Lol! Ok it didn't. But I'm amazed that I'm at this point.
Transitioning without BC'ing Support Thread
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Lol! Ok it didn't. But I'm amazed that I'm at this point.
Cherokee-n-Black
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This is soooo hard! I'm about 35 weeks post with BSL hair and about 4-ish inches of NG. I love lacio lacio, but of course the effects are temporary and I have more bad hair days than good. I usually rock braidouts, but with two small children, that is not an option in the winter. In the summer, I can air-dry overnight and if it's still damp the next day, it's OK. In any event, I can't believe how many YEARS post people are here and still have not BC'd. I want to BC, but think I would absolutely hate it. My hair texture is just kinda crinkly, with no real curl pattern. I'm so curious as to what it would do with today's products and regimens, but I also hate the lack of versatility with short hair. On top of all this, I'm going VERY gray. Lots of changes I'm going throuh lately.
jerseygurl
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I think I may have to trim my hair again, the relaxed ends are thin and my ponytail looks anorexic. Before I put it back into braids or corn rows, I may trim back to APL. I can't believe I'm almost a year post, whoo hoo!!!
LaFemmeNaturelle
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So how many of ya'll NEVER get breakage? Care to post progress pics? Or you could just tell what length you were when you started and where you are now. I keep seeing transitioners on hairlista say they never get breakage....but they are the same length they were when they began transitioning
I get breakage EVERYDAY and I'm still retaining length. So I'm just wondering how common this is cause I'm always like this
erplexed when I see people say they don't get breakage.
I get breakage EVERYDAY and I'm still retaining length. So I'm just wondering how common this is cause I'm always like this
erplexed when I see people say they don't get breakage.
LaFemmeNaturelle
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Celinastarr said she had breakage throughout her 3 year transition and we see what kind of hair she has. BMP had breakage as well....she broke all the way to bsl natural lol IDK I just feel like it's discouraging to newbies when people say they don't get breakage. I mean thats AWESOME if you don't get breakage but can I see some pics to back it up? Until I see proof, I can't believe it lol
SherylsTresses
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So how many of ya'll NEVER get breakage? Care to post progress pics? Or you could just tell what length you were when you started and where you are now. I keep seeing transitioners on hairlista say they never get breakage....but they are the same length they were when they began transitioning
I get breakage EVERYDAY and I'm still retaining length. So I'm just wondering how common this is cause I'm always like this
I believe Allandra had little breakage.
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chrisanddonniesmommy
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I get a little breakage here and there; but, since I've added some ayurvedic herbs in my regimen, the breakage has lessened.
LaFemmeNaturelle
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Allandra wore her hair straightened most of the time which is understandable. Plus she still had breakage. These girls are saying they have NO breakage and they talk about products and such, not technique....and still, no progress. So as much as I want to believe it, I'm 5 mins away from telling them they're delusional.
ETA: Maybe I'm just a hater....so let me hate! lol
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I'm coming up on about 14 1/2 months post. I honestly don't even know where my relaxed hair starts. I used heat weekly throughtout majority of my transition, so I think some of my hair may be heat trained. So i can't tell whats heat trained and whats relaxed lol. I'ma try to post some pics of my hair wet this weekend.
LaFemmeNaturelle
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Are you going to continue to heat train when you are fully natural?
bibirockz
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Yes! I totally feel discouraged especially after I checked a thread on here a few days ago about how some people get 2 strands to none of breakage
while I get so much. But I feel like I'm going to see it a lot, so I might as well suck it and hide my hair 
ITA I don't get how you get no breakage at all and you're transitioning with no progress to show, doesn't make sense to me when "everyone's" hair grows.Ok I'll say what y'all are too polite to. THEY IS BE LYIN!
In all seriousness I will never believe that people are experiencing 0 breakage. The only hair I believe that doesn't break is the hair that continues to grow after we're dead and that's only because there is 0 further manipulation or life to be lived.
My apologies, this is becoming a pet peeve of mine.
In all seriousness I will never believe that people are experiencing 0 breakage. The only hair I believe that doesn't break is the hair that continues to grow after we're dead and that's only because there is 0 further manipulation or life to be lived.
My apologies, this is becoming a pet peeve of mine.
LaFemmeNaturelle
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lol ya'll are funny
Especially you Nikki. High holy hell?
Especially you Nikki. High holy hell?
I know for me, I got a good amt of breakage in the back 1/3 of my hair (if you section hair in 3 parts, 2 in front half and one big portion in the back). The texlaxed hair broke right off from the nice, thick, healthy NG...and now I'm just holding on to some thinness back there...but the front is still pretty much free of breakage at the demarcation line...which is why I don't wanna go ahead and BC off the rest of the texlaxed ends from the back!
My hair would be 10-12" difference in length between the front and back if I did that. So, I'll just let it remain roughly even as it is, but thank God the breakage has stopped. It was mainly due to my dry combing and tangles from shed hair. My NG is shoulder length stretched, NL unstretched. Coming along; keeping it conditioned/moisturized and oiled has helped keep breakage at bay. I'm so GLAD I decided to transition again because I ADORE MY NATURAL HAIR...so much thicker and healthier than the processed hair!
My hair would be 10-12" difference in length between the front and back if I did that. So, I'll just let it remain roughly even as it is, but thank God the breakage has stopped. It was mainly due to my dry combing and tangles from shed hair. My NG is shoulder length stretched, NL unstretched. Coming along; keeping it conditioned/moisturized and oiled has helped keep breakage at bay. I'm so GLAD I decided to transition again because I ADORE MY NATURAL HAIR...so much thicker and healthier than the processed hair!
LaFemmeNaturelle
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UM....Jewell idk if I'm trippin but um....have you posted pics of your finally wl hair?
ETA: I think I have you mixed up with someone else. You have alot of pics in your fotki...the lady I'm thinking of didn't have many. Do you wear wigs daily?
ETA: I think I have you mixed up with someone else. You have alot of pics in your fotki...the lady I'm thinking of didn't have many. Do you wear wigs daily?
LaFemmeNaturelle
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Depends on why you want to transition. It wasn't a hard decision for me because I just knew I didn't want to be relaxed anymore. Anything I can do with relaxed hair I can do with natural hair but its not the same vice versa. It's fine if you don't want to do it. You just have to know the real reasons behind your decisions. You should definitely make sure you are SURE that you want to relax. I was mad that I relaxed with my last relaxer. Had I not, I would be almost 16 months post by now. But I wasn't even considering transitioning back then so oh well.
CB1731
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I think curly hair is beautiful and it would a fun change to see some curls on my head. It would be nice to have the option of wearing both curly and straight. I prefer my hair straight majority of the time though. One day I'll be so excited about transitioning but then the next day, I really really want to relax it. I don't have any real reason other than just wanting to see my my curls will look like.
I have posted some pics, but not from the back showing the length. I have short, wide mirrors (that hit chest-high, like a bathroom medicine cabinet or dresser mirror), and since I also have a long torso it's impossible for me to hold the camera and take a full length shot showing the back right now. I will post pics from the back soon, with the help of my neighbor. You may be thinking of another lady. I'm going to get a full-length mirror ASAP to have for better pics and just in gen.
I just realized it was WL last week when I took it down to rebraid. I do wear wigs daily (mostly home since I work/go 2 school from home)...so I only put my wig on when I have company over or if I'm leaving my house! Sometimes, that may be only 3 times a week if I'm very busy with wrk/schl. I wear wigs on avg. from late Aug. to May of the next yr. That allowed me to retain a lot of what I've grown (I keep my hair braided beneath wigs 4-8 wks at a time).
ETA: My hair is unstraightened, so I will have to take the pics while it is damp so I can get an accurate view (stretch as much as poss). It will be a while before I wash again (only do braid takedown n full wash q 4-6 wks, CW q 2 wks in between while in braids) since I just posted pics b4 my full wash last week, but I will get them up!
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jerseygurl
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Nice hair dafnie.
@LFN my hair stays breaking all the time. My back hair is already thin from breakage at the demarcation point. But I'll keep going but I guess I have to straighten less.
People who say they don't have any kind of breakage are straight up delusional. Mere manipulation breaks your hair yeah so I don't know what they be talmbout.
@LFN my hair stays breaking all the time. My back hair is already thin from breakage at the demarcation point. But I'll keep going but I guess I have to straighten less.
People who say they don't have any kind of breakage are straight up delusional. Mere manipulation breaks your hair yeah so I don't know what they be talmbout.
So I've decided to only flat iron my hair on Jan 1st. That gives me 3 more months to decide if transitioning is what I want to do. I have a love/strong dislike with my natural hair atm. I have given up on trying to wear knot or twist outs because I estimate I've lost .5 -.75 of an inch in progress from my hair knotting up when the shed hair roots meet with the texlaxed ends. I'm hoping I'm wrong but I wore "out" styles for the last 2 weeks and saw enough hair in knots to make a weave for a barbie doll.
Oh well live and learn and keep on trucking!
Oh well live and learn and keep on trucking!
fivetimestwo
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So how many of ya'll NEVER get breakage? Care to post progress pics? Or you could just tell what length you were when you started and where you are now. I keep seeing transitioners on hairlista say they never get breakage....but they are the same length they were when they began transitioning
I get breakage EVERYDAY and I'm still retaining length. So I'm just wondering how common this is cause I'm always like this
I just noticed I've been getting more breakage lately, which I'm chalking up to the weather. I wear wigs/half-wigs or buns 99% of thee time and I stay on top of my moisture/protein game and I still get breakage. It's not A LOT of breakage, but I do get some.
I think it's impossible to get no breakage at all whether you're relaxed, natural or somewhere in between. It's all about minimizing breakage.
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