Checking in …
Here are my pics, showing my growth from October 2011 to April 2013. I apologize in advance if this is confusing, just know that I tried my hardest and next time, I will do better.
First Row: Picture on the left is from January of 2012, the one to the right is from January 2013.
Second Row: Picture on the left is from January 2012, the one to the right is from June 2012. This was around the time that I started the crown and glory method/protective styling for months. I alternated between mini braids, yarn braids, twists, etc. I cowashed almost daily as well. (Now that I am looking at the picture, I did good that year.)
Third Row: Picture on the left and the middle are from January 2013. I completed my C&G and definitely had bomb results. This was the time that I thought, ‘hey maybe you don’t have to PS all of the time. Try flat ironing to show your length and wearing your hair out all D time to see what that do.
Sometime in February/March of 2013, I received a consult with Komaza. I was informed that I had midshaft splits, hair fatigue from cowashing too often (my hair is fine and as I understand it, cannot tolerate the stress from washing daily … idunno.) The kind lady shared that I needed to cut an inch or so of my length (might have been 1.5 inches) because my ends were splitting badly. (Looking back, I wish that I would have done a hardcore protein treatment and put my hair back in braids. But I guess those ends needed to be cut anyway so …) I asked my husband to trim the amount of hair that I was advised to trim and that is the picture that you see on the far right, third row. That picture was taken in April/May 2013. I was so sad looking at the picture and comparing it to the one in the middle.
As an aside, I must say that I received wonderful advice from Komaza. The rep enlightened me on how much protein/moisture my hair benefitted from, the type of products I would benefit from using, and many more things. I am planning to send in a request for another consultation sometime this year.
After ruminating over my comparison pics, I decided to get back to protective styling because it worked before and I knew it would work again. I began protective styling in June/July 2013. I used MN for growth aid (sometime in 2012/2013) and chose to stop for a bit. After looking through threads, I noticed that many people were having good results from sulfur. If I am not mistaken, I began using sulfur in August 2013.
Blah, Blah, Blah … here are the 2014 pics:
I think that I grew my length back (from the January 2013 time frame) and gained some growth. My sides grew to a good length, as well. Looking at the pic from the back, I think that I have an inch to go to claim BSL. An extra inch or inch and a half after that, I am at MBL. I believe that I will get that inch for BSL by March; the next mission is MBL by July/August. I plan on continuing my use of sulfur, exercising regularly, and getting a descent intake of water. Oh, and I am doing this egg shake too- every little bit helps!
Thanks for reading and sorry for the super long post.
I hope you all are doing well …
I think it's out for delivery today but I happen to be out of town lol.. So I guess I'll enjoy it on Wednesday.. Maybe not. I'm getting my ears pierced (upper cartilage) that day so I don't know if I should hold off on any hair washing or excess moisturizing. I don't want to get it infected just because I needed a hair treatment lol. I might wait a couple of weeks before I start to do any hair washing I suppose. 
