When is a TWA no longer a TWA?

[KidneyBean86]

I was having a conversation with my best friend the other day and we were talking about the stages of natural hair growth. She has been natural for almost three years and I recently BC in June after transitioning for almost a year.

I was asking her how long did it take for her to grow out of the TWA stage and mentioned that I was still in that stage also.

She laughed and told me I was way past the TWA stage? So, it got me wondering...what is no longer considered a TWA?

 

[Subscribe]

TWA=Teeny Weeny Afro.

From the pic it looks like if you stretched your hair you would be at least if not more ear length.

 

[charmtreese]

I considered myself out of the twa stage when I could put all of my hair in a pony puff.

 

[iVR]

^^^what she said. When you can get a pony tail you're no longer in TWA stage...unless you have extreme shrinkage.

 

[Smiley79]

I agree with the above...once you get to the puff you have now entered into what many call "The In-between Stage" and what I call the "Eternity stage", lol. (Can you tell which stage I'm in now? smh

 

[Stormy]

I say when you get to neck length or 4 inches because that's an in between stage.

 

[CodeRed]

It's probably more or less whenever you say so.

 

[PinkSunshine77]

It's so hard to say. For me, when my hair touched my neck and it was long enough to braid.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

LadyKey on YouTube had a video telling you when you were no longer a twa.

 

[charmtreese]

You can wait until the Afro mullet stage to know for sure. When your fro starts to hang downward in the back....

 

[almond eyes]

You can wait until the Afro mullet stage to know for sure. When your fro starts to hang downward in the back....

Great explanation!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sholapie]

I have about 5 inches stretched but I am nowhere near being able to do a ponytail (I cannot wait until I can do a ponytail!).
It still feels like a twa because with shrinkage it still looks like one but I can also accept being in an 'in-between stage' because things have changed a lot since my fade days.