African hair braiders have no chill. Every single time I get my hair braided I feel like asking them, "is you finished, or is you done?" All to no avail, because by and large they just don't care.
with your hair, don't do it. Try the crochet version of Senegalese twistsSo...does this pain apply to Senegalese twists as well? I'm looking to get some but my tolerance is lower now that I'm older. Tight puffs give me a headache now.
This. There are tons of tutorials on Youtube, but I like Beautycanbraid's channel and InstagramYes, I've been getting my hair braided my entire life and lord. I went a few years with no braids and went back and wanted to rip my scalp off.
Find someone who will listen and understand when you say it is too tight. Or learn on YouTube
Last time I got braid I felt that **** in my knees. I swear she braided all my past lives
I thought I successfully repressed the memories of getting my hair braided at the African braids store.
Lawd. When they snatch your roots then dip the ends in hot water, even the steam hurt my scalp. Lol
So...does this pain apply to Senegalese twists as well? I'm looking to get some but my tolerance is lower now that I'm older. Tight puffs give me a headache now.
I laughed but that is so f'd upMy mother used to send me to her friends Jamaican housekeeper to braid my hair when I was a teen. She always wore the teensiest of frayed jeans shorts. I can still smell her punani decades later. She used to suffocate me and I was too timid and embarrassed to tell anyone. So I suffered. And suffered. I still wonder what was wrong with her vagina...
They had me looking like the Predator! I wanted some kinky twists. I have a peanut head. They used all the hair in the shop on my head. And the color she suggested didn't look good on me. Three of them attacked my head. I felt they jumped me in an alley! It was horrible!
They knew they had me looking a mess too! Gave me a free pen and compact mirror I think. That was back in 2000? Their work are in a ton of hair braiding magazines. I thought I was gonna come out looking like one of those pictures! Not!
My mother used to send me to her friends Jamaican housekeeper to braid my hair when I was a teen. She always wore the teensiest of frayed jeans shorts. I can still smell her punani decades later. She used to suffocate me and I was too timid and embarrassed to tell anyone. So I suffered. And suffered. I still wonder what was wrong with her vagina...
It's definitely a West African thing. I've had my hair braided in Zambia, Ethiopia and Senegal. Only the Senegalese ones were painful. I was a little kid and my mom was hovering to make sure they weren't too tight, and they still hurt for a bit.that video was too damb real. i didn't know. i tried to get my hair braided while pregnant. kid you not, i went to the bathroom after and had started bleeding. :/ like, they literally almost braided the fetus out of me. i cut them out 2 days later, why were they so tight? i should have known though, cuz i also got my hair cornrowed by west africans when my arm was broken many years ago and they braided super tight then too. BUT, when i had my hair cornrowed once and braided once in zimbabwe, i had no problems. they were gentle. so i think this may be a west african thing, them super tight braids. no more, no more. even if i break my arm, maybe i'll just cut all my hair off or something. cuz no more.
LOL - there are exceptions... I am extremely tender headed and have two african braiders that take care of me. One of them in Pittsburgh, and the other in NJ... Beautiful hair with almost 0 pain! I'll never let anyone else on the planet touch my hair, as a matter of fact when I go home (to Nigeria), I don't even let them do my hair - those people have no respect for my fine 4c strands...
They snatch your hair but the braids last for long
The next time you come home ,I will introduce you to someone who is excellent!! She does the best braids and you will feel next to nothing. I promise.
Please keep me in the loop as well....Kinda found one but she always wants to pick all my thin edges + she is not into new styles.
I AM CRINE! Yes CRINE I said