Nikki!
I’m finally going to sit on the couch after stalking you for a year and a half. Lol; I’m so creepy. I’ve been completely natural since August 1, 2008 when I did my BC. My last relaxer was sometime in May 08′. Why the short transition? Check out my short relaxed hair style. Not much to hang on to; lol.
My Journey I would say started the day I had my first relaxer after giving birth to my son August 7, 2007 (by the way congratulations soon to be mommy!). I don’t know if it was hormones or the fact I had washed my hair the day before I had the relaxer (which I had done before and this didn’t happen!) My hair immediately burned! I mean tears and all. It felt like hot fire pins in my scalp I bared through it though wanting my hair to be silky smooth. CRAZY GIRL! Afterward my entire scalp was scabbed with burns and the next day my scalp starting seeping, bleeding or pus I DON’T KNOW. All I know is my scalp would leak throughout the day and my hair was stuck to my scalp! Besides this chaos do you know my crazy butt got another relaxer in 6-8 weeks! This time same side effects and my hair fell OUT!!! When I say falling out I mean running my hands through my hair and big chunks of 8 to 12 inches of hair just coming out. Here’s the result of cutting off the parts that didn’t fall out. (3-4 months later when I decided to let go of my hair and get the short hair style above.)
Alas I loved my short hair cut…FLY! But to maintain this do equals frequent salon visits equals money; lol. Which I’ve never done. Even when my hair was long I only went to get a relaxer and my ends clipped every 8 to sometimes 14 weeks. I went to the salon twice for that Halle Berry hair cut and that was it! As I remember my wait in between visits to get the creamy crack I remember loving my new growth. It gave my thin, limp hair volume I could never achieve. Rollers sets and anything you can think of relaxed girls get just didn’t work for me.
Finally, after just wetting my hair and letting it do what it do for about two months, I went in the bathroom and just cut my hair off. DRAMATIC! Everybody was looking at me like I had a Brittney Spears moment; lol. But I was so liberated. I felt free! I got it touched up by the family barber whom I could slap for giving me a line up and taper! But it was all good. I did wash and gos for an entire year and two months. Finally I hennaed and did your famous Twist&Curl. I’ve been doing twist outs since! I’m about to start adding the rollers now that my hair is longer. I felt it was a little difficult with the shorter hair.
REGIMEN:
This is HzlGrnExoticButterfly. I didn't know how to use my name from the forum. Anonymous's Thank yous a bunch for all the great compliments. They were needed lol. My name is Jessica and my sister is named Maria! Who are ya stranger? Those perms are a mess! I love the Halle Berry look! I want to try a short hair cut sew in. Thank you redbone and Nanum! My hair is 3c/4a OS and it's silky right in the front and at the bottom of my head. The crown has a cotton texture; on the sides a mixure of: thready cotton, and silky texture lol and also between my crown and back of hair is like that. My hair strands are actually very thin which result with the normal problems I hear from similiar heads: tangles and knots ( if not contiually taken care of) and protein sensitive. Hope that helps Pam and thank you so much for the compliments everyone. I'm come from a narrow minded city (Dayton,OH) and most of the time they think it's a wig lol.
I am in love with her head of thick and gorgeous curls!!!!!!!!! I want your hair!!!
Exact same thing happened to me about eight and a half years ago! First perm after the birth of my daughter, my hair broke out in sections. I had pieces that were 1/2 inch long, next to sections that were four inch long, next to sections that were ten inches long. In addition to the breakage, blisters, scabs, bleeding and more… It was a tragic mess.
Love your hair now!
Good luck.
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I LOVE THE COLOR IN YOUR HAIR! The teture of your hair brings out the fullness!
Gorgeous hair, girl!!!
Listen, the scabby, seepy, scalp aftermath of a relaxer was my story too regardless of how I prepared for the relaxer for years…how crazy! Oh, and the headaches stopped when I stopped relaxing two years ago… HELLO! Thanks for sharing your story. I love your hair, it's glam!
Is your name Jessica or Maria?
You look so familiar.
Your afro is the cutest! Thanks for sharing your story.
your hair texture and story is very similar to mine
I also went from long relaxed hair to short Halle Berry cut then natural because maintaining short relaxed hair was too expensive and time consuming. I think I made it 6 weeks and 3 salon visits before I gave up on the short relaxed hair and started exploring natural options
Your hair looks awesome! It looks like I have close to your hair type (I hope) cuz when I get up the nerve to BC, (I'm still transitioning 3 months in) that's how I want my hair to look! Love it 😉
Her hair looks great. It's soooo thick.
Tiffany
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