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| growth over 2 1/2 years |
I’ve been wearing my hair natural for the past 2 ½ years. I
say natural but I confess that last summer I put had striking powder applied to
my hair for a bit of highlight. So, depending on how you define natural you may
say that I’m not 100% ‘natural’. In the
time that I’ve been natural, I’ve had my hair trimmed professionally three
times, when got tangly and knotty at the
ends. I also experienced postpartum shedding, after both pregnancies. I’ve been taking part in a Castor Oil Challenge for the last couple of
months with Kinky Curly Coily Me in the hope of supporting regrowth in the area where my hair thinned the most. I’m nearing the end of the challenge and I had to do a length check as part of
the requirement of last week’s check-in. After completing my length check I realised how much my hair has improved over the last few months.
Its ‘funny’, when I used to chemically straighten my
hair, I always fussed about my length. Now that I’m natural, I much less
fussed. My circumstances have changed; I’m now a married woman with two kids
under the age of three. I have very little time to sit in front a mirror musing
about my hair. I eat as best I can and treat my hair as best I can with products
I can afford, then, hope for the best. RESULT! One of the many things I’ve
learnt since being natural (as with fashion) sometimes is that less is more!
The less you manipulate the hair and the gentler you are the better the results.
So, after 2 ½ years this is my hair growth:
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| length check images, pic on rhs shows thinning hair at temple area |
I'm very pleased that the hair at my temples has started to grow again. My next focus will be to be gentle with and care for my hairline.
Health complications aside, I think maintaining natural hair can be as easy or as difficult as you make it.
Health complications aside, I think maintaining natural hair can be as easy or as difficult as you make it.
Your hair looks great. Well worth the going natural! My curls aren't as tight as yours but they have been an ongoing mission for me. Recently, all I've been doing is washing it and putting coconut oil in it. I haven't even been combing it (mainly cos I threw away my comb and need to buy a new one) and have been surprised that my hair seems to want me to do less to it, not more. I think of all the years I chemically straightened it and dyed it. Poor hair! It goes through so much!
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