thirstylocks
December 21st, 2016, 12:03 PM
Am I allowed to make this type of post? I'm very excited to share my progress. It is not as impressive of some others, but I wanted to show you my journey. If anyone remembers my posts, I have always had trouble growing my hair due to breakage, even though I do not cause chemical/mechanical damage other than a blowdry once or twice a year. My dermatologist and hair stylist basically said that my extremely dry hair is genetic, and all I could do is condition it more than others.
Anyway, I wanted to post this especially for the people who feel like the long hair journey is too unattainable because I felt and often still feel that impatience and pessimism because of the quality of my hair. It doesn't quite show in photos, but a lot of my breakage starts pretty high on my hair shaft STILL TODAY- and even though my hair is in general straight, the hair strands by themselves are full of small kinks. Still, I grew it out to a length that I'm very comfortable with and I could not have done it without the advice on these forums.
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In 2009 I bleached my entire head. I had fairly long ~ BSL hair, and I kept dying it until I joined LHC in Dec 2010. Below is a picture of my very dyed hair.
https://s23.postimg.org/s31vz9eln/Screen_Shot_2016_12_21_at_1_38_47_PM.png
After I let it grow up to around my ears, I got fed up with it and chopped it all off myself in Spring 2011. It was still bleached from the ear down.
https://s27.postimg.org/ijzx0gk77/Screen_Shot_2016_12_21_at_1_37_25_PM.png
I kept this haircut (collarbone-shoulder length) until around Spring 2013, when the bleach was finally gone. Below is a pic of my shoulder length virgin hair.
https://s23.postimg.org/7vdz49rwr/Screen_Shot_2016_12_21_at_1_54_07_PM.png
Growing my hair out from this length took SO long. It is now winter 2016 and I'm somewhere between BSL and Waist, but I did it the healthy, right way (I hope!) Below is a photo of it in September after a haircut, and in my signature is a photo of my hair au naturale at the beach last summer.
https://s27.postimg.org/x1b2eavk3/Screen_Shot_2016_12_21_at_1_20_25_PM.png
Anyway, I wanted to post this especially for the people who feel like the long hair journey is too unattainable because I felt and often still feel that impatience and pessimism because of the quality of my hair. It doesn't quite show in photos, but a lot of my breakage starts pretty high on my hair shaft STILL TODAY- and even though my hair is in general straight, the hair strands by themselves are full of small kinks. Still, I grew it out to a length that I'm very comfortable with and I could not have done it without the advice on these forums.
xx
In 2009 I bleached my entire head. I had fairly long ~ BSL hair, and I kept dying it until I joined LHC in Dec 2010. Below is a picture of my very dyed hair.
https://s23.postimg.org/s31vz9eln/Screen_Shot_2016_12_21_at_1_38_47_PM.png
After I let it grow up to around my ears, I got fed up with it and chopped it all off myself in Spring 2011. It was still bleached from the ear down.
https://s27.postimg.org/ijzx0gk77/Screen_Shot_2016_12_21_at_1_37_25_PM.png
I kept this haircut (collarbone-shoulder length) until around Spring 2013, when the bleach was finally gone. Below is a pic of my shoulder length virgin hair.
https://s23.postimg.org/7vdz49rwr/Screen_Shot_2016_12_21_at_1_54_07_PM.png
Growing my hair out from this length took SO long. It is now winter 2016 and I'm somewhere between BSL and Waist, but I did it the healthy, right way (I hope!) Below is a photo of it in September after a haircut, and in my signature is a photo of my hair au naturale at the beach last summer.
https://s27.postimg.org/x1b2eavk3/Screen_Shot_2016_12_21_at_1_20_25_PM.png