Shoulder | Armpit

**Corvana** · January 26th, 2019, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Begemot

That's my dream...! I have loved wavy and curly hair all my life and wished for a texture change when I stopped hair dyes and heat years ago. It didn't happen back then but maybe it's happening now, we'll see once my hair grows more

Sorry to hear you hate your ends

they can get pretty wild.

Hey, it happened to me!

**Stray_mind** · January 26th, 2019, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Begemot

That's my dream...! I have loved wavy and curly hair all my life and wished for a texture change when I stopped hair dyes and heat years ago. It didn't happen back then but maybe it's happening now, we'll see once my hair grows more

Sorry to hear you hate your ends

they can get pretty wild.

Well, you can always look up ways to encourage your waves.

It's just that they seem more damaged by chemical dyes as my hair got longer. I am not sure if i will just keep growing or trim, since damage tends to travel up and my healthy part with natural hair can get damaged eventually. They also look very sparse because of the layers i got during my short cut.

**guska** · January 26th, 2019, 11:43 PM

I caught myself picking up shed hairs thinking ”Wow they are long...” lol

**Begemot** · January 27th, 2019, 02:52 AM

Originally Posted by Corvana

Hey, it happened to me!

Awesome! I'm keeping my fingers crossed

Originally Posted by Stray_mind

Well, you can always look up ways to encourage your waves.

It's just that they seem more damaged by chemical dyes as my hair got longer. I am not sure if i will just keep growing or trim, since damage tends to travel up and my healthy part with natural hair can get damaged eventually. They also look very sparse because of the layers i got during my short cut.

I did curly/wavy girl method for a while back then, maybe I'll try it again and see if I can detect more waviness.

That was my experience too. Dyed length starts to look kinda bad compared to virgin hair when the virgin hair grows longer. Maybe just keep an eye on the line of demarcation and see if the damage can be controlled. My length was really damaged (dyed multiple times and I used to use a flatiron almost daily) and I cut it off when my natural color reached APL, didn't notice much damage in it. I did use helluva lot of silicones back then, maybe that helped.

**Begemot** · January 27th, 2019, 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by guska

I caught myself picking up shed hairs thinking ”Wow they are long...” lol

I remember that feeling... sigh

**Lady Stardust** · January 27th, 2019, 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by Stray_mind

Well, you can always look up ways to encourage your waves.

It's just that they seem more damaged by chemical dyes as my hair got longer. I am not sure if i will just keep growing or trim, since damage tends to travel up and my healthy part with natural hair can get damaged eventually. They also look very sparse because of the layers i got during my short cut.

Have you thought about cutting say half the new growth, so you’re cutting out damage but also gaining length? For example if your hair grew half an inch a month you would trim 1 inch every 4 months. You would still gain length this way. Even a small trim of half an inch can make a big difference to how your hair feels and how your ends behave.

**Stray_mind** · January 27th, 2019, 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by Lady Stardust

Have you thought about cutting say half the new growth, so you’re cutting out damage but also gaining length? For example if your hair grew half an inch a month you would trim 1 inch every 4 months. You would still gain length this way. Even a small trim of half an inch can make a big difference to how your hair feels and how your ends behave.

Well i am not thinking about a Huge trim. I think i will trim 2 inches at most. Which is about two or three months worth of growth for me, so i will still reach APL by summer.

I made an appointment on tuesday to get it done. It's been long due and i think i will feel better about my hair once i know there is even less of the dyed ends left.

**Lady Stardust** · January 27th, 2019, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by Stray_mind

Well i am not thinking about a Huge trim. I think i will trim 2 inches at most. Which is about two or three months worth of growth for me, so i will still reach APL by summer.

I made an appointment on tuesday to get it done. It's been long due and i think i will feel better about my hair once i know there is even less of the dyed ends left.

Yay for fast growth

**EssleyBlue** · January 27th, 2019, 10:48 AM

It's been a while since I posted, but wanted to say that I've reached collarbone and now the long wait to get to APL! Unfortunately I'm having a heck of a time putting pictures in my album so I just updated my avatar and hoped for the best.