So for the last 9 months I have been on a “Hair Journey” . WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!!!! I am all about Healthy Hair and for me healthy hair is NO CHEMICALS. But , I do believe that it is possible to have relaxed health hair with the right care.
Why did I ever use a perm? Well…. Ever since I could remember my hair was always sooooo thick. I remember my mom always having to put it into several ponytails because she couldn’t get it in one. And the few times she was able to put it into one ponytail it was after going through tons of those “Ball” ponytail holders… they would just break hahahha… So when I started doing my own hair, I didn’t want to be in jr high with tons of pigtails.. So I started combing it into one ponytail… A Lot of times I would spend hrs in the mirror only to have it end with tears…. I then learned my hair was thinner when wet. So then I would wash it put conditioner in it, then into a ponytail, Which worked great, I was playing ball so it was easy.. Maybe in the 11th grade I wanted to be cute…. And have straight hair. I had tons of people try and it always ended up looking like chaka khan and that was not cute in high school… So after begging my mom, she saw my frustration and gave in and relaxed my hair… It was great , it didn’t take the curls out EVER .. But it did loosen them and made my hair seem thinner and easier to manage. I would perm 1-2 times a years. I never remember counting the weeks in between and I always did them myself.. Over the past 2 yrs I stopped relaxing my entire head, I have only been relaxing the crown area (the hair that’s out in a ponytail), just to get a slick look in a ponytail…The last time I relaxed my crown area was Oct 08 and the time before that was hmmm Feb 08 . This Picture is my process From Oct Until Now June.
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