Naturals...Why is My Natural Hair Not Growing???

ScandalousBeauty · #1 06-16-2008, 10:02 PM

I am really, really, really getting pissed off now. I take care of my edges. I don't mess with my hair that often. I wear it up most of the times when i'm out, otherwise my hair stays open and free. I wear a scarf at night. But I have been looking through Fotki's and monitoring other people's progress...and when they do 7, 8, 9 month comparison shots...we see a difference. I checked my fotki (link below) and you will see there is almost NO difference from May of last year until July of this year. I look at my pictures to see how "far" I've come...and I haven't come far at all. I have to say the weirdest outcome that I ever expected....I retained more length as a relaxed girl than natural. And I'm not going to lie...length was my ultimate goal, because I haven't had shoulder length hair or beyond since I was 13.

I don't know what the heck is going on, but as a relaxed girl, with my weekly or bi-weekly rollersets, I could see a difference in length all the time. As a natural girl, I observe my natural hair length with shrinkage, and without. I stretch it to see the length, and there has been almost no change at all in the last 6 months.

WTF is going on here? Please calm me down y'all....

plastic · #2 06-16-2008, 10:05 PM

are you sure the measurements have not changed ? Your hair is tightly coiled so it may not look as if it was growing !!!

ot: because of your videos ... im buying the billyb brush set .. ALL OF THEM. Well imma get them when customer service gets back to me

Tenny · #3 06-16-2008, 10:07 PM

IIRC, didn't you cut out the colour you had?

ImFree27 · #4 06-16-2008, 10:10 PM

you should rollerset your natural hair that way you will be moisturizing your ends and you will have less tangles, thats what i been doing this month. i used to rollerset my hair when i was relaxed and it grew nicely, so i strated doing this for my natural hair

ScandalousBeauty · #5 06-16-2008, 10:11 PM

You know how you kind of pull the hair to see where it ends up?? Well my hair is still inches from my shoulders, MAJOR inches...my temples are still short, my nape is getting almost no growth. FRUSTRATING!!

And OMG, you are going to freakin' love the Billy B. brushes to death!! I have started to phase out my MAC brushes slowly but surely b/c Billy's paint brushes are taking over!!!!

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Originally Posted by plastic

are you sure the measurements have not changed ? Your hair is tightly coiled so it may not look as if it was growing !!!

ot: because of your videos ... im buying the billyb brush set .. ALL OF THEM. Well imma get them when customer service gets back to me

plastic · #6 06-16-2008, 10:14 PM

you know ? ... what sort of bands are you using when you do your puff ? maybe they are putting stress on the hairline ?

also how often do you rinse/cowash/wash with shampoo and brush ?

eta: you make billyb brushes look good .. you are a wonderful advertiser lol

ScandalousBeauty · #7 06-16-2008, 10:15 PM

We dyed over top of the light color, and she trimmed my hair just enough to make it even all the way around. My puff is STILL the length as is was in this pic in Nov/Dec!!! That would mean that it did grow a smidge since the trim, but only a tad!

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Originally Posted by Tenny

IIRC, didn't you cut out the colour you had?

Nonie · #8 06-16-2008, 10:15 PM

Aww...there, there! What's your regimen? When I wore my hair out (high school days) I had a TWA about 3-4 inches long that would never grow. The only way I've been able to grow my hair is in braids...or when I had a jheri curl. Seems for me, little manipulation is key to retaining length. I'm sure your hair's growing, but perhaps retention is the problem? Could you rock cornrows or braids comfortably for a spell?

sunshinebeautiful · #9 06-16-2008, 10:18 PM

I don't know what to advise, but I hope you get the problem figured out. Do you wear protective styles at all? I was having the same problem as a natural, then I relaxed and started retaining length again, ironically.

delitefulmane · #10 06-16-2008, 10:18 PM

Im sorry I don't have any encouraging words but I feel like this too sometimes? I just wonder is some people's hair just naturally long? I get mad that I have to do backflips just to gain an inch that one careless mistake can take away. It'll grow!! And we'll both be swinging our long locks at in the face of all the optimists!!