Transitioning without BC'ing Support Thread
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PlainJane
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I gave the herbal essence one co-cleanser another try this past wash day and it seemed to get my hair and scalp pretty clean after I used more product and worked in smaller sections. I'm going to try it one more time before I toss it for good. Anyone else using this?
CrysMelis
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Checking in yall. 84 weeks post!!!
So I've been rollersetting weekly and wrapping nightly. I just did my second DE Transitioning Mousse treatment and my hair is in love. I used some new Salerm and Alfa Parf products and my hair is really acting right.
Proud of the woman my hair is becoming.
So I've been rollersetting weekly and wrapping nightly. I just did my second DE Transitioning Mousse treatment and my hair is in love. I used some new Salerm and Alfa Parf products and my hair is really acting right.
Proud of the woman my hair is becoming.
naija24
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did a pull test of some scraggly hair in the back under my sew in. Cannot believe my eyes. Is my hair now neck length in the back? It hits the very bottom of my nape. that doesn't seem possible at just 5 months post, but I have to remember that I'm not doing any trims or anything. I don't know, I don't know. Maybe I'm seeing things!!
I told my bf's mom that I want to go natural and she's totally all for it! I think with her support I will be able to finally do this the way I want. I decided to BC when the back of my hair is SL. So whenever that is....hopefully by next Spring.
I told my bf's mom that I want to go natural and she's totally all for it! I think with her support I will be able to finally do this the way I want. I decided to BC when the back of my hair is SL. So whenever that is....hopefully by next Spring.
ckisland
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Stephaniemiller75, Thanks for tagging me
naija24, I feel your pain
. It's nearly impossible to find, but I found these videos that gave me a little hope. . .even though their hair is still longer than mine 
Best Twa straightening video
http://youtu.be/lPnZfkPxrq8?list=LLspXqYpwvalR5mgiEcJx5lw
And I literally just found this one!!!!!
http://youtu.be/qejftSFeoNo
It is possible though!!! I did it myself and my third attempt was the best!! My hair lasted for a week. Blowdrying my damp hair with a vented brush and using grease right before I flatironned are key for me
naija24
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Stephaniemiller75, Thanks for tagging me
ckisland how many inches is your hair in these pictures?
PlainJane
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I doubt I will be able to wear a wash-n-go. My curls range from this size to 3c. I'm not sure how people calculate their shrinkage percentage but I measured my fully natural section as one inch long unstretched then it was 5 inches stretched. 
I was considering chopping when my nape reached 6 inches, but now I'm not so sure.
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Guinan
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I doubt I will be able to wear a wash-n-go. My curls range from this size to 3c. I'm not sure how people calculate their shrinkage percentage but I measured my fully natural section as one inch long unstretched then it was 5 inches stretched.
Shrinkage is def something that I am struggling to work with; however some of the things that have helped me are flat-twistouts and a good pick. I still wear wngs but I stretch mines with either my hands or with a pick. By doing that it not only adds length but it adds dimension to my hair.
ckisland
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EnExitStageLeft
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19 months post yall!
sweetpea7
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My hair is about that long shrunken and I big chopped after 14 months with like 6 inches of hair. You're almost there!
sweetpea7
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you have beautiful hair!
bestblackgirl
Active Member
37 weeks post today. I can do this. I can do this.
Coilystep
@imperial_acquisitions
KiWiStyle there's no way to tell until you actually bc. Also your liable to have several different textures on your head. I'm finding since my bc I have predominantly what I would consider 4a very coily hair but I also have some looser curls that seem to be in the 3 range. I also have a section above my left ear that doesn't seem to have a curl or coil to it at all I think it my 4c. I can twirl it around my finger to to blend in with the rest of my hair. Even with all the different textures I'm loving my hair for its uniqueness.
Coilystep
@imperial_acquisitions
I was 15 months post. I bc'd 119 days ago.
PlainJane
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Part of the reason I have hairanorexia is because majority of my sides has never grown past ear length but the back and top have always been able to grow past APL. I always thought that the patch of hair above my side burns had some type of follicular damage because I wore glasses for years and years and there was a thread on it a long time ago. Well, fast forward to today I noticed that the patch of hair above my side burns is completely natural and curls up and is three inches past my ear! This has NEVER happened before. That alone has reassured me to keep going through with this transition
coolsista-paris
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Today im 12 months post!!!!!! yayyyyyy
time went by so fast. i only wore braids once. all the rest of the transition was leaving my hair alone, putting it up, flat ironning at times, etc.
way easier than my first transition in 2008.
if only i can hold on another year, it would be great. but that a big question! will i manage??
i dont stay with short length.
oh here is one of my styles ( wore this week)
time went by so fast. i only wore braids once. all the rest of the transition was leaving my hair alone, putting it up, flat ironning at times, etc.
way easier than my first transition in 2008.
if only i can hold on another year, it would be great. but that a big question! will i manage??
i dont stay with short length.
oh here is one of my styles ( wore this week)
coolsista-paris
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EnExitStageLeft
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coolsista-paris
Girl after the first year, you're pretty much in cruise control. You're going to rock this thang!
Girl after the first year, you're pretty much in cruise control. You're going to rock this thang!
EnExitStageLeft
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Soooooo.....I've been watching Wash and Go vids (again) and really want to BC at 2 years post.....again .
I'mma' get it together y'all. I promise
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. I'mma' get it together y'all. I promise
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mssoconfused
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Soooooo.....I've been watching Wash and Go vids (again) and really want to BC at 2 years post.....again
I bc'd at 2 years post and so glad I did. I have a big head so short hair was so not an option for me.
EnExitStageLeft
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Honey Bee
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Same here. What sucks even more is that the looser texture is in the back, leaving me with a very weird shape.I doubt I will be able to wear a wash-n-go. My curls range from this size to 3c. I'm not sure how people calculate their shrinkage percentage but I measured my fully natural section as one inch long unstretched then it was 5 inches stretched.
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