How do other naturals deal with....

[Rikku]

Shrinkage?? ;__;

I swear thats like my biggest issue...it starts shrinking while I am still washing honestly..lol my hair is at my shoulders when pulled out a bit with the blow dryer....but with the shrinkage after washing it looks like a tiny tiny afro, and that would be fine if it weren't horrible to try to comb through it and detangle

I've have natural hair most of my life but never really thought of it as anything to deal with actually, lol. I just don't like the relaxed look on me :/ but this shrinkage makes me pull out soo much of my hair

How do you naturals do it??? I really really want to stay natural. ^^

 

[almond eyes]

I liked my shrinkage when my hair was shorter. Now that it's longer it can look a bit lopsided. However, when I wore my hair out the other evening I realised sadly that unless I wore heat wearing my hair out was a no-no. Back to protective styling where shrinakge is not a big issue unless I am wearing twists which I rarely do (too many tangles).

Best,
Almond Eyes

 

[Rikku]

I liked my shrinkage when my hair was shorter. Now that it's longer it can look a bit lopsided. However, when I wore my hair out the other evening I realised sadly that unless I wore heat wearing my hair out was a no-no. Back to protective styling where shrinakge is not a big issue unless I am wearing twists which I rarely do (too many tangles).

Best,
Almond Eyes

Well I'm okay with the shrinkage, but I wear braids(with extensions) so its really hard for my mom (atleast she says it is) to braid my hair when its not "pulled out" with heat

Do all braiders need hair to be 'pulled out' to braid it properly? ;__; I really like the way my mom braids :/
The shrinkage wouldn't matter to me if I wore my natural hair out more often but I like my braids >_<