Caramela, i am so happy that you posted those pics.
You were my first inspiration when I first came to hair boards October 2002. It was my first time to a hairboard, it was the relaxed hairboard on
www.afrohair.com. I had just gotten my hair cut to my jaws (my hair was close to bra-strap before). When I saw your pictures (you had one where it was cut really short and you had a baby in the picture with you, and then you had picture where the nape grew out, then two with a pretty auburn-brown like color, and the flexirod pictures and the pictures that showed your hair at brastrap or close to bra strap length), I THOUGHT WOW, i can grow back my hair too. Seeing your pictures encouraged me to take better care of my hair. Then, in November when I was still lurking this site, i read that you cutted it at shoulder length and i remember how disappointed you were. I wanted to see the new cut, but you never posted a pic. But Caramela, you finally did, and your hair looks wonderful. Its growing very fast.
I know that was long, but it is just exciting to see the the first head of hair on that internet that inspired is gaining back that healthy long head of hair