This is an old thread but I'm bumping it since I remembered to take a 'before' pic this time.
This is yesterday pre-relaxer. I was almost 17 weeks post:
This is from today and after trimmed. But, the pic revealed some pesky wild grey hairs so I went back and snipped those:
I'm happy with my progress and can't wait to see how much length I gain before the end of the year!