PHOTO REQUEST: Naturals can I see your pics of...

Southernbella. said:

This is two years worth of growth for me:

Dry/shrunken:

Wet with conditioner:

Old braidout:

Flat ironed:

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tailormade84 said:

lucky lucky you, my whole fotki is nothing but 2 years pics (i was late with chronicling my HHJ) ...link is in my siggy

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tailormade84 said:

lucky lucky you, my whole fotki is nothing but 2 years pics (i was late with chronicling my HHJ) ...link is in my siggy

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FindingMe said:

I am with you Whimsy, this is how much hair I wann have before I chop my relaxed ends...thus my 2 year transition...

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Nonie said:

It's really hard to see the real change in comparison pics of naturals especially if they never stretched or pressed their hair when it was short.

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Nonie said:

It's really hard to see the real change in comparison pics of naturals especially if they never stretched or pressed their hair when it was short.

Anyway, this was my hair after my unplanned BC in Feb 2007:

And this is my hair in April 2009

OK, let me stop.On a serious note, maybe the way to see the change in length is in my puffs, but not the puff itself but where I place the elastic holding my hair back. This is because when I make a pulled back puff, I usually push the elastic as far back as it can go without the hairs that start at the hairline pulling out of it. In other words, I put it far back just enough for the hair to be held flat; any further and the front-most hair would slip from the elastic and ruin the style. So I think with that in mind, you can sorta see the "progress". Unfortunately, I didn't wear a puff at the 24-month mark, but I did wear one on the 20-month mark.

First, here's the puff I would get when my hair had not been stretched by plaits. Usually, it's created when my hair is damp after a wash:

Unstretched puff in Feb 2007 created on damp hair:

Same shrunken puff in October 2008 created on damp hair:

Then when I plait my hair to stretch it a bit, this was the puff I got in Feb 2007:

And then in October 2008, this is the puff I got when I plaited my hair and stretched it (I used coconut oil and some rinse-out conditioner unintentionally so I didn't get the shrinkage I usually get with S Curl):

To see the difference in puff size when I use S Curl, here's another pic of my stretched-with-plaits hair but with S Curl used as the only moisturizer taken a month prior to the above October pic:

And finally a pic of my pressed hair (April 2009--26 mths since BC. This was taken the day after the second pic in this post ie the April 2009 one, after I pressed my hair) but sadly I don't have a before pic to compare it with since this was my first press since my BC:

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FindingMe said:

That's a lot of hair....Southernbella, does your hair grow faster than the 1/2 inch per month standard?

I am with you Whimsy, this is how much hair I wann have before I chop my relaxed ends...thus my 2 year transition...

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TaraDyan said:

Hey, Whims:

Here are my photos of two years worth of growth. These photos were taken on March 1, 2009 (my last relaxer was March 1, 2007). My hair grows about 1/2" a month):

Wet


Dry wash-n-go


Flat Ironed

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Southernbella. said:

It seems from the pics that APL is the average length at the 2 year mark.

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Whimsy said:

2 years worth of growth, please?

I don't care the style, and it doesn't matter if you BCed at 2 years or at 2 days, I would like to see pix of your hair at 2 years.

I want ideas/inspiration for when I do my snippetysnipsnip!!!

Thanks in advance Girls!!!!

(PS - Mook, do you have any pix of your hair un-twisted yet?!?!! Gawd!!)

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