lol @ the siggie
i know the main reason i went from relaxed to natural in 2005 is because my permed hair was so limp, thin breaking, and i craved thickness
the 2 years i was natural i loooooooooved it i had so much growth
now i m back to perm. and i just realized one thing my hair thrives be it natural or permed and mind u now it s permed bone strength but you couldnt tell cause it has so much body and thickness
i stumbled on the reason why and was dumbfounded granted my hair natural was wayyyyyyyyyy thicker and impressive. but i now realize that just because the hair is permed does not mean it cant be thick. au contraire i now understand why all these years my relaxed hair was so thin it was my regimen and my technique and me not being knowledgeabe about hair, sleeping on cotton, perming the whole thing every touch up from root to tip!!!!!!! omg no wonder it was not thick then as it is now as i just touch up the roots, me not doing any deep cond, oil rinses, cowashes, taking vits.
i think many people dont know better now that i lived on both sides of the fence i appreciate my hair in both states natural and relaxed. but i doubt i will go back to natural knowing that at 4 months post i m already having problems detangling my new growth. i'm 4b and with my thickness just now i could not handle that much volume.
the main reason i went back to relaxers, cause one my hair as it grew past armpit would keep knotting and tangling and i started to dread wash time. when i went to relax it, the hairdresser spent a lonnnnng time just to detangle the roots. but all in all i miss the big hair volume of my natural hair but i love being able as a permie to run my fingers through my hair and have no knotting. i like the manageability it gives me. If i do decide to go back natural i would not go further than armpit else i cant handle the thickness but as a permie i dont mind waistlength or hiplength