When I was 14, I was cornered in the school bathroom by some girls (yes, Black ones). They hassled me for a long time, but getting cornered scared me a bit. So I did it (against my family's wishes) to "fit in" and I hated it once I got it. I hated how it looked/felt, but even more resented why I did it. Then immediately afterwards, as fate would have it, I ran into a girl (Black again) who hassled me for NOT being natural.
From that point on, I realized that pleasing everybody is useless. I got it at 14 and got rid of it at 14.