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I am 19 and have had my hair relaxed since before I can even remember. I have always had really thick hair and that was about the only thing I liked about it. There have been periods of breakage that have caused it to fluctuate a bit in length, but for the most part it never grows longer than a little past shoulder length.
I must admit that I am guilty of never taking good care of my hair. After a while, I just didn't care about being nice to it because I figured that was the best it was ever going to get. Relaxed hair isn't very inspiring. Lol. I think the only time I got excited was when I cut it earlier this year, but even that didn't last long when it grew back out. I'm the type that loves how big and fun my hair is when it is blown out and then gets depressed when it's all limp again from the fresh relaxer.
Another thing I was resigned to was living with an unhealthy scalp. My scalp is pretty sensitive and I would always have burns, and therefore scabs, from the relaxer. I also get uncomfortable if I don't wash my hair for more than a couple days and anyone who has had a relaxer knows that these two things do not go well together.
Long story short, I have always toyed with the idea of going natural but didn't think it was possible for me anytime in the near future. Now that I have found all of these online resources, I am so happy that I can finally feel comfortable doing this. I just want to finally have hair that I can fall in love with...or at least know what I heck I have been relaxing all these years. Wish me luck!
(Here is a video of me transitioning with box braids. Watch the end to see pics of my hair story.)
What is your hair story?
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