November 2010 Relaxer Updates.

Hey everyone!

I relaxed my hair last Friday (11/19/10) at 17 weeks post relaxer! I got about 2.5 inches of growth, but guess what?? My stylist TRIMMED it! So now, I'm back to the same ol' length I was last November 2009. Basically, I get a relaxer every 12 weeks and my cousin trims off an inch or so every time I relax. A inch is what I usually grow in 12 weeks, so basically it's like starting back at square 1. I've learned that this is the WRONG thing to do if your aim is to grow your hair out. You will never get length if you trim EVERY single time you relax.

It wasn't until the other day, I was comparing photos of my progress for the year, or lack thereof, of my length. I can't believe my hair is the same length after a year! Its not that I have a bad regimen or bad products, because my regimen is working out wonderfully for my hair. My hair is thick, full, and bouncy, its just the length retention. I wear my hair in protective styles 90% of the time, but it seems like every time my relaxer date rolls around, my stylist just trims off what I grew. I love my stylist and everything, but it seems like I'm wasting money on having the same length for a whole friggin year. I've spent hundreds of dollars on this hair journey and barely APL is what I have to show for it after being on this journey for 4 years? That's crazy. You guys I really don't know what to do. Seriously I should have been MBL by now. I'm gonna start putting my foot down and telling my cousin to stop cutting my hair so much. I think I'm gonna get a trim twice a year for 2011, because I want to see length already. My hair is pretty healthy, its just the length that I'm tired of. I am truly disappointed and I actually wasn't gonna share my relaxer results with you all. I was thinking of going on hiatus and coming back when I reach BSL! But for some reason, I cant seem to stay away from updating you all on my progress.

My cousin said the reason why she trims with every relaxer is because I stretch too long. The longer my hair gets, the less stretching I have to do. I do get a lot of shedding, but my hair still comes out thick after I relax. She said when I shed so much, it kills my ends, so that's why she trims the ends every time. So she and I have come to an agreement to relax my hair every 8 weeks so that she wont have to trim so much, and so that I can retain some length. And I stand firm when I say I'm only trimming twice a year, every 6 months. Lets get this hair journey started over!

November 2009 relaxer

February 2010 relaxer


November 2010 relaxer...
I'm SO disappointed!

Relaxer Update (Not Happy).

I relaxed my hair today at 12 weeks post, and I am not happy. I lost SO MUCH hair during this particular stretch, I don't even know where to begin. The first 6 weeks of my stretch were fine. Then at 8 weeks post, I braided my hair into cornrows and put my half wig over it until I reached 11 weeks post. During weeks 8 through 11, I had so much stressful studying to do for school, I neglected my vitamins, and also my diet really sucks (eating McDonalds and Burger King messed me up big time!) So I guess my hair responded by shedding. I also think that I'm in my shedding phase too, which added on to the problem.

After I took out my braids from under my wig, I had so much knots and tangles. The night before my relaxer, I detangled my hair in sections in preparation for my relaxer the next day. When that process was over, I had a huge hair ball in the sink which was 3X bigger than a quarter!


Even when my cousin was relaxing my hair, there was hair shed occurring. After my cousin was all done with my hair, my hair seemed so thinned out! My February relaxer, my hair was nice and thick and now its the opposite. My stylist a.k.a cousin said it's because since my hair is getting longer, I have to cut down on my stretches, and I was also thinking the same thing. I thought 12 weeks was perfect for stretching. But my hair seems like it hates it. Always listen to your hair. I'm gonna stretch for 8 weeks now, I think this will be better for my hair's health. I mean it's still thick, but not as thick as it was before. So I'm not going to show pictures of my hair until it's improved. I will be doing a Summer Boot Camp Challenge to get it back in shape, which you can read by clicking here. Thanks for reading.

This is all the hair that I lost from detangling on Sunday night. I lost the same amount a few weeks ago when I was braiding my hair for my under my wig.