grow out my relaxer and have natural hair

Currently I still have a relaxer and my hair is very damaged and I have split ends like crazy…It’s so bad that I want to cut it off right now, but I’m going to TRY to have self control…LOL… I’m excited and I CAN’T WAIT!!! It’s about time I embraced “me”.

I’ve always contemplated this but never got the re-assurance and moral support that I thought I needed in order to go through with it. Well it’s been years since I’ve attempted to transition my hair and I’m finally going to get it right. Forget about the whole transition phase, it gives me too much time to think about a relaxer again, so later on today I’m doing the big chop. And I am excited but nervous as well. I know I look good with short hair, it’s just the whole going natural part that I’ve never done before. Soooo I’ve been researching alot on this and I hope this is a new avenue for me and my hair. I’ve got everything else in order, health etc, except for my hair and I believe this is going to be it for me. My husband is totally on board and actually he has been telling me for years that he wishes I would stop relaxing my hair and go natural, so here we go! I’ll defnitely be cataloging this experience, my last relaxer was about 4 weeks ago so a chop chopping I go.

I feel like I’m one of the few Caucasians in this situation, so it gets pretty frustrating sometimes. Styling it has been really difficult. But my last Chi straightening treatment was in early January, so I’ve been transitioning for seven months now! Go me! Sometimes I wonder if I’m doing the right thing, because I hated my hair so much before I started straightening it, but I think that now that I’m older I’ll know how to take better care of it and be proud of being different, instead of just wishing I looked like everyone else.

I permed my hair for the last time on Saturday, December 5, 2008. I’ve read that I don’t need to make the “big chop” but I’m not sure where I’ll begin once I have more natural hair than permed hair. So far, it’s manageable because I go to salons run by Dominican stylists. They’re notorious for transitioning natural hair.

no more perm. I am officially a natural chica (that will weave/wig it up once in a while.) I am happy with it. I can’t say that I will never relax it again, it’s hair I’ll do what I want with it. It is so much easier to wash and go.

Also, I am on a mission to get rid of things that were no longer serving me. One of these things was the hair :)

I’m trying the same thing. I had a friend who freed herself from relaxing her hair. She didn’t chop off any hair. She told me the key to stopping the breakage while growing her hair out was to keep the virgin hair as moisturized as possible. I just have a hard time doing that because my hair is naturally dry. Any suggestions?

On March 24th I cut off the remaining 3 inches of my relaxed hair. Now my hair is 100% natural hair and I love it!!! Even better, Mr. Wonderful absolutely adores my little teeny weeny afro. YIPPY!!

Well I’ve had my relaxer for quite some time now, I decided….I just can’t take it anymore! No more Chemicals!! I’m going natural…I’m blogging about the process on my blog http://alnaturalhair.wordpress.com

I just started transisting with my little curly hair. I can’t wait to grow my relaxer out. This is going to totally rock. I was natural for 6 years then I went back to the relaxer but I’m proud to say I will be happy to be nappy in 9 months.

Its been 5months since I had a relaxer! Its coming along good.. I anticipate the BC will be sometime in spring 09!