Now I’m growing it out AGAIN. Geesh. I got to such a low point in my life, I was struggling so much emotionally and financially and even physically. I gained so much weight all of a sudden… like 45 pounds in like 6 months from too much cortisol- probably from all the extra stress on top of the anti-depressant I was on- lexapro and then paxil. I was so broke, I couldn’t even afford the shampoo and conditioner anymore that it was taking to wash it every day. I felt so fat and ugly, I decided there was no point in having long pretty hair if the rest of me was ugly, so I cut it all off. I don’t mean like a bob… I mean like, almost buzzed it with men’s hair clippers. Looking back now, I wish I hadn’t done it, but it did make it a lot easier to deal with all the rest of the stress in my life to have the chore of taking care of long hair off my list of things to do everyday. I cut it in October of 2011. Now its December of 2012 and it’s growing back. Here’s what it looks like now: 5 months ago

Yey! took me a year to grow out my hair AGAIN. i am loving it this time. i dont use heat on it very often, only only dye it when i have to. mostly air drying w leave in conditioner for week days. keeping my hair healthy is a big deal to me lately. i love it! (Thats me with the blonde hair!) 17 months ago