I’m sure that every woman has been in the position I was in about three months ago. After your hair finally gets some length, all of a sudden you’re “bored” and want to try something different! If my friends EVER hear me say that I’m “bored” with my hair, I wish that they would just slap me! No seriously! Since I was sooooo “bored” with my hair I decided to get it pressed. It was really cute and I was surprised how much my hair had grown in and it hadn’t even been a full year since my big chop! I received a few side-eyes from my friends and a curse out from my grandmother who thought that I had gone back to the white creamy crack lol. Of course there were a few people in my cooperate office who “LOOOVVEEDDD IT” and one person was even bold enough to say that he really like my new look better than my old look. Too bad for him this “new look” was only temporary! Well at least I thought it was! I wore the style for about two weeks and was surprised that it was still pretty straight. After washing my hair I was faced with the reality that my hair had been forever changed! Certain sections of my hair were STILL straight! I cried, put in a deep conditioner, cried again, washed it out, still straight! So I tried washing it with a neutralizing shampoo, cried again, googled some remidies, washed it with funky beer, and deep conditioned with honey, boo-hooed some more, washed it out, still straight! Needless to say, a hot iron will NOT be anywhere near my tresses EVER AGAIN! I now know that “natural hair” is not something you can be on the fence about! Either you’re going to be curly or straight! There is no alternating between the two. Lesson learned here!
So what’s next? Welp, now I just trim my hair every month or so. My entire curl pattern was changed. There are spots that are still straight but overall my new growth is thicker than the hair that was pressed L Perhaps by next year I’ll be able to be “Afrolicious” again just like my daughter.
My hair pressed
What WILL happen as a result of heat damage!
I made the mistake of straightening my two years ago, and it made me sad too. I ended up chopping it all off again, but my hair texture still seems a different then when I first got the chop...good luck.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me sad because I thought being natural I would be able to alternate between straight and curly easier :( So sorry this happened Nish I know how much you love your're natural hair -- next time you get bored put some braids in and add a wig or something lol
ReplyDeleteI hope that after I chop it off again it isn't damaged down to the root Tamika. :(
ReplyDeleteI thought so to Anissa, I guess it depends on how much heat is applied to the hair. I won't be taking the risk again to find out how much heat my hair can take.
Hey Cousin, Im sorry you didn't have luck alternating, I have not had that fate yet and I have had mine straightened about 4 times now. What did mess up my hair pattern and I still have remnants of it was getting a Keratin treatment when I worked at Ulta I was a hair model and it was only supposed to last 6 washes and I still have some straight pieces, it did make me sad too...Im so proud of you though I still remember when you decided to go natural now you know more than me!! The student has become the teacher! :)
ReplyDeleteAww lady! I've heard about that Keratin treatment as well! I've decided to take it as a lesson and stick to what I know from now on lol. It's a shame because I"m afraid to even blow dry my hair these days. I've haven't put any heat on it since February!
ReplyDeleteWe've learned a lot together Jae! YouTube has become my best friend during my hair journey! :)