julzinha
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Today I got my hair done in braid extensions and I just sat there crying because I know everything I need to know about retaining length as a natural but after being on this site for 2 1/2 yrs my hair is only collarbone length in some places and shoulder length in others. And it is because of these DAMN WOMEN!! and their combs. They have limited my hair progress since i started properly taking care of my hair in braids. They use rattail combs to comb my hair. And today after i detangled my hair really well I told her don't use that comb, don't use that comb it's breaking my hair. Then she has the nerve to say that your hair is not breaking when I'm looking at my strands on the floor and it is broken hair. Then she said before you came today did your hair not come out when you combed and I said NO! because that morning i finger detangled to make sure all the shed hair was gone and no hair came out. And by the end of it, i saw a huge clump of my hair on the floor and I was just there mad and crying. I don't know why I didn't just get up and walk away, but probably because I'm going back to school on Thursday and all of these braiders are the same and my parents are paying for them. My aunt recommended this woman and FROM NOW ON, I am only taking my own hair advice because obviously I know more than the women around me. I have learned my lesson for the last time.
I have been getting braids since kindergarten and I'm tired and once I finally learned how to take care of my hair I am seeing so little progress because of getting braids done. I always tell myself my hair will bounce back, it will bounce back and it does after an intense moisture regimen while in braids but when I take the braids out I have to trim and parts of my hair is uneven. Today I told my mother, I'm DONE! If I get braid extensions only my cousin is doing it because she is the only person who doesn't rip out my hair or else no more braids. I am so ANGRY and UPSET!!!
I know my hair will bounce back after this and since it is a new year I am never letting anyone new braid my hair and I doing everything for hair growth because I am so tired. I want waistlength hair, but I can't achieve that with people ripping out my hair because they say natural hair is difficult. I you ladies know and Great braiders in the DMV Please let me know! Sorry for the long vent but I'm just really mad because after I took out my last pair of braids I DC'd my hair twice and trimmed my ends for the first time in a long time to start the year right for retention and now I probably have to cut my ends again and it will take me a while to regain the inches of hair growth that I lost! I am really mad right now because I was so proud of my recent progress and now I feel like its gone. And now I'm trying to find any growth aids possible to help me gain a lot of growth before the next time, I take out my hair. I keep telling myself to calm down but I can't I just really want waistlength hair which means my hair needs to grow 12 INCHES!! And that was goal last year and it wasn't achieved because of these women, but I did reach APL until another bad braider in August. I'm just really tire and I want long hair. I feel so sad about it because I know almost everything about how to take care of my hair but I see limited progress. Sorry for this being so long! I WISH MY HAIR WOULD GROW 12 INCHES IN 6 MONTHS!
I have been getting braids since kindergarten and I'm tired and once I finally learned how to take care of my hair I am seeing so little progress because of getting braids done. I always tell myself my hair will bounce back, it will bounce back and it does after an intense moisture regimen while in braids but when I take the braids out I have to trim and parts of my hair is uneven. Today I told my mother, I'm DONE! If I get braid extensions only my cousin is doing it because she is the only person who doesn't rip out my hair or else no more braids. I am so ANGRY and UPSET!!!
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