CountryBumpkin
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Oh, and more thing, Harina (I don't know how to do mentions) but I cut my first set of locs for many different reasons. They were smaller than my hair texture prefered, I think. They were smaller than the size of my curl pattern, and I thought they would be better a bit larger, large enough for the curl to naturally wrap and coil around itself.
I was also postpartum with my second child, and I tend to do extreme things to my hair during postpartum moments.
I was also having some extreme migraines (I also get those postpartum) and a little bit of warped thinking. I felt like i couldn't leave my hair untightened. they had gotten extremly loose at the roots. I felt like something needed to be "done" to my hair. but i was afraid to tighten them because I was afraid that the extra pressure on my head from the tightening plus another migraine would be too much.
Had I been thinking clearly (and had I had a husband worth his salt, another story for another day perhaps), I would have hightailed myself to a neurologist for some headache medication and maybe to a psych for some shrink medication. Then i would have realized that it was ok to leave the roots baggy for a while until I was feeling better, thus saving my precious locs, and the medicine would have made the pain go away and I could have managed them better.
Instead, what I did was, I went to the barbershop and ended up with a fade. (which didn't help my migraines.) Well, I learned my lesson. At least I got to see what it was like to have a fade for a few months. And I got to start them bigger like I wanted.
I was also postpartum with my second child, and I tend to do extreme things to my hair during postpartum moments.
I was also having some extreme migraines (I also get those postpartum) and a little bit of warped thinking. I felt like i couldn't leave my hair untightened. they had gotten extremly loose at the roots. I felt like something needed to be "done" to my hair. but i was afraid to tighten them because I was afraid that the extra pressure on my head from the tightening plus another migraine would be too much.
Had I been thinking clearly (and had I had a husband worth his salt, another story for another day perhaps), I would have hightailed myself to a neurologist for some headache medication and maybe to a psych for some shrink medication. Then i would have realized that it was ok to leave the roots baggy for a while until I was feeling better, thus saving my precious locs, and the medicine would have made the pain go away and I could have managed them better.
Instead, what I did was, I went to the barbershop and ended up with a fade. (which didn't help my migraines.) Well, I learned my lesson. At least I got to see what it was like to have a fade for a few months. And I got to start them bigger like I wanted.
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