Somebody can't log off...that would be me. I have to do things when I remember or they won't get done. So, I'm back.
Measuring Your Hair
All of our heads are different, but yet in many ways they are the same. Up thread, I noticed some of us were having some struggles with measuring. Don't worry. Just do the best you can.
The method I've adopted is to measure my hair in the same bantus every time. My left and right sides of my head tend to be congruent, if not the same. I take a picture and label my head. I started out by doing a drawing. Then, I got the idea to take a photo and label it electronically.
I divide my hair into right side and left side.
Then, I divide my bantus by numbering them. I also label them as:
Right side
- front crown #1
- front side burns #2
- back crown #3
- back nape #4
Left side
- front crown #1
- front side burns #2
- back crown #3
- back nape #4
If this seems "extra and obsessive", well that's because it is. But, I am so meticulous about measuring because so often, women with afro-textured hair have been deluged with information that says their hair is unattractive and doesn't grow. So, when you measure like this, and when you get growth, those [toxic] thoughts of self doubt can't argue with this concrete information.
If you measure casually or haphazardly, and you get a gain, it will be TOO EASY to dismiss it as a figment of your imagination, a fluke, or a misreading of the measuring tape, or just some stray hair. Don't do it.
WE TEND to TREASURE WHAT WE MEASURE!
So treasure your precious hair and your precious selves. You don't have to post anything here.
You are always encouraged and welcomed to celebrate and toot your own horn, here!
If you measure, perhaps it will help you to believe in the magic of what your fabulous
afro-textured hair can achieve with a little assistance from Queen Shea.
Believe in the Magic of You, Your Hair and Queen Shea!
I'm going to bed FOR REAL this time!