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dontspeakdefeat said:
Hello Everyone!
I was just sitting here thinking about all the ladies that may be or may ever get discouraged from reaching your long hair goals. I wanted to write some encouraging words because I know that it seems like we will never get there.
I am a short haired lady and I have had hair that was approaching bra strap length before but now I am at the point were I have to start again.
I just want to say to all of you out there that your hair will grow to the length you want. We all just need to keep doing what we are doing, taking care of our hair and not abusing it.
I know that there are a lot of ladies that have never had long hair in their adult life and you may be skeptical about being able to grow it now but look, it is a proven fact that hair is always growing, while you eat while you sleep while you work. We just need to retain the older hair as the newer hair comes in.
This can be done even if you are starting off bald or with a short tapered cut or with chin length hair. Whatever your starting length may be you can reach your desired length.
And you may say that I want long hair and I can't wait 3 or 4 years for it. Why not because time passes and hair grows anyway? So in 3 to 4 years you WILL have your length!!
We shouldn't feel jealous or envious of any of the long haired ladies on the board because at some point some of them were in the same situation as we are. They had to work at growing their hair. Now look. They have beautiful healthy long hair!! We can too!
I know that each and everyone of us have set backs sometimes but those can be overcome with the advice and support given here. There is lots of sympathy, love and understanding here and we need to feed from it!
Good luck to every lady on this board short or long haired and Happy Hair Growing!
And remember Don't Speak Defeat!
WE CAN DO IT!
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I to bumped this thread up because I wanted to offer encouragement to all of the ladies who have recently joined this board. This is also for other members who may have missed out on the first go around. Or anyone who needs a little hair lift.
When I wrote this post I just experienced a lot of tangling from taking braids out and not combing through before washing. My hair was so badly tangled and I had to cut some so of the hair out. It was a major setback.
I wanted to encourage you ladies to stay positive and remember setbacks can be overcome. Look at my hair now! It is longer, stronger and healthier. I can look back at that and laugh now. It happened over 6 months ago.
Hair does take time but if we just stay consistent with our regemins and give our hair that TLC it needs. It will reward us! Take care ladies and Happy Hair Growing!!
With much love from your hair sistah,
Don't Speak Defeat
