Pebbles, you have very pretty hair, it is so thick. My cousin told me I can't grow my hair long. It would be better if I had a short cut, which would very cute, because I have stunning features. I myself never had long hair when I was growing up. When I was in my teenage years, my hair grew up to the bottom of my earlobes, but it would always break, if I was under stress, it was very delicate. I'm 41 now and I have collar length natural hair, when I started this journey from February, my hair was 3 inches short, July stretched my hair could only reach to half my earlobe, now in October my hair stretched past my earlobes towards my chin, my back hair is now past my nape. I have more hair than I have ever hair, things change and sometimes people don't want to expect that. Because of the complexity of our bodies, our hair needed that extra boost. I think greatly it needed rinsing on a regular basis, that it what has caused my growth. I will be paying a visit to my cousin, next Summer and I will be going with my thick head of natural hair. She was shocked to hear I go swimming every week, she expected to hear that I keep my hair short, I said no, swimming is fine, I have been swimming for nearly a year and a half, twice in the summer, once a week in the Winter. God is for all of us. Good Luck Ladies and you will get your help.