This board has definitely helped me to realize that I can go natural and still have lots of styling options. I believe that my using super strength relaxers on my fine strands over several years has permanently damaged my scalp and made it ultra sensitive. Now, any kind of chemical on my scalp makes it break out and scab up (I'm talking even mild relaxers, hair coloring, etc.). At first I was really upset about my scalp's relaxer rebellion, but now I've resigned myself to it. As my new growth grows in, I wonder why I ever felt the need to relax in the first place. I used to just do it automatically without really thinking about it.
As I drool over the incredible relaxed heads on this forum, I have to remember that relaxers have waged a personal war against my head. I can't do what everyone else is doing just because their hair looks great.
