HAIR UPDATE- 18 M0NTHS NATURAL

Hi guys,
   As I confessed in this post, I was quite busy with a lot of stuff and as a result my hair was all but forgotten. I put my hair in cornrows and used wigs whenever I had to go out. I would spritz once in a while but deep conditioning, prepooing and  all other TLC was abandoned.  Added to the general neglect, I have been needing a trim for months and yet I did nothing because I was 'too busy'. Well my hair revolted!!!! :-(  I had tons of breakage, I mean I would run my hands down my hair and I would see little broken hairs on my palm. I FREAKED OUT big time and knew it was time to wake up from my coma. I did a self trim but first I took some update pictures:

Looks like a lot of growth right? Well check out the back:

 

Hardly any progress at the back because that's where most of the breakage occurred. My ends were Sahara dry and there were quite a  few split hairs. I knew it was time to let those ends go.
I decided to self trim rather than go get it done at the salon. I wouldn't recommend that because its really cumbersome and the risk of getting an uneven cut is really high. Still I decided to do it myself because I wanted total control. I have heard a few stories of how a little trim turned into a mini big chop and I was really terrified. I didn't straighten my hair for the trim but I stretched my hair with African threading in preparation. I didn't take any pictures of myself trimming the hair because I was alone at home and I found it  really difficult to hold on to the hair and scissors and still hold a camera(in my case my phone) so I gave up. I watched a YouTube video of Whitney(Naptural85) self trimming and did practically the same thing. I shampooed and deep conditioned my hair  immediately after trimming. The breakage hasn't stopped yet because I see a stray piece or two each time I work on my hair but its only been 2 weeks so I'm hoping things get better with constant TLC.

Thanks for stopping by...


KimB