[crazy23]

I'm 19 years old and I use to have beautiful thick semi long hair now because of relaxers and whatever else my hair barely goes to my neck. I really need to know what to do with my hair. I want long hair . I bought some wild hair grow

[mimi03]

im 19 years old and i use to have beautiful thick semi long hair now because of relaxers and whatever else my hair barely goes to my neck. i really need to know what to do with my hair. i want long hair . i bought some wild hair grow

My mother's a stylist so I think I can give a little advice from what I've learned from her.

I think you have bought into the BiG misconception that black hair doesn't grow fast or isn't growing at all... well, our hair just like everyone else's grows in cycles... and just because you aren't seeing progression in length does not mean it isn't growing...

Secondly the best thing to do would probably be to find someone (a stylist) to take care of your hair, especially if you use relaxers regularly because it can easily become unhealthy and leave you with thinning damaged hair and the thought that it just isn't growing.

I don't think there's any one product out there that's going to give you that "miracle growth" the best scenario for that happening is getting a well knowledgeable professional stylist...
So Don't go out and buy a lot of product that promise hair thickness and growth!

If you can't afford to see a stylist regularly read black hair magazines for tips and ask people (with hair you like) what they do to keep their hair healthy... they'll probably mention things like keeping it clean (keeping your scalp from getting build up from product use) keeping your ends trimmed is very important, conditioning regularly according to the dryness of your hair and hot oil treatments are useful...

SORRY SO LONG, hope it's helpful!!

[afro13queen]

My HONEST opinion would be to LEAVE IT ALONE, meaning:

1. Get a hairstyle like micros, or cornrows, something that you don't have to mess with your real hair with.

2. Now, when getting braids, the most IMPORTANT thing that you must do is make sure they are not too tight! How to make sure you ask? Ok, If you can't quickly bend your head down without them pulling and hurting, they are too tight, If you can't smile a big grin without wincing, they are too tight!

Now I can say this because, my hair broke off REALLY bad once from glue in weaves and basically I got micros and just kept getting them for a year and my hair was DOWN MY BACK once I took them out! So, you should try it and see where it takes you. Hope that helps