My New Growth is Off the Chain

As of today, June 18th, I am officially 7 days and waiting on my relaxer!! Since I started using Castor oil regularly, my new growth is off the chain and then some. It seems as if my relaxer is 16 weeks instead or 11. I have one more hair wash and the one after that will be my hard core protein treatment, the next day or so will be relaxer day!!

Early A.M._ Before Hair Wash 4 Weeks New Growth

A lot of people ask how long before you can tell your hair is growing. At my third week my scalp was feeling rough, but it wasn't my scalp, it was my new growth coming in. To the date, today is my 4th week post relaxer and its a little noticeable by camera. I'm planning on relaxing on my 8th week. My last stretch was 16 weeks and that was a little too much to handle relaxing alone. I'm planning on correcting what I missed last time and catching all new growth this time around.

.......................3 1/2 days post relaxer!!

These pics R 3 1/2 days post relaxer and I can tell that my bang thickness has grown down a bit. The first pic was taken in the am before the wash and the other one was taken in the pm after the wash. No more hair cuts, I'm only dusting now but its still tempting, lol. As I notice my hair is thicker and fuller on the left side and for some reason my hair is shorter and somewhat thinner on side. That weird because my hair is usually longer on the right. The reason may be because I favor to sleep on my right side. Time to rotate!

2nd Hair cut - 1 Day Post Relaxer

I'm finally getting around to my "finished cut." I did my first cut on an impulse. I was 11 weeks and five days post relaxer. This was my first time going this long. I stretched my relaxer longer this time by adding coconut oil, glycerin and honey to my regimen at about 8-9 weeks post relaxer. Anywho...the reason for the cut was to get rid of past damaged strands due to lack of knowledge and breakage. I had to reevaluate my goals for healthier hair resulting in the CUT :)

mm The right side is the length on the first cut and the left is the finished cut length. Now the bangs...the bang was cut on 8-30-08 at nose length now it's at lower lip length. I'm still undecided about it. e