Heat Happy

by Jenn Y
(PA)

Hey everyone my name is Jenn. I'm 16 years old and I want to tell my horror story. Well it all started when i was in 7th grade. my mother wanted to relax my hair soo badly and i didn't want her to put one in my hair because my older sister used relaxers for years and she didn't take good care of her hair so it broke off really bad(her hair used to be 14 inches and she lost 6!). i didn't want that to happen 2 me. but my mom put one in my hair any way and i loved it! it was soo straight and long; i loved the length of my hair alot. i didn't notice how long it was until i got a relaxer. so after that i kept on alternating between getting individuals put in and relaxers. finally in 9th grade i decided to wear my hair straight. everyone loved it. i flat ironed my hair every single day & washed it like 2 times a month(i know gross rite?). this went on until the ending of 9th grade. in june i started to notice that my hair was getting really short and i kept on shedding. i had alot of white bulbs and a whole lot of spit ends. but i still kept on using my flat iron because i didn't know any other ways to stlye my hair other than getting individuals. by the ending of july hy hair was soo thin and it looked horrible. when i tried to bump it, the hair style wouldn't stay thats when i realized that i needed some kind of help so i put a protein treatment in and got my hair braided for the rest of thr summer up until now. i only wore my hair out for a couple of months of 10th grade year. i plan on keeping my hair in braids until spring break; my mom might let me get some highlights! i haven't used heat on my hair or wore it out since late november of 2008 i cant wait to see how long my hair has grown since then. hopefully its longer than it was in november.