My Hair is Growing Back - The Gallery

Finally, I finished transitioning and my hair is growing back. As you can see from the pictures, I made a lot of progress in a short amount of time and then progress seemed to slow down. That is because I have become a little too scissor happy and heat happy. I have now revamped my regimen to include as little heat as possible so that I can reach my hair length goals.

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August 2004 This is the basic shape and length of my hair after I had the relaxed ends cut off. I loved my little tail.	August 2004 I still wore ponytails everyday. I usually used a big barrette in hopes of giving my hair a little length.	September 2004 My hair was already gaining thickness and length from the big cut I'd done in August.

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September 2004 The shape was very much like a mushroom.	October 2004 The first time I had my hair flat ironed professionally. I got a trim and this was the length.	November 2004 Back to the daily ponytail.

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December 2004 I flat ironed my hair myself for a change of pace. It didn't last long!	January 2005 I was gaining length and thickness. I really liked my hair here.	February 2005 The shape was a lot better after I had my trim in October.

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March 2005 I got my hair professionally flat ironed on my 2 year anniversary of my last relaxer. It was growing!	October 2005 Six and a half months later, I was still gaining length consistently.	January 2006 This is where I started getting addicted to wearing my hair straight but I loved how my hair felt silky unlike when I was relaxed.

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April 2006 Had a salon mishap. The stylist gave me these crazy layers. I hated it.	May 2006 Checking to see how those crazy layers were doing. I started to trim my hair myself after this.	July 2006 As you can see, it's more even across the bottom. I'd been gradually trimming it up myself.

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July 2006 I got turned on to roller sets here. I love the curls and volume.	September 2006 I had trimmed my hair again here. My hair is growing but I was concentrating on getting rid of the layers.	January 2007 Still a little scissor happy. I was trimming my hair in a blunt cut straight across. I started actually miss the layers. Go figure!

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April 2007 I took a break from heat styling and was wearing this ponytail for a few months. I was happy to see my ponytail length compared to my November 2004 picture.	August 2007 I trimmed my hair in a v-shape to see if I would like that a little better. I did. I think I did a roller set in this picture.	January 2008 I blow dried and flat ironed my hair which I don't do very often any more but I wanted to get a good trim. I took this picture after the trim and curling the ends. I like the u-shape.

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October 2008

I wore my hair curly all summer and it's been back to straight for about 4 weeks. I've probably trimmed off 2 inches over the past 4 weeks and this is what's left.

May 2009

Here I did my regular rollerset and flat iron. I also trimmed my hair.

June 2009

Hair was curled using a ceramic Jilbere curling iron to create the spiral curls.

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My Current Hair Regimen

Shampoo and Condition weekly - my current products for this are Giovanni Smooth as Silk Shampoo and Conditioner.
Protein Treatment with ORS Hair Mayo once a month. I apply this on dry hair and heat steam with a hot towel and a plastic cap prior to shampooing
Every other week, I deep condition with the same condition I use for conditioning
I then prepare my hair for rollersetting (using my regular method you can find by clicking here) always using the following in this order: (1) Salerm 21, (2) Carol's Daughter Hair Milk, (3) Serum.
Rollerset on medium (green) and large mesh rollers (burgundy) using a mixture of Water, Mizani Setting Lotion, a drop of Salerm 21, and a few drops of Serum.
Sit under my Pibbs Quik dryer for 1.5 hours on Medium Heat. Let cool and take down rollers. I LOVE my Pibbs. Any other dryer and it would take my hair 3 hours to dry!
Add a drop of serum to each side. Flat iron on 320 degrees using one swipe.
At night, I add Carol's Daughter Mimosa Hair Honey to my ends section by section. Put my hair in a high ponytail with a satin scrunchy. Twirl my hair around it in a bun and pin it. Then put on my silk/satin scarf.
In the morning, I take it down and maybe every other day, I'll apply a tiny bit of serum for shine.
Every 2-3 months, I trim my own hair using methods you can find by clciking here.
That's all folks!

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May 2009 Gorgeous and love the length. Are you still growing or are you now maintaining at a particular length?

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June 2009 pic Your hair looks fabulous! Plus, your site turned me on to hard, mesh rollers almost a year ago (I'm pretty sure it was your site), so THANKS FOR THAT!...

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