Natural Hair Journey Two Year Mark Results

It is officially two years since my second big chop! Woo! I was going to include the first big chop as well but that was a hot mess. 

Well, lets start from the beginning. When I entered college as a freshman I decided that I did not want to relax my hair anymore. I had the not so great idea to thin out my hair with a razor xD. Since my hair was still relaxed, it actually did not look too bad. As the months passed; my new growth started to come in and my hair became unmanageable. Frustrations was boiling over because my hair was half relaxed and half natural. Trying to comb in it the shower was an impossible task which I had to recruit a friend to help me with. I came to the conclusion that I had a decision to make; either chop off my relaxed hair or get my hair relaxed again. I decided to do the big chop. As I mentioned above, my first big chop was a huge failure. I ended up putting heat in my hair every week. My curls did not get the nourishment they needed and when my hair was wet, instead of being curly, it was straight. Which is what prompted my second big chop. This one has been extremely successful and I have the pictures to prove it.

This was taken the day after my second big chop. About 3/4 of my hair was gone and I was doing my best to feel confident. If you look closely, you can see that most of my hair is still sort of straight. My goal is to keep cutting all of that heat damaged hair as it grows. That includes more medium chops to finally get rid of the hair.

I spent months without heat or selfies. This pictures was taken about two months later. I had more new growth and my hair was long enough for me to feel confident to take a selfie. 

If I remember correctly this picture was in December. I decided to straighten my hair to check the length. It was already below my ear, that made me extremely excited. 

I have many pictures to share of my hair journey. I will include a curly and straight hair picture that were taken around the same time so it is easier to compare and see the differences in hair texture and growth as time passes. 

At this point, my hair was passed my shoulders and halfway down my back! :)

However; I had to cut half of that length because I had to get rid of the damaged hair I left on my head two years ago. Here is the result! 

First, I cut it myself because I am very impatient. I ended up with this crazy mess!

 Today 08-17-2015 I went to the hair salon to get my cutting mistake fixed.

Even though it is way shorter then the previous straighten picture; my hair feels softer and healthier. I reached my goal of getting rid of my heat damaged hair entirely. Now it can grow evenly and healthy. I am very excited to track my hair growth for the years to come!