I Fell Out of Love

[NYCQT16]

The breakage thread had me thinking...and I realized I fell out of love with my hair. I have been so bad to it and it is showing me by snap, cracklin, and poppin in every instance. So I decided to take it back to when I first fell in love with the hair care journey when I first found this board and was researching products, posting hair questions, and doing co-washes every other day. I just felt I had to share.

Has anyone else had an experience of "falling out of love" with your hair? and how did you "jumpstart the relationship"?

 

[Iansan]

I fell out of love with my hair recently. The surging, conditioning washing and the obsessing with growth was starting to get the best of me. I took a break from my hair by getting cornrows for the past three weeks. I am taking them out tomorrow, and can't wait to reconnect with my hair and try out all of the new products I have purchased during the hiatus.

 

[Kimberly]

I fell out of love with my hair, too. It's like I realized a little bit of growth and just got disgusted with it. It looks like a hot mess. I'm sure that I'm losing more now than I'm gaining. I want to get back to caring for it and caring about it...when I was doing my conditioner washes and taking my vitamins and drinking my carrot juice. But I think I may be suffering from a mild case of depression and I don't know if the state of my hair is contributing to it or a symptom of it. Like, am I depressed because my hair is a mess or is my hair a mess because I've been depressed? I know, too deep into it.

 

[another1]

The same thing happened to me, hence my recent return to the boards. I recently looked at pictures from when I first joined the board and now. My hair has shrunk, and the overall health has seriously declined.

But I've had a major lifestyle change as well. I was washing my hair 3-4 times a day when I first began my hair journey. I was in college then and had the time to do so. Now, I don't have the time or energy to pamper my hair like I used to. However, I realize that I should be at waistlength by now, but because of my negligence I've regressed. I'm so mad at myself.

But my first step was ordering vitamins. It makes a huge difference. I'm also going to go back to wearing a sew-in weave to leave my hair alone. I can't wait to get to mid-back.

 

[NYCQT16]

I'm glad to see I am not the only one suffering

buttafly...I had in braids for like 2 months so once I could get my hands in my hair again, I think that gave me the feeling like oh I wanna go back to taking care of it


Kimberly..hang in there. I know how that can be. I'm thinking it might be a consequence of your mild depression b/c I have gotten like that about things as well.

another1...I think I need to start back up on my vitamins too You will be mid-back in no time