Braidlocks are REAL locks too - UPDATE

Ok I finally got some pics together of my progress, with a half-way decent camera! And I have to say wow, the back of my hair is locked up, I no longer have the distinct braid looking section, and curly Q's back there. I was worried that the braid pattern would never disappear, especially since my hair was so thin and ropey at the beginning, but it is looking full and robust back there!

 

SO SURPRISED AT THE BACK! I could hardly believe it was my own head! The texture and maturity of the locks is the biggest surprise, for so long it felt like the front was growing but the back was staying the same length, and as you can see it hasn't grown as much as the front, but the back is definitely locking faster, and the shrinkage probably has something to do with the delay in length.

 I can hardly beleive that my hair was so thin in the beginning, I am just so happy that I have fullness in the front. I have my issues with my hair, just like anyone, but  I have never felt this good about it, drawbacks and all! The drawbacks just being the little things that bother me from the hair loss I had after my daughter, some of the locks are thin on the shaft, but, for the most part, I dealt with that last month during my big crazy trim session (which I DO NOT regret at all)

 

Apologies about the weirdness going on in the front, I still have a lot of short baby locks, and they were just sitting funny up there in the pic. This was moreso to show the length from the side! You can also see the patch that I lost in the front, is nearly all back, I think I am only missing about 3 all up now! In a few months, I should have baby locks in all of the bare spots!

If you have short hair, thin hair, thick hair, long hair, whatever, I cannot recommend these enough, I just love my locks, I cannot believe how far I have come, and how much I have learned to let go from this experience, and I think I am more ok with myself because of it.

I hope this update can inspire someone who may be sitting on the fence about what to do with their hair, there are loads of different methods, just choose whats best for you, and in the end, everyone is locked.

Nice colour!

Now, I am pretty anti-colouring for my hair, as I think I look best with black hair that matches my black eyebrows LOL, but I think this is a really nice effect, and if I was the person who liked colouring (or generally doing anything to my hair) this would be a nice hypothetical hair colour job! Not saying, I will, but I would... If that makes sense! LOL

The Grass is ALWAYS Greener

OMG I haven't posted in a little minute so I thought I would give a quick update. My hair is definitely growing, just getting so impatient these days, as it seems like my hair has been brushing my shoulders for months! I guess now it's for real though, If I extend my neck as far up as it can go, the locks are still on the shoulder. I just can't wait until they are a little PAST the shoulder...

Apologies for the bad picture quality! I have terrible lighting in the evening!

I got into Med School!

So happy this process is over, and I can finally start my next big journey! :D

Not much to say about my hair yet, but the locks that I plucked the bunched ends off look 100% better than before, no signs of re-bunching. Just need to have some rest though, this past week has been extremely exhausting...

Med Crazies

I have NOT been around... I just wanted to say, I am just so stressed about hearing the outcome of my med try-outs so to speak. I have gotten a bit of insomnia, and started hair pulling a bit, I pulled the bunched ends off of about 47 locks the other night, I freaked out after it, and vowed not to preen or do anything potentially damaging to my hair until after I find out. The stress is overwhelming though, I have been thinking a lot about how I hate them, and how I want to cut them all off!

I just got it retightened by D today, it was a hard one, I could barely sit still... But he did a great job as usual. I need some perspective. Will go out for a walk, and I promise not to make any hasty hair decisions!

:)

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Comparison Shots

Before

After

2 years minus 3 days

wow it's almost been 2 years since I got my hair braid locked! I am happy to report 10 NEW babylocks in my first row, following the dreaded hormone hair loss of month 4. This equates to 20 months to regrow my front row! Wow, can't beleive it, and it's still not all back too, still 2 more that I can see that are slowly coming along. Lightly rolling the baby hairs is definitely my method of choice, as this has given me much faster success than trying to braid the baby new growth.

I have lots of growth, I cannot beleive how long it's been growing, I am on a 4-5 week retightening schedule, anad that seems to be working well, and washing whenever I feel like it, not too worried about washing too much since most of my loose  ends are locked.

All in all, I am very pleased with my hair, anad looking forward to my med school interview on Thursday. I will take a photo so you all can see what I came up with as far as outfit and hair! So excited that this long process is almost over (med school applications) and excited about my 2 year anniversary on Thursday as well!

My biggest lock drama from the perspective of a person with a slightly looser coily pattern, 2 headed dragons need to be treated with extreme care because the intermingling curly Q's CAN and WILL bunch. BADLY... Snipping a few 2 headed dragons that got a bit out of control... But other than that, enjoy the ride, braidlocks are great, and I love my hair so much. Words cannot describe how much of a weight was lifted from my shoulders when I stopped having to worry about daily detangling!!! Ugh, like heaven!

thanks for stopping by!