Why I Cut 6 Inches Of My Hair…

'Gasp', on average our hair grows at a rate of ½ inch per month, which totals 6 inches of growth in 1 year and it disappeared in a blink of an eye.  My entire experience of my big chop can be found here, if you haven’t read it yet.  I have been thinking about a major cut for a while but didn't realize my hair needed much more than that.

It all started when my weekly deep conditioning and moisturizing sealing became almost non-existent in my regimen which I discussed in detail here. As you can see from my relaxer results in October my ends started thinning but it was still manageable.  I was very impressed that my hair’s health after a 4 month stretch of inconsistency still looked healthy.  

My ends started to go down hill from here because my beloved Elasta QP Olive Oil & Mango Butter Moisturizer hasn’t touched my strands for more than 6 months.  Don’t be mad at me but moving to a new country causes somethings to be left behind and sadly my hair happened to be one of them. It breaks my heart that a year ago my hair and ends were thick and luscious and now its pretty sad to look at. I'm trying not to beat myself up too much but this is a PRIME example of taking the simple things in life for granted.

I was using my moisturizing mix but now I don’t think it was enough. Moisturizing every strand is very important.  In all fairness when I air dry and look into the mirror, I see my hair full on the left side and right side but of course I never see the middle only if my husband takes photos which happens mainly on relaxer day because I can capture my hair needs.

Even after my May 2016 relaxer I still wasn't convinced my hair was in that bad shape until 2 weeks after I washed my hair and was totally devastated.  Who is to blame? Slowly points finger at myself.  I took for granted the basic needs my hair thrived on for many years and now I’m paying for it. No one like sharing the bad parts of their healthy hair journey, but I want to be accountable for my actions and also act as an example for you guys.

I thought about just nursing my breakage back to health but I didn't want to be dealing with uneven limp ends. The decision wasn't tough and I’m happy to be working with the same length and thickness.  Initially I thought my stylist was going to cut my hair at B, since I asked her to cut just above my breakage,  but she went up to A. Its shorter and I’ll work with it, after all I have no other choice now.

I know many of you are shocked and probably questioning why I cut so much but I want you to join me on growing our hair back as healthy as possible.  I will admit I miss the length and its pretty awkward  for me now since I have had my hair passed my armpit for atleast 3 years.

My downfall started back in October.  Not deep conditioning weekly, moisturizing and sealing every 2-3days were the reasons which led to this setback. I’m creating a regimen for my comeback which will be solid to produce results. Join me!

Where would you have cut?

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