Why did you start wearing LF's?

I started wearing LFs when I had a blonde moment. I was bored with my hair (as usual) and wanted to do something different. So I dyed my hair blonde. What I didn't think about is the maintenance of having blonde hair. I have always been a low maintenance hair person so blonde should have been the last thing on my list.

I was good for about one month and then I started slacking on the care of my blonde hair. My hair got angry at me and started jumping ship off my head. It was really, really bad. So I decided to chop my hair down to about 1". But me being as vain as I am, what the heck was I going to do with 1" worth of hair? Couldn't weave it (I felt it was too short). I broke down and brought a BSS wig but I still wasn't happy.

So one night while watching Tyra Banks on ANTM, I said, I want hair just like hers. I did a google search on Tyra's hair and found BHM and it was on since then.   

I started wearing lfw because I live in Miami....with that said the humidity is killer to someone with the type of hair I have.  My hair is APL, fine and naturally wavy.  I have a relaxer but because of the abundance of humidity in SoFL my hair WILL NOT act accordingly.  I learned the hard way when I first moved here 5 years ago that fighting with the humidity is not the way to go.  So I moved into the world or weaves and wigs.  I love weaves don't get me wrong but I always change the style and color...simply because I know I can.  With that in mind I was changing my hairstyles every 2 weeks...and yes I was spending so much on BSS weaves and having it done...that I finally did the math.  The $$$ I was spending on buying the length alone, (I love long hair....I've always had long hair myself)...coupled with the quality of hair I was buying I was spending close to $200 a month....basically unknown to me buying a wig a month.  So living in Miami exposed to all of this hair, I did some research and discovered the world of LFW's. It has given me the oppurtunity to change styles, textures and lengths on a whims notice.

Man! There are a bunch of reasons I started wearing them and probably always will now that  I see how good it is for my natural hair. Here are my reasons:

1. I've been wearing my hair in it's naturally curly state for over 10 years which has allowed it to grow really long but I like to wear it straight from time to time. However, it's very soft so it will start to poof up at the slightest hint of moisture which means I'd have to flat iron it everyday to keep it straight and I don't want to damage it.

2. About 6 months ago some of it began to fall out to due stress (VERY stressful job). My mother's hair used to do the same thing when she was stressed for too long but it would grow back. The thiness was making me self-concious so I tried gluing tracks in for more fullness for a minute. They looked good but it's usually breezy in California and I was always paranoid about the possibility of the wind blowing my hair and exposing a track.

I've been wearing flw's for about 5  months now and my hair is thickening back up and is about 20" - 22" long but I'm addicted to the lace now. I LOVE the ability to play with colors and textures. I've never colored my natural hair and I'm sure I never will now that I know I can try all the chemicals I want on the flw's and leave my own hair natural and healthy.

Edited by Curlygirl11 - March 18 2008 at 10:29am

i started as a protective style to continue my hair growth journey now since i have no more bad hair days and its more work to fool with my own hair.. but i like the option of lfs and so i've not grown tired yet..

Ladies, I'm curious why most of you wear full lace wigs.  I know some women started wearing them due to hair loss via cancer or alopecia.  But for those of you who have a full head of hair, what made you start wearing them, how did you hear about them?  I'm not bashing anyone for their choices, so please don't get me wrong.  I'm just really curious.