Hair Progress Update
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Printed Date: November 04 2025 at 6:17am
Topic: Hair Progress Update
Posted By: SpecialKitty
Subject: Hair Progress Update
Date Posted: December 31 2005 at 11:59am
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Okay, here is my update after two months of no haircuts, no dying, no drying or ironing and joining this board:
Thanks all of you for all of your great help and advice!
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Posted By: Katja
Date Posted: December 31 2005 at 4:39pm
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Wow! Your hair sounds like it's doing GREAT, SpecialKitty! Do you have any pictures for us?? ------------- "If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative." -Woody Allen |
Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: December 31 2005 at 4:50pm
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Thanks Katja! I posted a picture in a thread a few weeks ago called "Newbie Pic." I will try to take another picture soon! -------------
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: December 31 2005 at 8:15pm
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WOW! That's great to hear, Specialkitty Anais ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com">  my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: December 31 2005 at 9:16pm
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Can I chime in with my own "progress report"? As it's the first of the new year, I've decided to measure (going to measure on the 1st of every month now, instead of the 10th...just easier to remember!). Anyway, I had a bad month healthwise (major surgery) and my hair has not been happy. I didn't think there would be hardly any growth...but it still grew half an inch! So my measurement today is 21 inches!!!!!! yiiiippeeee!!! I didn't get my usual 3/4 inch, but any growth is fantastic Isn't it amazing how our bodies react to physical and mental stress? I am so in awe of how my body is healing itself and it's going to make my new years resolution of living a healthy lifestyle so much easier to keep. I feel like I respect my body now more than ever before Anyway....I'm going off on a tangent. Grow grow grow..... ------------- 
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Yay specialkitty!!!! Good on ya girl! You are being very good to your hair and your hair is being good to you in return.
Keep us posted with pics too specialkitty. Maybe take a photo on each measuring day?Posted By: juri
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 4:33am
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Congratulations on your progress, Special Kitty! Miss Rini--Sorry to hear about your sugery. I hope you're doing okay. Anyway, congratulations to you too on your hair's progress! ------------- 
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 7:21am
Yay-well done! Ummm, by 15 degrees do you mean in F? What's that in C? I don't understand...
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Posted By: Hellfrozeover
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 8:32am
Congrats ! She must mean F as that in C would just be like spring temperature I think.------------- |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 9:46am
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Yeah, thats why I was puzzled... waaaaah!!!
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Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 12:23pm
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15 degrees Farenheit! It was super cold and I was a bit worried about my hair, but it did fine. Thank you all for being so supportive. I will take a progress photo soon. Anais, your new sig pic is so beautiful! Miss Rini, congratulations on your hair growth!!!! 21 inches - I am so impressed by how fast your hair grows. Mine is somewhat slow, but I'll take any growth if it is healthy hair. -------------
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 9:18am
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15 fahrenheit= -9 celcius Wow, that is freezing! Just clarifying it for us non fahrenheitys. -------------
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Posted By: letmecount123
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 11:15am
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Well I don't have any new growth or inches to report, but I think I'm beginning to win the battle on split ends. I had 3" cut off on December 21 to get rid of really frustrating damage at the ends of my hair. Since then I've been using some high quality shampoo/condition (received as a Christmas/Birthday present) and also got a big thing of AG Leave-In Conditioner. Instead of fighting with my hair for 20 minutes every day to detangle it, I just throw in a pump of leave-in and the comb slides right through. I'm in heaven! I never did dye my hair (except maybe for once or twice when I was 15 and had short hair) but I also intend to maintain without trimming, and as much as I'd like to eliminate drying, I can't. My hair doesn't airdry very well and sometimes I need the long, straight, shiny look that I get from a blow-straight. But I only dry it maybe once or twice every two weeks. There aren't many occasions where I need my hair down anyway. But here's a question, SpecialKitty. My hair generally takes on a greasy look/feel after about 1.75 days and I have to wash it. So I'll wash in the morning one day, and the night the next. You said you had some resistance from your hair with less shampooing... do you suppose if I tough it out and where a hat for a while when it gets greasy that eventually that would stop? Just wondering, because I know I wash alot. ------------- |
Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 12:20pm
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Hi Holly, Congratulations on your healthy hair and that leave-in conditioner sounds great! -------------
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Posted By: Longhairdreams
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 7:02pm
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Glad to hear your growing spekialkitty.Sounds like you've made alot of progress.I have finally made enough progress since I got a pixie in september to share.I'm measuring at 16 inches.And when I cut my hair it was between 2 and 4 inches all over. http://photobucket.com/albums/b33/longhairdreams/?"> |
Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 7:26pm
Great progress, LHD!!! Your hair color is very beautiful, too and it looks very healthy. How long did it take you to reach that length from the time of your pixie cut? How long was your hair when you got it cut? Let's keep posting our progess every month or two -------------
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Posted By: Longhairdreams
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 2:02am
| My hair was shoulder length when i got it cut.Lets see.Its taken about 3 1/2 months to grow this much longer.Sounds like a plan.Hopefully My hair will keep growing like this. |
Posted By: Alayney
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 3:16am
What is the "sweat issue"? Do you just mean cause your hair gets sweaty and icky and you don't like it or is sweat really really bad for the hair? I have a feeling it might be ...  Mine gets all sweaty every day after exercise and I don't do anything about it ... . Should I be? I'd really rather not ... |
SpecialKitty wrote:Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 11:46am
I asked about this in an earlier thread. I think sweat probably isn't bad for your hair. I just don't want to shampoo every day (and I exercise every day). So I decided to do just conditioning with warm water to wash away the sweat mostly for aesthetic and comfort reasons. Hope that helps! -------------
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Posted By: Sugaree
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 2:53pm
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Well , I measured a couple days ago at 20" (awsome growth since Dec.1st
19"!) but now is the phase where my hair seems to "take a rest" from growing. It always grows fast from my chin to my shoulders, from shoulder length on seems to take a little more time. Or perhaps it is just an illusion because while it's growing from my chin to my shoulders I have more features to compare length to. From shoulder to bsl, there are few ways to say your hair has reached a certain point (collarbone...nipples maybe? hahaha) This is the first time I am growing out my hair while keeping measurements. So it will be pretty interesting to see if my theory is true! ------------- Don't let the man get you down ~ me 1c MC iii Dark Brown, 22" Goal: Waist |
Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 4:16pm
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Congrats, Sugaree, on your hair growth!!! I wish mine grew as fast. -------------
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Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 11:16am
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Hey everyone, wow it sounds like everyone is progressing nicely. As for me I think im getting a bit fed up. It’s such a long process and being so careful to take such good care of my hair and not seeing results fast enough is tiring. How do you all keep motivated??? |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 11:47am
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keep on reading this site..muhahaha only joking I don't do anything
special really to my hair so it's hard to unmotivate! I think most
people just get in to the habit.
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 4:15pm
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I agree, keep yourself busy And taking progress pictures instead of measuring, that helps me too because it's easier to say "whoa, it looks longer" than "oh gee, I only grew a 1/4 inch" Hugs ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com"> my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 9:48pm
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Anais, your new bun picture is beautiful! I agree, photographs are more inspirational for me than measuring. So I finally took another photo. I will try to put the old and the new next to each other here so you can see the difference (sorry for the poor image quality! I don't have a good camera yet- still using my cell phone...)
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=jqoqbc - -------------
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 10:58pm
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Thanks Specialkitty Your pictures are wonderful as well ! ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com"> my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: RachelZ3
Date Posted: January 05 2006 at 1:00am
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Uh... my hair's natural color is like Anais' ... but it's dyed blonde so I see
my growth- from the top! Seems to grow really fast- which is a bit bizarre considering all the stress and my age. I think its probably perception, life seems to be going really fast these days too. How do you folks measure? What does "Hair Type: 2a,m,ii " mean? I bet it's in a faq somewhere that I haven't read, and should have...
This is really fun, I have always been a hair freak, but I didn't realize I could have so much fun on a board about hair! Oh and- I get my hair trimmed twice a year, but my bangs are another story. I do have a problem with the daily workouts and sweat, its not oily but my scalp goes crazy if it doesnt get washed every 3 days. I'm using juri's paw print idea here, thanks!  ------------- 2c M ii ~*~Like Dolly Parton said: I love it when people call me a "dumb blonde" because I know I am not dumb and I know I am not blonde.~*~ |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: January 05 2006 at 11:16am
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Most people measure from their front hair line so as to have a constant
reference point. The hair type thing is classifying your hair by Fias
classification system which is here http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/articles.php?action=vi ewcat&catid=1 Welcome to the board! ps. Mods, why can't we cut and paste in our message body is REALLY REALLY ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: January 05 2006 at 3:23pm
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paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste paste works fine to me Sorry LadyFrog, I couldn't resist! Here is http://homepage.mac.com/annsofie.henriksson/hairtyping/Personal27.html - Fia's new Visual hairtyping page . She's got the menu up top, which leads to entire galleries of real pictures from real people who fit the classifications. Faery blessings
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: January 06 2006 at 9:59am
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I've tried that before but it doesn't seem to work for me.
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Posted By: RachelZ3
Date Posted: January 06 2006 at 10:53am
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Thank you LadyFrog and Anais! Now I know what I am :) ------------- 2c M ii ~*~Like Dolly Parton said: I love it when people call me a "dumb blonde" because I know I am not dumb and I know I am not blonde.~*~ |