I just cut my beloved dreadlocks off and have decided to allow my hair to grow naturally (and not locked) so I need plenty of help in keeping my hair healthy and happy.  I am glad to be surrounded by women who obviously know what they are talking about as evidenced by the beautiful healthy hair I see here!

Hi and welcome  :).

Debr

Greetings, Chayah. What a lovely name.  :)

Nice to have you along. Wow, starting with just ½"? You are a brave woman!

This site has a wealth of information for growing your hair long and keeping it healthy, so feel free to poke around and familiarize yourself with everything. The long-haired ladies and lords here can likely answer any questions that you may have.

Best of luck and happy growing.

A fresh start!  You won't have to deal with the damaged ends that so many of us have from subjecting our hair to many damaging practices.  

Welcome and I hope we can help you grow out your hair to be extra lovely.

Welcome to longlocks!!

Hello and welcome, i to am in the same boat as you and have just hacked off the last off the dye i had, i now have almost 6 inches of hair all over in layers.

We are here for you through all your growing out trials, so please feel free to share with us.

Thank you all for the kind wishes and Angel for the compliment.  I hope to learn a lot here and more importantly learn patience in this process.  Rainbow - you do have a head start on me, but not by a whole lot.  Have you thought about what styles you might transition into while it is still layered and short or are you just going to let it grow and leave it alone?  I have an additional issue - I am soon going back into the air force so I can not let it pass my collar - so I either have to keep cutting the bottom layers until the top/sides are long enough to put back in a bun/ponytail OR look a little funny with the bottom layers in a ponytail while the top sides are sticking out.  I would appreciate your plans and thoughts (or anyone else's who has gone from ultra short to long) about what to do and how to do it.


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Chayah wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 9:58am:

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Thank you all for the kind wishes and Angel for the compliment.

hehe You're welcome.  ;)

Were it me, I would probably keep trimming until my hair was all at one length. This should look the least awkward and would probably be best while you have to keep your hair above collar level. When your hair is all one length, you should be able to pull it back or pin it up.

Welcome Chayah!

I definitely think keeping it trimmed maybe at chin length will be good until most of the layers are out.  Here is a picture I took on Feb 1, 2007 the day I cut my dreadlocks off.  Oh, so sad it is.

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Beautiful hair color!!!

Your hair looks very nice with your new cut.  Thanks for sharing your picture.

Your hair looks great!! A new start is your hair best friend!! At this length things are really easy!!

Personally i am just going to let mine grow with a trim of about 1.5 inches per year to keep it healthier than ever