Comments on: Hair Healing for All the Little Tianas. https://thyblackman.com/2013/09/12/hair-healing-for-all-the-little-tianas/ Black News 24/7 Online for the Black Community. Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:13:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: naturally https://thyblackman.com/2013/09/12/hair-healing-for-all-the-little-tianas/comment-page-1/#comment-77077 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:13:13 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=43838#comment-77077 At 35 years old, I made a healthy change that I had been contemplating for over 18 years. I committed the big chop, and two months later I installed micro braids, wore them for 7 months. When I removed the micro braids, I went straight into micro inter-locs. Eventhough I wanted to be natural for the longest, I feared the backlash from my co-teachers and principal. One Saturday afternoon, after washing my hair, I looked in the mirror to see my naked scalp smiling back at me. I was rocked to the core. I called my nine year old over to verify what I just saw. It was true. I had permed all of my hair right off of my hair. of course, that was not my objective. I simply wanted to straighten my new growth so that I can attach a fake bun onto my hair, slick it down and look as conservative/acceptable as possible. That practice didn’t make me happy, and I definetly didn’t feel free, or empowered. Straightening my hair only made me feel oppressed and like a wanna be. I am not an extremist, but I know right from wrong.
Almost two years later, I am so happy with my micro locs. I spark conversation about natural hair care with strangers where ever I go. Even my boss is natural and inquisitive about my locs. My students cheer me on, some think that Im a radical, others think that Im just like their parents. I welcome it all. Now it is my mission to not change other black women, but at least make them recognize the serious health risk associated with chemically straightening their hair.

I know that we have become accustomed to straight hair, heck, I flat iron my locs from time to time. But a perm or a relaxer, not again in this lifetime.

]]> By: Kimerlylocs https://thyblackman.com/2013/09/12/hair-healing-for-all-the-little-tianas/comment-page-1/#comment-57220 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:57:56 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=43838#comment-57220 I converted to locs 12 years ago due to the continued assualt which my hair would break off, braided way too tight, and hit in the head with hot combs for not sitting still while the grease popped on my scalp. I have also been the weave route it felt like a hat on top of my head; poney tail the pins eventually put a hole in my scalp. I tried to wear it natural and was taunted. Now today as a 57-year-old female, people still say I wonder what you would like with straight hair. My new response is going to be what would you look like with my hair? Learning how to love myself and be prou.

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