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I started on the relaxed path too at about 11 because, like I just could not manage the thickness and length of my hair (ask me now, and thickness is what I love about my hair now). But my hair is coarse while my scalp was SENSITIVE which meant burns and damage. It was a war I fought many times. from relaxed to natural to wave nouveau (my tragic secret ) back to cream again.

I need to also add that I have trichotillomania (means I pull my hair the way some people bite their fingernails). Before I realized what was going on I +d have bald patches in my head. Lawd god!!
I finally went natural in June 2001 and I have not looked back since. I+ve done red, gold, blonde, burgundy, a veritable cornucopia of color. Now I am back to black (with a smattering of gray, that+s why I+m growing it so I can still look young and sesss-ky ).

I guess it comes down to my own maturity. Struggling with it in the morning ain+t the hassle it once once and what I hated about my hair (kinky bad!) is now what I love (kinky good!!). It+s part of what makes me, Kiqi (pronounced kee-kee), so there