Black Hair Stories
| Every one is entitled to at least one hair disaster in their lifetime. It's just life. As human beings in search of who we are life teaches us lessons so we can become the person we need to be.
These are hair stories that users generously shared. At the heart of every story lies the theme "What did your hair teach you", so we can all relate and learn from their experience. If you want to your story, please email us. We'll be happy to hear from you.
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Ms-gg's Hair Story
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I went natural in September 2006. The main reason I went natural was because I liked the look of natural hair, and I was tired of my hair breaking off from relaxers and hair coloring.
Rhapsody-in-blueAngela's Hair Story
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I went natural in 2007 at the request of my boyfriend at the time and in efforts to save money and stop damaging my
hair. I transitioned by letting my hair grow out and cutting the perm off an inch or two at a time.
Dionne's Hair Story
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My last relaxer was in February 2005. I transitioned for a year and BC’d in February of 2006. I’ve never looked back or regretted my decision. I decided to go natural mainly because I wanted to see if my hair would grow longer and be healthier while natural as opposed to being relaxed.
Mareesa's Hair Story.
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The end of my sophomore year I went home for the summer to get a touch-up and my hair dresser suggested I’d chop off the remainder of my perm. I only had a few minutes to ponder then she began chopping every little bit that I had leaving about 2 inches of new growth.
Sarah's Hair Story
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I have always admire natural hair yet my up bring was relaxed/chemically treated hair was the only way. Now that I am natural I love my hair and will NEVER relax.
Good Hair was All She Wanted
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From all the sad and painful stories I've received over the many years since I've been doing this, Isabella's is the most heart wrenching one. Her courage to take off her wig and share her story inspired me to start this section and open up this sensitive topic of damage. In all my life I haven't seen anything like this and up until today even Isabella wonders if she is the only one this happened to. Her book will be out soon, until then here is a synopsis.
Nina's dream
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As a model, I dream not only to be on the runway or on the cover of a magazine wearing designer clothes. I hope to inspire, motivate and encourage people from all walks of life to embrace their natural gifts and be confident enough to walk head on with life’s challenges.
Redefining me
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After a barrage of soul searching questions, I decided to take the bull by the horn and redefine me. It was time to ‘fix’ my self- identity, this time not according to anyone else’s evaluation of me, but according to my own personal convictions, desires and ambitions. What I needed was a Make-under! I took out my 18 inch hair extensions, and .....
Christine's Hair story
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Christine decided to leave behind those damaging hair relaxers since 2008. Now, she enjoys a classic puff hairstyle as her favorite.
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Samara's Hair Story
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The best part of my journey was learning how to maintain my natural hair. It was like my birthday every time I'd order some natural hair products, because I was so eager to try them out and see how my hair would respond to them.
