This is where my hair is now in March 2006. My hair is quite elastic and sometimes the growth is not as obvious. In between 2001 and 2006 I have refined my hair care products to make them better for my hair and also trimmed my hair by several inches to try and remove the damaged sections. The only products I use are a shampoo, hair oil, and hair conditioner that I make myself. My hair is thermally pressed. When I was growing up, one assumption that I always had about hair was that some people could grow long hair, and others couldn't. I always assumed I was in the second group. I figured that my hair would reach a certain length, and there it would stop. Even though I occassionally saw black people with long hair, I assumed it was a genetic thing and that my hair would never grow that long. But after working with my hair I have realized that it can grow. Hair growth is a product of two factors, technique and product. You need both to have decent hair growth, especially with kinky, coarse African American hair. Hair growth = (good hair products) + (good hair maintenance techniques)

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