6 months

6 months pictures.

Changes Everyone Can See

So I decided it wold be a good idea to show a few pictures of my hair changes to help people with a full visualization. I finally decided to use this Picasa program. I hopw you guys enjoy. I still have a few pictures to add to my space here. I've ben busy working on webpages so I haven't been here as often as i would like. I'll have to figure out a way to keep up with my personal spaces while I work on everybody elses.

I hope everyone had an Awesome Mother's Day!!

I Can See The Changes

I've been away for a minute because of some health issues. Several years ago I had corneal trnasplants. Yes, transplants with an (s). I've had issues with my left eye that the Drs have been correcting for years since. Lately my eye has decided to give me more issues. For a few days I have had extreme light sensitivity and pain. This means i've been in the dark for some time and i've had to use my shades indoors. But one of my Drs instructed me to use two of my on hand drops which has helped. Unfortunatly, since the drops have provided some relief this means I most likely have an infection. Not good considering the number of return trips to surgery i've had for this eye. I have an appointment with the Dr yet again. This will be about the 6th this year already. Anywho, i'm here to post pictures and let you see the changes my hair has gone through since my last post. Enjoy and please comment.

Compare to the last photos.

Then

Now.

This is what my hair looks like when I get up in the morning. Straight!! I am now trying to figure out some new things to do with my hair. I am planning a trip to have my hair looked at just to know how far along it has come. There are a few in the center of my head that I know have locked. This is the tightest patch of hair on my head. This is truly and interesting journey.

Something New Once Again

Since i'm a member of LIU I get to hear some pretty good stuff. People trying new things. Products that worked or didn't work for others. The comments of many different consultants and what is happening with others locks. When the subject of taking responsibility for maintaining your own locks popped on the board my eyes were wide open. It was suggested that because many were having difficulty in maintaining appointments during this time of economic hardship we should learn to maintain our own locks. I so agree with that. Fortunatly, Kalidewdrop (i'm sorry if I misspelled your name.) was kind enough to post two YouTube diy's that helped quite a few of us learn to help ourselves. That being said here are a few pictures of my attempt at self retightening.

I learned that in order to have as much scalp showing, as many do, the hairs would have to be gathered ever so close. This in turns gives me a headache. I decided to lessen the rotations, which in turn didn't show o much scalp, and also ddn't give me a headache afterwards. My hair is doing it's own thing now. There are a few that the texture have changed on and some are just hanging around being themselves.

I think I did pretty good. What do you think??

New photos

So as I speed pass month 3 and enter into month 4 I decided to show a few pictures of the things i've been doing with my hair for this past month. Tell Me what you think. It's been six weeks and i'm now due for my retightening. I have a few issues with showing my face in photos so if you happen to catch a glimpse of my face that's a prize photo. Be nice. These photos were taken with my picture phone. :)

This is day one.

The following show what my hair looks like now.

New Pictures!!

Here are the new pictures I promised:

If you view my other pictures you can see the difference between this retightening and my last. This is day four and my head still is tight. Definatly one less rotation. I have the hair bumps to prove it. Beauty is not painful!!!!

More Photos:
http://public.fotki.com/spjparker/

Time for a Retightening.

It's time for a hair fix. I'm do to get a retightening on the 7th. Unfortunatly the only funds I have left are to get my hair retightened. It will be the end of cash for me as I still don't have any money coming in. I could use the funds to pay my car note. Well at least a protion of it. But after paying $525 to have these locks put in I can't afford to not have the process continued. I have decided to switch consultants. I've found on that is closer to home and she comes highly recommended. This will save me a few dollars that I don't have. Somehow, someway funds will come for me to pay my bills.

I have some not so pretty pictures. I will be 2mths SL on the 8th and 9th. Some of the pictures are form my last retightening and then there are those from after my wash with the SL shampoo. I won't be using that again. It's just not for my already extremely dry scalp. I've tried the Seabreeze technique (worked for about 5mins). I eventually started using Benadryl spray to control the itch and burn. Anyway, enough about my trials here are some updated pictures.

I can officially say I have had the plucked chicken hairstyle. I don't ever want to see myself look like that again. It took several days for that to soften up. Okay, I know you can see the white dots in my hair. The dots are from the after effects of the shampoo. the last time I experienced something like this was when I had a perm. I have a very sensitive scalp. I have to pay close attention to whatever I put on my skin or all heck could break out on my body.

More Photos:

http://public.fotki.com/spjparker/