My Hair.

I took my braids out almost two weeks ago and I miss them more then I thought I would. It's just hair! Fake hair at that. But they were so easy and so lovely. It didn't matter what I did to them because they always looked good - save for the time Erik told me I resembled John Travolta in Battlefield Earth.

I can honestly say that more hair came out than I expected. More of my own hair, that is. Everyone says that always happens, but I was expecting a lot of hair to come out. Some of my braids were made up of 99% synthetic hair and 1% real hair. And in those instances I lost 99% of the 1% I had to lose. Some braids were actually formed around 3 strands of hair!! I don't know how they did it, but I loved it!

Before

I took them out because a. I've started my practicum in the hospital and b. it looked like I had dandruff or something because my hair was falling out of my scalp, but the braids were holding it in place, and you know the little part that inserts into our head?? That looked like dandruff from afar - especially when there were hundreds of them.

After

It took me three days to take them all out and I worked pretty consistently on those days. Erik got his hands in there for me too. You can imagine how amazing it felt to finally run my hands through my hair again! My head feels so light and I feel bald... And my hair is flat again... and it gets greasy so fast! I guess I'll just have to go to Africa again.