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Hi Missy,
When I first started doing my daughter's hair myself she ended up wearing her hair in afro puffs every day and what I noticed is that her hair line seemed to be receding. I read up on it in the above mentioned books and I think it was because of the daily pulling of her hair into the same style like you said. But when I leave it in the same corn rows for a couple of weeks it gives her hair a chance to grow without being pulled tight daily into a style and now her hairline looks healthier.
I'm afraid to let her wear her hair in a fro because I don't want AA women to think I don't know how to do my baby's hair. I've heard comments before about that in Wal-Mart, etc. My husband loves her hair "down" and once I let her wear her hair like that to church. Also, because of its length its more work to do it the next time.
I know what you mean about us sounding funny with our hair stories, but I have to tell you. Someone told me to use the Blue Magic stuff you wrote about and then someone else told me it was horrible, don't use that. Same thing with the pink stuff. My AA (actually Cuban but her hair is black) girlfriend swore by the pink stuff but my hair dresser said it would weigh my baby's hair down.
Don't we sound like the blind leading the blind?
I appreciate any help I can get. I was scared to death to do my baby's hair myself and decided I would always go to a hairdresser at $25 a pop. But in December it was hard to get a hold of her, I never did get a hold of her, so I had to do Deborah's hair myself.
Anyways, you can offer suggestions any time, they are always welcome
Nanita
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