
By the time December 2013 rolled around ( 7 months post relaxer), I was really feeling the shrinkage. When I began this journey, my hair was just past shoulder length, to about the top quarter of my shoulder blades. I didn’t measure with a tape measure so I can’t give you the exact length in inches, though you can get idea from the picture below (yes, I realize that I’m leaning forward, so add about 1/2 an inch to the back). After my blowout was essentially null and void, my hair seemed to be bobbing just below my chin. I knew…