I'm 15, Black—I'm also of Korean decent, but my African ancestry outweighs my Asian decent by more than two-fourths—and I've been getting my hair permed/relaxed for years. I heard that perms will eventually break out the hair, and I want to stop getting perms, to go "natural", but I don't know what to do. I hate afros and dreds and, although don't mind getting braids or cornrows, I like my hair to be kind of straight, but I don't know how to keep my hair basically straight without perms. My parents say my hair will be really nappy without perms, and this kind of worries me. Will my hair become unmanageable? Also, I've read that heating appliances—such as blow dryers, curling irons, flat irons, etc.—will break out hair, too. Is this true? If so, how can I do my hair in the morning without using heating appliances to it so much when I don't have braids and have a little over 15 minutes to do it before school? What are the advantages and disadvantages of "going natural"? By the way, my hair stops an inch or two above my shoulders and is a bit thick, but not very.
2007-01-09
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