r/Naturalhair 9h ago

Selfie Taking down 6 week old twists

Does anyone else start paniking when taking down your hair because shrinkage always fools you and you realize you have so much hair? 🀣

These twists med size were put in on April 16th no hair added. I washed them every week or every two weeks w clarifying shampoo, moisture shampoo, conditioner. Used aphogee leave in spray and grease. Gave ends extra tlc with more leave in, grease every other day or three days.

I was in a good mood today and so took down my twists, using (a bit unhinged) but lotta body foam.

I've pictured the amount of hair collected from detangling (i'm sure there will be more on wash day). Of note, i lost more hair at the front as i got more impatient πŸ˜† esp with the smaller twists.

There was some matting at the root but the foam gave me enough slip to break up the point between old and new growth.

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u/Itchy_Army4008 5h ago

I'm always amazed how much hair is revealed once shrinkage releases! Your ends look super hydrated from all that TLC.

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u/Successful-Hair-8131 5h ago

And i absolutely love ✨️ shrinkage✨️ bc i'd be so hot and bothered with all this hair otherwise lmao πŸ™ˆ πŸ’— Thank you ✨️