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Why, hello bald spot

6/14/2016

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I had joined the natural hair crusade.  I was on the bandwagon and commiserating with others on the same journey about the struggle to maintain two completely different hair textures--relaxed and natural.  I was hanging in there with all the other natural-hair transitioners whose videos I'd watched on YouTube.  With them, I counted steadily:  six months relaxer-free, eight months relaxer-free, and so on.  I was down with the cause!  And then, one day, I wasn't.   My conviction was as pliant as a weft of the finest Indian Remy.

I became frustrated with my coarse, unwieldy hair.  I had an important event coming up (okay, fine, it was Beyoncé's The Formation Tour) and wanted to look my best, but I couldn't get an immediate appointment with my hairstylist.  So I called a different stylist who, as it turned out, could get me a relaxer that very same day.  A relaxer!  Soon, my fingers would be sliding though silky strands once more.  All of my convictions about harsh chemicals, burned scalp, and embracing my natural hair went out the same window as my two-strand twist jelly as visions of bouncy tresses swirled through my head.

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I did it.  I got a relaxer.  My hair was far shorter than I thought it would be after nine months of new growth from transitioning, but hey, at least it was shiny and straight.  I sat in my car and admired myself.  And then I drove home.  I went into the bathroom, picked up a hand mirror, and then I saw it.  There, on top of my head, was an unmistakable bald spot...

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