Stretching Method

No, this has nothing to do with exercise although I do feel a little tense. Anyway I came across an article on my favorite natural hair sites youtube.com. Yes Youtube, Blackonyx 77 did a video on stretching your natural hair using ouchless hair bands without  the use of any heat! Isn't that exciting!?  It was for me  because I have acquired some heat damage from not only straigthening my hair but also blowdrying it. It's a sad thing when heat damage plays apart because you can feel like you're transitioning all over again(smh). After watching the video I got up and ran to Walmart, bought the whole section of ouchless scrunchies and went to work! I slept with the bands in overnight. However, the next morning I had to go to work and had to take them out and of course my hair was still damp, so I braided each section and put it a ponytail so it could continue to dry. After keeping the braids in for two days I finally took them out and I must admite like this method way better than using heat to stretch. I am definitely an advocate to finding alternatives from using heat so kudos to Blackonyx 77 for educating me on this method.

Before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QMv1g1-FR0

Sn: I could not find a picture of the end result. But I will keep looking, sorry.