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Hi Slacker, thanks for the response - if I remember right, you were the one who recommended dreads or braids ( I think I am more partial to the braids). I don't have access to a picture - if it's absolutely necessary, I guess I could scrounge up something - it is possible to tell me what I can do without one? How long does my hair have to be to get braided - I think I still have a ways to go in order to get the length? With 6 years experience with your hair, which is about 5-and-a-half more than I have, you must have come across something cool! It sounds like you have the same hair-type as me.Do you know how much it is to get braids?
Thanks again! It is much appreciated!
Its gonna look "worse" au naturelle like you have it now. If your girlfriend thinks you are too old for braids then she must defintely think you are too old for the Big Mop style. Before you do anything you should decide which is the priority, your hair freedom or your somewhat controlling girlfriend. But don't ruin a great, loving relationship, if thats what you have, over hair. Anyways, people often can't accurately describe their hair texture so I like pictures. Sounds like its thick and at least wavy, if not curly. How dry and how frizzy is it?. Hair can be braided even as short as an Inch or so, it is often done on blacks. The longer it is, the easier it is, inch long hair might be hard to braid yourself. You may be "too old" for short braids.
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