Given that this is a personal hair blog, and today happens to be Thursday. I thought I’d share miniTBG from waaayy back in 4th grade.
Young TBG had very damaged hair. My mom gave me a “Super Perm” at the tender age of 8 years old, and most of my hair fell out. Three years later she would attempt again and it took the rest out.
This photo is also evidence of a burgeoning otaku, the early signs of a future cosplaying, track running, blog posting, culture-o-phile oddball.
If I happen to have some readers from outside of the States, I’ll breifly explain the African American system of relaxers/perms:
- Relaxer – straightens your natural hair more info here: https://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/transitioning/hair-relaxers-what-you-should-know
- Texturizer – loosens the curl pattern of natural hair
- Perm – in the Black community, this is a synonym for relaxer. I have come to learn that outside of the Black Community, this process actually curls your hair.
There’s tons more that goes into all of this, but I’ll save it for my future dissertation in grad school lol.
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–TBG
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