It’s My Hair and I’ll Relax It—Or Not—If I Want To

glamour.com:

By When I made the decision to finally give up hair relaxer, I was sitting in my bathroom, teary-eyed over a difficult breakup.

I was in college and my hair had been chemically altered since I was four years old. I had never seen my natural hair as it grew from my head and felt like that was an issue.

The burning desire to get back to myself (and forget about him) ignited the flame of courage to finally start the transition.

For me, going natural was a way to get back in touch with myself.I decided to transition, which is the process of letting my natural hair grow out to a length I felt comfortable with, while keeping the permed ends and cutting off when ready.