Why Do We Do Length Checks?

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The other day a relaxed friend asked me why so many natural girls have videos profiling length-checks. She had watched a number of videos where people are either straightening their hair with heat or stretching the wet or dry hair to its maximum length...I think that the answer is fairly straight forward.  We want to see how much our hair has grown, we want to see how long other people's hair has grown and we want to learn how it's been done.

Although I am generalizing and possibly oversimplifying things, we've been taught that hair is important and that long hair is best. With hair that is naturally curly, kinky, wavy, nappy, or highly textured, at various times it is difficult to determine a) if our hair has grown, and b) if so, how much. We hope that we are doing everything that we need to do to make our hair grow the approximately 1/2 inch a month that we've been told that it can grow. When we do the length checks we can track whether we've been successful in reaching our growth goals, and whether we've treated our hair well enough to retain that growth. Watching videos of those with similar hair patterns growing their hair to lengths that seem unimaginable, is plain old inspirational.

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Those that have already achieved their length goals, or are well on their way of achieving them, may have helpful recipes or words of advice about care and maintenance for those facing the same challenges. Sometimes people make these videos are testimonials showing that XYZ's regimen is effective. In any event, while not everyone has knee-length, butt length, or mid-back length hair as their goal, I think that most naturals want to know that they CAN grow a healthy head of hair to whatever length they choose - if they choose.   

Do you have a series of length check videos? Who has served as your hair inspiration?

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Write by: Unknown - Tuesday, August 30, 2011