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This week, I received the blessing of interviewing my Aunt T, who is an 83-year old Breast Cancer survivor. In 2005, she was hit with the shocking news that she had the terrible disease. T. could not believe that it happened to her. The older woman was faced with limited options, and she chose to have a double mastectomy. After surgery, T. underwent several rounds of chemotherapy treatments. Shortly after the treatments commenced, the older woman's hair began to fall out in patches. "My hair just started falling out... I couldn't believe it," she said. The frantic woman grabbed a plastic bag and began putting the plugs of hair into it. It's been 8 years since her surgery, and Aunt T. is still cancer free (Thank God). Her hair has also grown back. I asked her if she did anything special to promote hair growth; she said she did not.  It grew back on its own. Before losing her hair, T's hair was chin length. Now, she keeps it at a length that is less than...

I naturally have an uneven hairline, but the hair that was lost has grown back in. Picture taken August 2011 after removing micro braids. My edges were gone. I have noticed that many of you are interested in my posts about growing your edges back. In August of 2011, I had micro braids installed, and they pulled out all of my edges . The best advice that I can provide for growing your edges back is to leave your edges alone. Try styles that do not place stress on your hairline. Avoid things like headbands that will put stress on your hairline. Using headbands are fine sometimes, but you need to give your hairline a break. Sometimes, when I use the Banding Method, I will flat twist the hair around my hair line or pin the hair back. Also,you should moisturize and seal your edges. I have also had blessings with mini two-strand twists. They do not put much stress on my edges. If my edges have come out, I will usually do the no-tension-on-my-hairline method, and I see a diffe...

I should have posted this picture sooner. But, I wanted to show you guys how the micro braids pulled out my edges. They are thin and bald in some areas. Lesson learned... If I ever get extensions again, I will not get micro braids. I only kept the braids in for 3 weeks. You can imagine if I had left them in longer.