I've had my cornrows in for a month. I've been co-washing with them in and finally took them out today. I gently combed and saw sooo much shed hair. Lots of little broken hairs too. I know it was all new growth because they curls were tiny and crescent shaped. I combed out as much shed hair as possible. I then deep conditioned with Oganic Root stimulator mayo with caster oil liberally applied to the middle of my hair. I left that in for about 6 hours. After that, I stood under the shower and gently combed out more shed hair. I then applied Aphogee 2min reconstructor. I left that on for about 10-15 mins, while I twisted my hair into about 20 chunks. I then rinsed that out in the shower. My hair felt much better and stronger. I towel dried. After about an hour, the relaxed part of my hair was almost dry. I know I need to do a porosity treatment, but couldn't be bothered as the whole wash and condition took almost an hour. I applied some JBCO and after my hair was dry I straightened. I have 4 inches of hair. I suppose it did grow. It's weird how my hair grows. It's almost like I gain an inch in 2 weeks and then nothing for a good 2 months. Maybe that old adage, a watched pot never boils applies to me...
Anyway, I've got til December to see where I end up. I've continued with biotin and have upped my intake and I'm using my MN, MT, JBCO and Peppermint. I'll check again next month to see where I am.
