Like many naturals, the puff is a go to style.  When I had a TWA, I couldn’t wait until I did my first puff.  It reminded me of a crown, and I was a natural queen.  It was the style that I went to when a twist-out didn’t work.  I pulled my curls into a puff when I wanted to look cute.    I rocked a puff more often than twist-outs.

Well, after all of those puffs my poor little edges have suffered.  I tried to tell myself that if I used castor oil on my edges daily I could still keep my edges.  Well, that was a big lie.  I don’t know why I even tried to use that false logic on myself.  I’m a sane person.

I cannot suffer from the downside of puffs any longer.  One of the reasons that I went natural was to not only keep my scalp, but my edges as well.  With that said, I have to give up my wonderful and cute puff so that I can nurse my edges.  I have to really look into my protein to moisture balance.  I need to spend more time in protective styles (a topic pondered before).  I need to twist my hair more, and massage my edges at least every night.  I can make this turnaround.  I can look cute in other styles.