Hi, my name is Katrina and I just recently cut my damaged hair off. I had a perm and I didn't take care of it like I should've and the results were pretty bad. My hair was just utterly damaged so I cut it off so I could start over. Now my question is, how do I restore it? Should I put it braids, should I keep it natural? What do I do? Are there any products anyone uses that promotes strong, long, and healthy hair. And fast? Also, if I'm going to keep it natural I really don't know how to style it. Is there anyway I can get my hair to look like this
without using chemicals.
Or, what would I do if I wanted my hair to look like this? Would that happen naturally?
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Sorry if these are stupid questions, I just don't know anything about hair and would really like to grow my hair to the length it was before I ruined it. Any tips and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I've been told that African American's shouldn't wash they're hair every day because it strips us of the natural oil and minerals in our hair. So often am I suppose to wash my hair. Like every week, or every two weeks?
This is what my hair looked like when I just kept it in braids.
My hair used to be.

Now it's this. How long do you think it will take to get back to what my hair used to be?