Small Setback

Ok so my last post was talking about how I miss my hair so I decided to take down my cornrows last night. They have been in for a few days shy of 2 weeks. They were extremely loose from all the co-washing and DCing so my braids felt like they were starting to matt and tangle. Last night I was tired and impatient which was probably a big mistake to touch my hair. Anyway, on one of the braids I was having some trouble removing the tiny elastic I secured the ends with...well after some poking and prodding with the tip of a rat tail comb and scissors, the elastic came out..........and so did about an inch of my hair SMH. Also, after detandling I found a small knot that was NOT budging...it felt extremely hard and nothing was working to loosen it. So I ended up cutting it:

 For reference, this is how long the rest of my hair is in that section:

What I learned: Don't touch my hair when I'm tired and impatient. I will continue protective styling for the summer paying attention to the areas that broke. But I probably won't be cornrowing under my halfwigs any time soon (although I did notice good length retention in the short time I had them in). Instead I'll just do regular braids/plaits under my halfwigs.