"Growing Graysfully” My Premature Gray Hair Growth Journey

Host: Lisa. E

EPISODE SUMMARY

This podcast is dedicated to celebrating the journey of black women to embrace their natural hair, with our host, Lisa. E, aka Natural Born Sistah,, who inspires black women to groom and confidently flaunt their natural hair. 

In this episode with Lisa E, a Natural Hair Enthusiast, she is talking about premature graying at a young age.  She talks about her issues with premature graying of her hair and the possible medical reasons for its early arrival. She is talking about her life experience in dealing with gray hair.   As Lisa emphasizes, the color of your hair shouldn't determine your beauty and style. Be creative because gray hair can be just as sexy as if it was dyed.  Don’t allow society to determine when you should be gray,  allow nature to take its course.

Lisa has been graying since in her twenties and has recently come out with her gray the same time she did with being natural.  She rather wear her hair the color it is, instead of taking chances with chemicals that can ruin her health. She will also share with you how important it is to know what you are putting in your hair/scalp when trying to reverse nature with chemicals.

 Key points from this episode include;

• [02:54] Meet Natural Born Sistah, Lisa E. 
• [02:54] Gray hair was a bad thing to encourage growth of.. 
• [03:00] Lisa noticed her first gray strand of hair.
• [03:45] Using rinses vs dyes to color the gray hair..
• [04:35] Searching for the answers of graying so young.
• [05:04] Lisa talks about the technical medical terms of graying prematurely.
• [10:22] Lisa's personal experiences with wearing her gray hair.
• [10:55] Lisa’s  first OUT natural gray style her hairdresser gave her.
• [12:23] Lisa’s favorite Starbucks order.
• [17:42] Going back to off black and black wigs.
• [18:15] COVID was a huge eye opener for Lisa.
• [22:18] Lisa’s Conspiracy theorist way of thinking left her with the unknown.

QUOTES

• "I thought wearing the gray hair would give the courage I needed to go natural"
• "COVID was a huge eye opener for me" 
• “I did not care much about appearances, I was sick”
• “This isn’t a hard journey for me to attain”
• “For me, it’s more about my health”
• “Create what you can, with what you have”
• “Are you wood, or are you human Sis”
• “Put health first before looks”

Connect with Lisa E.

IG - @naturally_lisalisa
FB – Lisa Smith

Connect with the Host

IG - @naturalbornsistah

IG - @kinkyinthekitchenpodcast

FB - @Natural Born Sistah

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Resource

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