Show your braids, count your bumps!

**Kerynna** · February 25th, 2009, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by ailin

This isn't me but mine looks very similar to that. 6, sometimes 7 bumps. I count my bumps almost every time I make a braid!

**Kristine** · February 25th, 2009, 09:00 AM

10 bumps. I could probably get 11 or 12, but then it would be very untidy. 40 is really amazing!

**JamieLeigh** · February 25th, 2009, 09:38 AM

I counted 14 bumps in this pic...but it's looser than one of my normal braids. The one I'm wearing now, actually, has 25 bumps...so you can imagine the difference that a tighter braid will make, as far as bump-counting. Sorry I don't have a pic of today's braid, to compare!!

**Heidi_234** · February 25th, 2009, 10:49 AM

Here's mine heh - wet, and messy, and desperate

I swear I zoomed in and counted all the little bumps in the end.

**Altocumulus** · February 25th, 2009, 10:53 AM

I think there are 14. I could have braided further, but I got tired.

I'm planning on maintaining at TB for a while to thicken my ends. I wonder whether my bump count will decrease!

**LutraLutra** · February 25th, 2009, 11:27 AM

I have no bumps, but it's great to see other peoples. Er, does that sound slightly, er, odd?

I can't wait until I can bump too.

**Cricket1** · February 25th, 2009, 01:03 PM

I don't have any bumps either

**Coriander** · February 25th, 2009, 01:23 PM

I counted 17 - the last bump is hidden on the bottom.

**Sidani** · February 25th, 2009, 01:44 PM

Thank you all for playing along! You're absolutely right, the bumps are meaningless and vary from person to person due to varying thicknesses. But, I do like to count them because it shows me my hair really is growing as I get more and more bumps. I braided mine until I couldn't braid any more. I wasn't looking for a tassel.

Here are my three different bump counting pictures, dated 042708, 092308 & my last one 022309 (I'm wearing the same black sweatshirt cardigan in each shot, the first image is in natural light, the second two are indoor flash) :

I love being able to see the differences in my pictures. I do not like seeing how much of my thickness I have lost, though. It seems to be coming back now *knock wood*. My circ was down to 3.5" and is now back up to 4".

I will be cutting back to somewhere between waist and hip sometime this year, so hopefully my thickness will gradually return as I continually trim.

There are some seriously beautiful braids here! I love seeing the differences in textures and color patterns. And for those of you who have no bumps yet, you have much to look forward to!

I just think this is fun! I love looking at all the different braids. How different the straight hair braids are from the curlies.

They're all so beautiful!

**karli** · February 25th, 2009, 01:45 PM

I tried to quote the part with thin hair-more bumbs, but couldn´t. This is me and my daughter, we both have
six bumbs. Hmm, why don´t I ever wear my hair
in a braid....