Teasa Ezeh had perm ends, and now she has mature healthy sisterlocks now. To see some pictures of how perm ends look on sisterlocks, click here.

How long have you been sisterlocked?

Since September 2003

Most people start off sisterlocks with their natural hair, not many do it with permed. What made you decide to start your sisterlocks with permed ends?

The original plan was not to have perm end, I was trying to find a Loctician, during my initial consultation, to attach fake locks since I didn't want to have short hair. "Perm ends" end up being the only true alternative to not having short hair. It was so hard in the beginning to grow out enough hair for installation. I went from roller wraps, to having to wear French braids for 2 months, just to grow out enough new growth to lock.

Do you feel your journey has been greatly different due to the fact that you started off with permed ends?

Yes! Made me appreciate natural hair after never seeing it since the age of 7! I was 27 when I was sisterlocked! After just a month or so of being natural, the appearance of fine, cold black, strong, curly hair started to come in, and boy did I begin to hate the appearance of the stringy and cumbersome to care for permed ends.

Did you cut off your perm ends? If yes, when did you decided to cut off your permed ends and why?

I started to hate having to roll my perms ends or use curling iron to straighten it, so I started tucking it and wrapping it up into the lock in order to hide it after a while. It was too funny! I secretly began to chop them off between appointments (like she couldn't tell, lol), and after one year, the official cutting of the permed ends ceremony took place at a retightening appointment. I could not have been happier! I loved my bouncy cutie pie coils!

Knowing what you know now, would you start your sisterlocks with the permed ends again?

Sure would, going from permy, I needed to experience the opportunity of learning to value my natural hair, because I never valued it before. I hid it under my straightened fakeness, and I had to grow in order to know that my hair in its natural state was fine, interesting and beautiful, desirable and what a statement!

Have there been any weird questions or events while being sisterlocks?

Yes, that the corporate world would shun it, told this by other blacks. And I get asked all the time about how much of the hair is really my own! People ask how do I clean it, and lots of folks wanna touch it! Or just stare!

What would you like to inform others about being sisterlocks (especially with permed ends)?

Like all growth in life, it's a process, especially to go from straight to natural. Enjoy it, style it, play with it and have fun!

Picture of her with her corn rolls & perm below.