The End of My Gina Curl Journey (& Why) 

Thank you for being honest. I had Gina Curl for years. It started out wonderfully and I took GREAT care of my hair! Upfront they warn you about "shedding" but your hair falls out!! Those clumps in the shower are way more than "100" hairs a day!! I'm healthy, I go to the gym 4 times a week, i juice regularly, drink lots of water and I don't eat processed food. So it was not my health. All the women with multiple Gina Curls hair starts to look thin around 3rd/4th retouch. I wish community would just come out and be honest about it, instead of blaming each other or ourselves. It makes no sense that women who pain stakingly took care of their hair for years, through perms and transitions and full on natural hair "suddenly" don't know how to take care of their hair when it comes to a "Gina Curl"?! Miss me with that!!

Thank you for all of these Gina curl videos. You’re the only one who’s shown what it looks like years later!

I got a Gina Curl from Hair’s Talent. They over-processed my hair too. After 1 month of my first gina curl my hair was breaking off really bad. I followed all of gina’s rules but my hair is damaged beyond repair. Time to big chop for me

It seems the issue with these curly perms comes when you go for the retouches. Unlike relaxers, that "smoothing/booster/curling" chemical is being applied to entire strand of hair over rollers rather than just the new growth. If someone could come up with a way to ONLY process the new growth, this process would be sustainable. I know that's probably impossible due to the use of rollers, but... yeah. ☹ I don't think the issue is with the chemical itself, but the repeated application over time to hair that has already been processed. This is why all of these comments are saying things were fine for months and then it started to look worse and worse. That hair (aside from new growth at the root) had been wrapped around a roller and processed a BUNCH of times 😢

Thank you for your honesty and transparency! This has helped me make my decision!

Sweetheart I have had many Queens hit me up about the same issues you were having, The biggest problem is Gina curl does not carry products to maintain the curl. You need a mist and finishing lotion to hydrate your curls daily or every wo days, If not the hair will start shedding and thinning out. At that point when you first saw the shedding you could have use the Wave Nouveau Mist and Finishing lotion and it would have stopped it almost immediately. at this point you hair is very weak and need to be cut and you will see a big difference. It will allow your hair to come back in full and healthy. use the Wave Nouveau products and you will see a difference. Good luck sweetheart, you can always hit the old girl up!💕

I’m sorry to hear about the breakage. I’ve been considering Gina curl for a long time and it seems like most of the people I follow are getting away from it for one reason or the other. I’m glad you’re moving forward with a positive attitude. Have fun with your new hair journey. I think whatever you choose to do with the channel will be fun and exciting. Do a little of everything until you find something that you love.

This same thing happened to me. My hair broke off in the same spot :( I decided to grow mine out. Made me really sad. It was so nice awhile it latest.

I experienced this with my Japanese straightening. I was permed for a couple years. I did do deep conditioning and baby my hair. My hair is fine and I also believe that the breakage and thinning is due to the reapplication process. It’s just to much to deal with. I wanted something that was easier to deal with. I decided to go back natural. Be careful with braiding your hair up with permed ends. I experienced some serious matting.

I watched this entire series.. I think it went downhill when you went for the 3rd touch up. I think they may have over processed for sure hun. Thank you so much for sharing your journey. You are absolutely beautiful being inside and out 🥰❣✌🏼

I am so glad you put out this video about ending the Gina Curl journey because I don't see a lot of girl talking about it. I was having very similar experiences with breakage and excess shedding. I did everything that was provided in the aftercare and it still didn't work. I ended my Gina Curl journey after the 5th and final one in Oct 2022. After the 4th perm the curls did not set properly so my hair was kind of straightish and by month 4 and 5 it was breaking and matting like crazy. I did the 5th one with tighter curls (yellow rods) and on the 2nd to 3rd wash, there was huge chunks of matting within the first month!! I'm like, I'm DONE! Right now loving my strong natural and versatile hair that's growing in.

I once had my 4 years long virgin hair destroyed to jhury curl🥺I think all the curly perms are the same. In the beginning, your hair will look very beautiful, admired by all but however, your hair stops growing afterwards and keeps breaking no matter how you treat and moisturize it. Thanks for being honest gurl

This seems to be a trend with these Gina curls. I seen a lot of videos where the hair looks great until the around the 4th one something goes wrong and the hair starts to thin and break off.

Hey girl! I’m so sorry that happened to u! I’m in the same spot with my straight variation.. it’s breaking, and thinning so I’m growing my natural hair out and cutting an inch or 2 every 3 months.. totally feel the frustration and definitely regret it but it is what it is! Here’s to our healthy hair journey!

Thank you so much for being honest🙏🏾 I’ve been going back and forth considering a Gina curl for the longest. It’s so nice to get an honest review about it! 💜

I had a texturizer last year, it looked amazing for a few months. I have crazy breakage in the nape area too, it started breaking like crazy after 9 months. I don't recommend anyone to getting this, except if you have unprocessed and very thick hair. The only good thing is that because you apply so much water / moisturizer, your hair still grows pretty fast.

I think the wavy look was where the stylist made a mistake and maybe caused damage. But that’s the problem with getting chemical treatments - it’s not predictable. I really liked your Ginacurl and have been on the fence forever about it but I think this sealed the deal for me. 😢 welcome to team natural- good luck on your journey 😀

So im about to be in my 4th curl session. I noticed in the previous video you changed up your leave in conditioner to something lighter. And you used to use the thick honey. Quick story, when i fiiirst got the gina curl, i experienced significant breakage around the perimeter of my head. i kneeew my hair wasnt being moisturized enough at all. I was strictly using only gina curl products (shampoo, conditioner, and curl cream). So after my first session, i watched ur videos and switched to what u were using (shea moisture shampoo and cond, and i used the thick honey u used, and i used the honey comb curl whip). After that, i didnt experience breakage like that again. In my opinion, if ur hair was dryer than normal aand u went to atlanta, the lady may have done something wrong….. I hate that this has happened to your haiir. And i literally would keep up with ur gina hair vids..no one else had consistent ones. So I’ll definitely miss it. You’re a beauty btw

Did you get a chance to speak to your stylist that performed the Gina Curl, what did she say happened? Do you think she applied it wrong?

I also had a Gina Curl. The first one was really good but started breaking around the 4 month mark. I went back for 2 retouches before it all started breaking off. I did a big chop and now I’m wearing braids.

Thank you for the update! I have hair like yours before your Gina curl and was highly considering it. But now I’m not so sure because it’s such a huge investment and I would need it to be long term. Thank you for being honest. Would you recommend others get the Gina Curl considering your hair journey?

I went to see your previous Gina curls video and the third one might have caused too much damages, I hope the hairstylist apologised at the very least. I’ve done my first Ginacurl almost a year ago and I think once a year is perfect to me. I’m kind of scared to come to the same conclusion in 3 years but after experiencing a disastrous wave nouveau that destroyed ALL of my hair in less than a year the Ginacurl (rightly done) would still be the best option. You look gorgeous btw

I've been trying to decide between this and the texture release by Avlon which is not a chemical. With the texture release you can still straighten your hair.

I already knew the breakage word was coming

Yeahhhhh with my hair already being high porosity it’s a dub

Never knew there was Gina-curl

So with the Gina Curl you can’t straighten your hair at all?

Thanks for the info!

These chemicals. Have to be rinsed profusely with each step of the process every time U get it processed I have been a stylist for 30 + years ask me anything

This appears to be a modern day curl or curly perm. I recall many African Americans that said that their hair grew with the curl but if you do not continue to get the curl it will break off very badly. You literally have to cut the curl out of your hair or continue to get regular curly perms!

That’s so sad.😢sorry to hear

The Gina curl is literally an unfinished product. She doesn’t even neutralize the hair after using the treatment on people. That leads to damage that cannot be repaired and will need to be cut off unfortunately so you can start over with new hair. Gina curl is eventually going to get sued cause that lady doesn’t even know the science of hair. She doesn’t even know what makes hair curly. What bonds create curly hair and what you are doing to the hair’s bonds when you chemically treat it. Perms don’t necessarily mean you’re going to get damage. I’ve had relaxers all my life up until the last 5-6 years and I can say I’ve had more damage from leaving my hair natural. I’ve grown my hair out super long both ways though. But I had more set backs from natural hair practices. Relaxers/perms require a neutralizer. Without a neutralizer your hair will gradually break off and it won’t stop until you cut that hair off and start over with new hair. I hope everything goes well for you 🙏🏽

I believe a Gina Curl Retouch should always be done once a year instead of every 3, or 6 months.

You are too cute to be wearing this old lady perm anyway *take hair vitamins or prenatal vitamins and it will grow back faster.best of luck *pheonix area❤