I'M A COUNTRY GIRL WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING MY HAIR AND MY SKIN AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE. AFTER I GOT CANCER AND STARTED CHEMO I LOST MY ONE AND ONLY TRUE BEAUTIFUL THING THAT I FELT I HAD AND THAT WAS MY HAIR WELL AFTER 3 YEARS THE CHEMO DIDN'T WORK AND MY HAIR STARTED GROWING BACK MY MOM TOLD MEE THAT THE REASON I HAD SUCH BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY HAIR WAS BECAUSE I LOVED TO EAT CRISCO SHORTING OUT OF THE CAN AND BISCUIT DOE I KNOW IT PROBABLY SOUNDS WEIRD TO EVERYONE BUT I LOVED IT. MY MOTHER WAS A BEAUTICIAN AND EVERYONE THAT KNEW ME WOULD GO TO HER AND SAY THEY WANTED THERE HAIR TO BE JUST LIKE MINE AFTER MY MOM EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT IT TOOK YRS AND YRS OF TRAINING AND GROOMING MY HAIR TO LOOK AND BE AS HEALTHY AS IT WAS DID THEY START TO UNDERSTAND. WHEN I LOST MY HAIR IT WAS NATURALLY CURLY AND IT WAS DOWN TO MY WAIST AND WHEN IT STARTED GROWING BACK IT CAME BACK STRAIGHT BUT JUST AS THINK AND HEALTHY AS BEFORE. WELL MY MOM DIED 2 YRS AGO AND SHE MADE ME PROMISE HER I WOULD NEVER CUT IT SO AS I PROMISED I NEVER HAVE ALL BUT TRIMMING THE ENDS AND NOW WHEN I SAT DOWN I SIT ON IT. SINCE THE CHEMO DIDN'T WORK AND 5 AND A HALF YRS AGO THEY GAVE ME 8 YRS TO LIVE THEY HAVE ASKED ME TO TRY THE CHEMO AGAIN AND I WON'T CAUSE IT ALMOST KILLED ME THE FIRST TIME I WENT FROM 145 TO 110 POUNDS I STARTED GETTING MAJOR SKIN PROBLEMS AND STAYED EXTREMELY SICK TO THE POINT OF BEING IN THE HOSPITAL ALL THE TIME AND OF COURSE MY HAIR LOSS THAT I WILL NEVER TAKE CHEMO AGAIN TO ME IT'S JUST A POSION THAT KILLS YOU QUICKER AND BESIDES GOD IS THE ONLY ONE YOU KNOWS WHEN YOU WILL DIE AND OVER THE YRS WHEN OTHERS ASK ME ABOUT MY MEDICAL CONDITION I JUST SAY I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW THANKS TOTAL BEAUTY AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO READS THIS FOR LISTENING   GOD BLESS YOU ALL.......   JULIE