Natural Hair vs. Press(Relax) Hair

I was thinking about how happy that I decided to go natural and stop the heat abuse on my hair. If you read my story you know how I came to be natural and my journey still continues. So I was thinking of pro and cons when it comes to natural vs press(relax) hair.

Natural

Pros:

1. versatile (my hair can get so many different curl patterns; wavy,coils, crinkles,and very tight coils).
2. less shedding,and breakage,
3. no more running from the rain,
4. no more trips to expensive beauty shops
5. little products, no expensive appliances(curling iron got my own curls, flat irons, pressing combs)
6. wear my styles for long period of time
7. wet my hair anytime no worrying about it reverting
8. no smell of burnt hair,
9. no more burning scalp
10. 100+ styles
11. looks nice no matter how uneven my parts are
12. it is so fun to explore and learn,
13. I'm thinking outside the box with my hair
14. easy to manage despite myths
15. protective styles
16. let hair rest
17. scalp is healthy
18. get many compliments
19. I can stretch my hair to show length if I wanted too
20. Freedom
21. Cool scalp

Cons:

1. hmmmmmmmmm... shrinkage I had to put one

Press(relax hair)

Pros:

1. show length(That is all I got)

Cons:

seriously so many

1. heat damage
2. scalp damage
3. breakage
4. thinning hair
5. loss of natural curl pattern
6. burning scalp
7. loss of protein in hair
8. not versatile
9. expensive(weekly trips to beauty shop)
10. to much up keep
11. to many products
12. Cant get hair wet when wont to refresh
13. not able to deep condition hair on a weekly basis
14. no protective styles
15. no different styles that you can switch easily
16. not thinking outside the box
17. massive split ends
18. breakage
19. long time damage
20. If you have a perm it my be permanent
21. thinnign edges
22. having to do same routine every two weeks boring!!