The longer my hair gets, less is definitely more. I'm very gentle with my hair and keep it in protective styles most of the time particularly since my goal is to gain as much length as possible. I also keep my hair moisturized and eleminated heat styling from my routine over three years ago. I did recently press it for the for the first time a couple of months ago so that I could get a precision cut. I won't be doing that anytime soon cause I find that heat is a very unhealthy option for my hair.