How to Stretch Natural Hair Without Heat: 6 Different Ways

There are several different ways to stretch hair without heat! I'm going to do a little pro and cons list of each! Let the games begin!
1. Cornrows
Pros -

• Each hair gets stretched out almost all of the way (when I do it, I detangle and braid, next day brush out with denman)
• Could be a style (won't be leaving the house looking crazy)
• Yield a great braid out 

Cons -

• Can be difficult to learn
• Rows should be relatively neat or else it will not come out right
• Time will vary due to skill level

2. Banding - you take sections of hair and use hair bands down the hair in order to stretch it. Check out this video I found on youtube by Classcie -->

Pros -

• The result after you remove the bands is gorgeous
• Stretched hair with some texture
• Each hair strand gets stretched out most of the way. 

Cons -

• I wouldn't leave the house with them in 
• Need a lot of hair bands -___-
• Feels kinda weird sleeping but not too unbearable 
• Shorter hair requires more sections which take longer

3. Plaits/ Braids: This method would be braiding hair into individual braids not attached to the scalp like cornrows

Pros - 

• Braidouts 
• Easy to clip ends while hair is in them
• Can be worn outside

Cons - 

• Take a while to do
• Takes a while to take out
• Less stretched than previous methods

4. Bun Out - Put hair into bun and let it air dry

Pros -

• Can leave hair with texture but still stretched
• Really simple and fast
• Can be worn outside

Cons-

• Hard for those with shorter hair
• May take a while to dry
• Some have reported breakage from this method

5. Twists/ flat twists -

Pro - 

• Fast
• Easy to do
• Can result in pretty style
• Can be worn out of the home

Cons - 

• Individual twists not very good at actually stretching the hair unless the hair is already dry/ pre-stretched. 

6. African threading - I have not done this and I do not know too much about it. Here is a video that I found on YouTube by br0nzeqt  though