Welcome to the board. You seem to have plenty of potential. Getting past 3 weeks or so should get you past the itchy stage. Jojoba oil helped me a lot, though these days I'm mostly using leave-in conditioner. It's mostly a matter of keeping the skin happy and the hair soft.

Cool tag name, too. Are you into electronic music? Chicane is one of my favorites. Some of my best memories from my club days have Chicane as the soundtrack! OK, technically not memories, more like moments of euphoric recall…