Pulling Relaxer To The Ends

[Livingmylifetothefullest]

I went to get my hair done today and the hair dresser wanted to pull my relaxer all the way to (or is it through) the ends. I still don't know much about perms but is this bad. My previous hair dresser never did this but this new one was telling me that it's best for my hair.

Oh, I ended up just getting my hair shampooed and decided to ask you ladies first before I go back.

 

[Pompous Blue]

Whew! You had me holding my breath thinking you let her do this. I'm happy you got by unscathed. It is so heart-wrenching for me to read about a stylist abusing someone's hair.

Great move on your part to find out the answer.

I'm natural now but when I was relaxed my stylist NEVER pulled relaxer to the ends. A disaster waiting to happen!

 

[~Sparklingflame~]

Is that a good idea?

Heck no!!!!

Im glad you asked OP!

 

[Tamster]

FOR WHAAT? UGH! Forget that stylist, pulling it to the ends so that you can have over processed hair? smh. Glad you got out, this thread could have been a "i got a relaxer and now my hair is.." thread.

 

[Relentless]

It is not wise choice. It is damaging to the hair and will weaken the hair shaft.

 

[neonbright]

No way do you need to pull the relaxer to the ends. The only time I seen relaxer put or pull to the end of someone hair was because they were going totally bone straight and was texlax. Stay away from that hairdresser.

 

[TamedTresses]

Good for you for opting to check on it before listening to the "professional". Your ends only need to be relaxed for virgin relaxer. Personally, I would find a new stylist, because she can be sneaky and still do it one day. Best to just avoid her altogether IMO.

 

[shunta]

I had my stylist do this recently because I had different textures from underprocessing my own hair, etc. So she did a comb-thru and she protected the previously relaxed hair before she did it and only left it in for a few mins. I hear of some people doing this about once a yr or so they can have one uniform texture. Makes rollersetting my hair so much easier now.

But again, I ONLY had her do this so the texture would be uniform.

 

[My Friend]

How many weeks post are you? How much ng do you have?

 

[ctosha]

I would not go back to her....RUN!

 

[Livingmylifetothefullest]

How many weeks post are you? How much ng do you have?

1) 8 weeks and 2) I'm not sure

 

[Tiye]

I had my stylist do this recently because I had different textures from underprocessing my own hair, etc. So she did a comb-thru and she protected the previously relaxed hair before she did it and only left it in for a few mins. I hear of some people doing this about once a yr or so they can have one uniform texture. Makes rollersetting my hair so much easier now.

But again, I ONLY had her do this so the texture would be uniform.

This is a good point and I think the question is what reason did the stylist give? Why did she say it was "best for OP's hair"? If OP has different textures - e.g. some straight, some underprocessed and the pull through is being offered as a one time corrective - then it may be okay if the stylist knows what s/he is doing. As a general practice however you don't want to pull through to the ends each time, because it will damage your hair if not the first time, in a few applications.

 

[TamedTresses]

This is a good point and I think the question is what reason did the stylist give? Why did she say it was "best for OP's hair"? If OP has different textures - e.g. some straight, some underprocessed and the pull through is being offered as a one time corrective - then it may be okay if the stylist knows what s/he is doing. As a general practice however you don't want to pull through to the ends each time, because it will damage your hair if not the first time, in a few applications.

Right. Normally, you are told outright if you need a corrective and it may not have to be done all the way to your ends. A corrective should just be done on the areas that need correcting.

 

[Ms. Martina]

My stylist did this a couple times, and she is a professional. My hair has never been damaged. She did it about 5 years apart though, and she did not leave it on the ends long. It's not something you should do back to back...but everyone doesn't get damaged after either.My hair is okay...

 

[EllePixie]

Talk about overprocessed...yikes! I can only see doing this if it's to make the texture uniform, like others said.

 

[Carisa]

Oh no! This will cause over processed ends- this is why i dont go to stylist 2 often- i dont want them ruining all my hard work