Hmmm... What happens if you apply relaxer to WET hair? (just curious)

[Lovelylocs]

Obviously, the supposed answer would be damage. But can we get more specific? Does it eat through the strands? Does it process quicker?

 

[Isis]

If any gets on your scalp it will burn, baby,:mob: burn!!:heated:

 

[belleama]

I'm confused. How would the relaxer be able to do anything if the hair/scalp is/are wet? erplexed Wouldnt the water stop the process?

 

[*Happily Me*]

If any gets on your scalp it will burn, baby,:mob: burn!!:heated:

ooo weee! My head felt that

 

[Ms.Joi]

I was thinking that it wouldn't do anything either or give a texlax look. Don't know, looking to see what others have to say.

 

[AsTheCurlzTurns]

I've never attempted to try this, but I do know of a friend who have tried it. It did nothing but break her shoulder-length hair to between ear and neck length. Quite frankly I don't understand why she would do it, when the instructions in most relaxer kits state to apply to clean, DRY hair. In her case, her hair became a tangled, knotted up mess when she washed it after a workout, and slapped that relaxer on as a last resort. Claims she didn't want to cut it, and figured it would work since the hair has to be washed to get it out.

 

[didirose]

If any gets on your scalp it will burn, baby,:mob: burn!!:heated:

I want to know the answer to this too. Anyone willing to try???

If we think of it in terms of basic chemistry I still don't get.

Natural hair should have a pH of 4.5 -5.5
A no-lye relaxer has a pH of 9 - 9.5
A lye relaxer has a pH of 12-14
Water has a pH of 7
Oils are considered weak acids, so a little less than 7

Therefore if I can add oil to a relaxer and get a tex, water too should only weaken a relaxer but only to a lesser degree.

Am I willing to burn my scalp to find the answer...

 

[LynnieB]

not sure but could understand if there were damage.

think about it, dry hair is stable. wet hair is in it's most elastic state and i'd think the chemicals would cause some real damage. remember the elasticity test and how when wet the hair will stretch and stretch? well wet hair also thins out as it stretches and when it's thin enough, it will break.

wet hair = weaker hair. that's why you have to be extra gentle when detangling wet hair.

dry hair = stronger more stable hair. the wetness of the relaxer will already cause the hair to get soft but it's not completely saturated.

this topic should be in the "GIRL, DON'T DO IT" thread!!

ETA:

i'd also be extremely worried if the hair were thin and fine (as in diameter) even more so than medium or thick.

 

[Nayeli]

not sure but could understand if there were damage.

think about it, dry hair is stable. wet hair is in it's most elastic state and i'd think the chemicals would cause some real damage. remember the elasticity test and how when wet the hair will stretch and stretch? well wet hair also thins out as it stretches and when it's thin enough, it will break.

wet hair = weaker hair. that's why you have to be extra gentle when detangling wet hair.

dry hair = stronger more stable hair. the wetness of the relaxer will already cause the hair to get soft but it's not completely saturated.

this topic should be in the "GIRL, DON'T DO IT" thread!!

ITA with the bolded, hair stretches when it's wet, so I'm assuming that it will be most vulnerable to damage from a relaxer.

 

[*Happily Me*]

^^ good explanation. it makes sense

 

[ladylibra]

not sure but could understand if there were damage.

think about it, dry hair is stable. wet hair is in it's most elastic state and i'd think the chemicals would cause some real damage. remember the elasticity test and how when wet the hair will stretch and stretch? well wet hair also thins out as it stretches and when it's thin enough, it will break.

wet hair = weaker hair. that's why you have to be extra gentle when detangling wet hair.

dry hair = stronger more stable hair. the wetness of the relaxer will already cause the hair to get soft but it's not completely saturated.

this topic should be in the "GIRL, DON'T DO IT" thread!!

just what i was going to say. JUST SAY NO!!!

 

[dlewis]

I always wash the day before I relax and my hair is still very damp on relax day. I haven't had a problem with it.

 

[alexstin]

I do the half and half method and the half I'm not doing always gets wet. I haven't noticed any ill effects.

 

[BillyJay]

I'll try it. I will keep some shed hairs and on my relax day, I'll apply the relaxer to them after I dampen it a bit.

 

[MissMusic]

Yea, I do the half and half relax method and the edge of the half I'm not doing always gets wet. No adverse effects so far.

 

[beautifulisaunderstatment]

ONLY considering PH yeah it might work BUT you have to consider the chemical make up of water and what water does to hair. I dont think you should do it.

 

[SouthernTease]

My last relaxer (a year ago) was done by a

Dominican stylist, she did it on my wet hair.

It was weird and I was scared, but my hair

was fine... it was better than any other time I've relaxed.

My hair didn't fall out or anything...

but if you really don't know what you're doing...

I wouldn't experiment.

 

[Lovelylocs]

My last relaxer (a year ago) was done by a

Dominican stylist, she did it on my wet hair.

It was weird and I was scared, but my hair

was fine... it was better than any other time I've relaxed.

My hair didn't fall out or anything...

but if you really don't know what you're doing...

I wouldn't experiment.

Can u describe the results please?

 

[Duchesse]

I've done it before(actually on just washed hair..i know very bad) Like someone mentioned, your scalp may be fiyah, I guess because your pores are open. But on my actual hair, there was no difference and no extra damage. i WOULD'NT do it again tho..I was just being too impatient, just too risky.

 

[dlewis]

I've done it before(actually on just washed hair..i know very bad) Like someone mentioned, your scalp may be fiyah, I guess because your pores are open. But on my actual hair, there was no difference and no extra damage.

I hear people say that and wonder how that's so or if it's true.

Whites wash their hair the day of or the day before a perms or color treatments, and they still have hair. I just wonder about that.

 

[jaiku]

I use to texturize my hair wet along time ago. I would wet my my hair with a spray bottle. Shake my head to amke my curl pattern pop. I would slap on relaxer and work it through with my hands. Keep on 5 minutes and rinse it out. My hair would have the same curl pattern with less shrinkage. I am actually thinking about doint it again.

 

[SouthernTease]

Can u describe the results please?

It wasn't different from getting my hair washed or getting a relaxer.
It didn't burn... It was just like getting my hair washed.
It worked... I probably wouldn't do it again though.
That was back when I let people do whatever to my hair and not
question it. It was with a Dominican lady so it was straighter than normal.
My siggy April 2007 pic is the result of that relaxer.

 

[SleepyJean]

I just posted about this.


I will burn!!!

 

[Lovelylocs]

It wasn't different from getting my hair washed or getting a relaxer.
It didn't burn... It was just like getting my hair washed.
It worked... I probably wouldn't do it again though.
That was back when I let people do whatever to my hair and not
question it. It was with a Dominican lady so it was straighter than normal.
My siggy April 2007 pic is the result of that relaxer.

Thanks. Maybe we should ask some other Dominican stylists and see what they say about it.

 

[didirose]

ONLY considering PH yeah it might work BUT you have to consider the chemical make up of water and what water does to hair. I dont think you should do it.

The main function of a relaxer is in it's pH. In the past I have added water soluble conditioners to my relaxers without ill effects as well as oil. Relaxers also have water as a listed ingredient and if there really was a caustic effect from water then we definently wouldn't rinse out our hair with water. We would simply add a neutralizer and call it a day. I think in this case the worse problem would be with your scalp, if your pores are open then you might be asking for trouble but the ladies who practice the half and half method haven't complained of this yet. I in fact think we are on are way to breaking another hair myth!