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Step 5: Do the roots

Once you finish the entire head, go back and apply the relaxer to the roots.


WTF is this person thinking
 
msdevo said:
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WTF is this person thinking
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LOL! I think the author was completely irresponsible for posting this when they had no idea what they were talking about. Can you imagine a natural deciding to apply a do it yourself relaxer bumping into these set of instructions? Of course, she should have done her due diligence, but no one should have to possibly end up in the hospital with 2nd degree burns over this foolishness,that's all I'm saying.
 
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Step 7: Rinse as needed

If you are using sodium hydroxide, rinse it out with cool water for five minutes. If you are using ammonium thioglycolate, do not rinse the chemical out.


Does this person have any hair???? :wallbash: I can not believe this mess
 
Yet I dont understand why would you want to do this. If your natural your natural. If your texrelax your texrelax. If your relaxed your relaxed. I dont see the point. Waste of time, money, & energy
 
What I do not understand is that people leaving comments would actually consider doing something like this. Even with box relaxers they have instructions. And one of the 1st is to not shampoo atleast 24hrs prior.
This person has you shampooing before, not rinsing out and omitting neutralizer.

I feel sorry for the dumb smuck willing to try this

VirtuousGal said:
LOL! I think the author was completely irresponsible for posting this when they had no idea what they were talking about. Can you imagine a natural deciding to apply a do it yourself relaxer bumping into these set of instructions? Of course, she should have done her due diligence, but no one should have to possibly end up in the hospital with 2nd degree burns over this foolishness,that's all I'm saying.
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You think it would be obvious you cant relax on wet hair, but I'm sure someone would take the writer at their word.
 
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You have to sign up to edit this article. I think that one of you fabulous ladies should re-write this article. My $0.02.
 
The point about not shampooing before relaxing is to help avoid irritating the scalp. I've relaxed on freshly shampooed hair and on wet hair. My hair was not harmed in either case. Both cases were experiments to see what would happen. Oh yeah, relaxing on wet hair did not work. Essence magazine published information about shampooing and blow drying the hair the same day of the virgin or touch up relaxer. It is an old article, but I will see if I can find it. Anyway, if I still relaxed my hair, I'd shampoo the day before or the day of because for me it worked better than relaxing on hair with product or build up on it and the relaxer needed much less processing time. Again, this worked for me. I do not co-sign with that poster in the OP's link.
 
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h.e.a.d.s.t.r.o.n.g. said:
The point about not shampooing before relaxing is to help avoid irritating the scalp. I've relaxed on freshly shampooed hair and on wet hair. My hair was not harmed in either case. both cases were experiments to see what would happen. Essence magazine published information about shampooing and blow drying the hair the same day of the virgin or touch up relaxer. It is an old article, but I will see if I can find it. Anyway, if I still relaxed my hair, I'd shampoo the day before or the day of because for me it worked better than relaxing on hair with product or build up on it and the relaxer needed much less processing time. Again, this worked for me. I do not co-sign with that poster in the OP's link.
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i absolutely agree!!! i've washed my hair the day before relaxing, and my hair turned out fine. it'll still process fine, even if it's a bit damp. the point is that you don't want to irritate / scratch the scalp, because if your scalp starts burning due to irritation, your results won't be the way you'd like them to.
 
h.e.a.d.s.t.r.o.n.g. said:
The point about not shampooing before relaxing is to help avoid irritating the scalp. I've relaxed on freshly shampooed hair and on wet hair. My hair was not harmed in either case. both cases were experiments to see what would happen. Essence magazine published information about shampooing and blow drying the hair the same day of the virgin or touch up relaxer. It is an old article, but I will see if I can find it. Anyway, if I still relaxed my hair, I'd shampoo the day before or the day of because for me it worked better than relaxing on hair with product or build up on it and the relaxer needed much less processing time. Again, this worked for me. I do not co-sign with that poster in the OP's link.
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How did you avoid burning your scalp? What was the frequency of your applications and how long had you been doing them? I'm sorry but I had never heard of something like this ever in life. I know you emphasized that this worked for YOU, so I am in no way picking on you, but can you explain why you started doing this? Was the Essence article the only thing that influenced you?
 
poookie said:
i absolutely agree!!! i've washed my hair the day before relaxing, and my hair turned out fine. it'll still process fine, even if it's a bit damp. the point is that you don't want to irritate / scratch the scalp, because if your scalp starts burning due to irritation, your results won't be the way you'd like them to.
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Agreed, it worked for me (except the damp part my hair seemed to ignore the relaxer if my hair was wet or damp) but the main part is not irritating the scalp and making sure your hair is in its best condition before the chemical process. I used to shampoo and DC right before the service and sometimes I would do a protein treatment before and after. All of this stuff that I just said I'm sure is making people shudder but my hair was thick and BSL when I was doing all of that. I did not have breakage or major shedding. Oh yeah, and Revlon Fabulaxer was the brand that was being used on my hair professionally in the salon and Dark & Lovely or Motions at home. Again, this worked for me. I'd never teach someone to do this or suggest it. I was very careful with my hair at all times someone else may not handle their hair the way I or my stylist handled my hair.
 
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How did you avoid burning your scalp? What was the frequency of your applications and how long had you been doing them? I'm sorry but I had never heard of something like this ever in life. I know you emphasized that this worked for YOU, so I am in no way picking on you, but can you explain why you started doing this? Was the Essence article the only thing that influenced you?
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Yes the Essence article had something to do with it but I also decided that it made sense to me that a chemical would process better on clean hair than on dirty hair. Since you are not supposed to apply the relaxer or any chemical directly to the scalp, I would rarely burn. My hair dresser was even more meticulous in applying the relaxer. Every stylist I've ever had only applied the relaxer to the hair. They never put it on the scalp. Yes, I know that sometimes the relaxer can get on the scalp but it was rare. No, my roots were never 100% straight, there was always about 1/8 inch of root untouched because they did not put the relaxer that close to my scalp. I think this is why my hair was healthy, long, thick and no shedding - because my roots/pores/scalp were healthy and not damaged. Add to that I always wet set (aka roller set) my hair so the roots would get straight that way but still had lots of body and no direct heat kept my hair from being dry and brittle. Again - this is what I used to do and it worked for me.

When I relaxed my hair when it was wet, it was an experiment and it did not work.
 
Ok. This is pure madness! Regardless of whether it is virgin hair, whoever posted that gobledeegook advice on that board has got to really reveal where the heck they got that method from! For starters, I don't believe that that method would be healthy or was meant for ethnic hair. Actually, come to think of it, it sounds a lot like how the "Jerry Curl" was applied back in the day! Remember how they applied it? They would shampoo the hair first then apply the solution and then apply the rods pulled tightly and apply another solution which would not be rinsed out! I think what they are referring to as a relaxer or perm is not what we use as relaxers in our hair. I also think that this relaxer or perm they are referring to is the method that caucasians typically use to manipulate their hair. I do remember that back in the day when I had a Jerri Curl (Way, way back, so no one joke me!!) my hair was so weak after that, that I could sever the tips of my hair when threading my hair at night. So in other words...... DON'T DO IT! Follow to the letter the instructions on the box of the relaxer and remember the relaxer tips on this board that are even more helpful than the box sometimes. Okay, I'm done!
 
Just so we are clear: I do NOT agree with that poster on whatever that site was. I do not suggest relaxing on wet hair. I agree to read all of the instructions in the box. However, for me, if I were to go back to relaxing, I would shampoo and DC my hair the day of or the day before my next service because having clean hair worked for me and I did not manipulate my scalp because I was shampooing my hair not my scalp.
 
h.e.a.d.s.t.r.o.n.g. said:
Just so we are clear: I do NOT agree with that poster on whatever that site was. I do not suggest relaxing on wet hair. I agree to read all of the instructions in the box. However, for me, if I were to go back to relaxing, I would shampoo and DC my hair the day of or the day before my next service because having clean hair worked for me and I did not manipulate my scalp because I was shampooing my hair not my scalp.
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Oh headstrong dear.. I know you don't agree with the author of that post. Not trying to rag on you. I know you know better. I was just amazed at the advice that the author put out there with no back up on the information whatsoever!
 
There really should be a way to have that post flagged and removed from that website. It seems as if the person who posted that is familiar with putting in perms NOT relaxers and assumed the process is the same for both.
 
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