60 year olds with beautifully relaxer hair?

[Plenty]

Also may I have a recap of the people who are successfully relaxing and coloring their hair

Still trying to decide to go natural or stay relaxed

Thank you for your time.

 

[shiningstar84]

they are few and far between

 

[Mystic]

My friend's mom is 65 years old and she has been relaxing since her early twenties. I do not have a pic - I see her very infrequently now that she moved to England. Her hair is so beautiful - thick, long and gorgeous.

 

[Plenty]

My friend's mom is 65 years old and she has been relaxing since her early twenties. I do not have a pic - I see her very infrequently now that she moved to England. Her hair is so beautiful - thick, long and gorgeous.

is she biracial what is her hair type?
thanks

 

[DDTexlaxed]

I know of a woman who is 70 yrs young(in her words) and she has beautiful, long relaxed hair. It looks healthy and thick and it is almost close to her waist. I never learned her secret, but she always wears her hair in a bun.

 

[SignatureBeauty]

is she biracial what is her hair type?
thanks

Do you need to know about someone with Bi Racial hair that is Beautiful?

I have seen Non Bi Racial 60yr. olds with Beautiful Relaxed & Natural Hair.

 

[Mystic]

is she biracial what is her hair type?
thanks

She is not biracial - she seem to have 4a-4b hair type. She colors her grays to a dark brown.

 

[sareca]

My aunt's mother has lovely WL relaxed hair. She's in her late 70's or early 80's. She gets a relaxer once/year or so. Well, really it's more of a texturzier because the gray hairs (majority of her hair) don't take well. She also always wears buns. She doesn't color tho.

 

[mermaid]

Katherine Jackson (Michael's mother)-

not the best picture, but her hair is clearly processed; as we have seen in better pics- it's hard to find a photo of that woman when you want it, lol!!

 

[Phoenix]

My mom is 61 and has healthy relaxed hair. She also colors, but she just uses a rinse (she doesn't have much grey). I attribute a lot of it to genetics. The women in our family have very thick, strong hair. My grandmother is 80 and has healthy relaxed hair, but she keeps her hair cut fairly short.

ETA: Coretta Scott King's hair always looked healthy and it appeared to be relaxed. I remember when Oprah's team made her over her hair looked nice & healthy. I'll try to find a pic.

 

[beyondcute]

One... My great aunt. She keeps it cut short and her hair is thin but very nice looking.

 

[thickness]

I have two employees that are both in their sixties. They both wear their hair short (approx. 4-5 inches long), but its nice and thick. Neither one colors their hair. One gets her hair done every week, the other once a month.

 

[Plenty]

Do you need to know about someone with Bi Racial hair that is Beautiful?

I have seen Non Bi Racial 60yr. olds with Beautiful Relaxed & Natural Hair.

no. I just think it is stupid to expect my 4a hair to react the way someone with 3a hair.

 

[Plenty]

I know of a woman who is 70 yrs young(in her words) and she has beautiful, long relaxed hair. It looks healthy and thick and it is almost close to her waist. I never learned her secret, but she always wears her hair in a bun.

this is what I am aiming for in my 70s

 

[Plenty]

My mom is 61 and has healthy relaxed hair. She also colors, but she just uses a rinse (she doesn't have much grey). I attribute a lot of it to genetics. The women in our family have very thick, strong hair. My grandmother is 80 and has healthy relaxed hair, but she keeps her hair cut fairly short.

ETA: Coretta Scott King's hair always looked healthy and it appeared to be relaxed. I remember when Oprah's team made her over her hair looked nice & healthy. I'll try to find a pic.

Oh thanks! I forgot about her!

 

[Blu217]

I think we have the wrong idea about relaxers. It's not the chemical so much as the way you care for it.

My mom is 67 and has beautiful, silky salt and pepper relaxed hair. She keeps it cut at collar length (she has this theory that long hair on women past middle-age looks silly), but it grows like a weed. She does nothing special, and in fact is a little careless with it. It's fine, probably 3b hair and it's just pretty pretty.

My understanding is that if you want healthy relaxed hair, you do NOT do it yourself. We've always gotten our hair done by competent professional stylists, and that saves a lot of problems. Until I started messing in my own head this year, I hadn't had breakage in more than 20 years. I went back to my stylist routine, lesson learned, and I swear my hair turned right back around almost overnight.

So again--it's not the chemicals, really. It's partly the hair. And the rest--it's the care.

 

[Plenty]

I think we have the wrong idea about relaxers. It's not the chemical so much as the way you care for it.

My mom is 67 and has beautiful, silky salt and pepper relaxed hair. She keeps it cut at collar length (she has this theory that long hair on women past middle-age looks silly), but it grows like a weed. She does nothing special, and in fact is a little careless with it. It's fine, probably 3b hair and it's just pretty pretty.

My understanding is that if you want healthy relaxed hair, you do NOT do it yourself. We've always gotten our hair done by competent professional stylists, and that saves a lot of problems. Until I started messing in my own head this year, I hadn't had breakage in more than 20 years. I went back to my stylist routine, lesson learned, and I swear my hair turned right back around almost overnight.

So again--it's not the chemicals, really. It's partly the hair. And the rest--it's the care.

Sounds good, thanks. I think I will stay relaxed! Do you suggest that I can do my own rollersets and maintnance, but just make sure I get the relaxers professionally applied?

 

[Blu217]

I do my own rollersets and my hair has always grown and been healthy. So long as you're rollersetting properly--making sure your ends are smooth so they don't go frizzy and tangle so that you're yanking at them and all that--you should be fine.

I will always tout getting relaxers done professionally. Despite having somewhat fragile, fine hair, my stylists almost always say I have some of the healthiest hair they've seen--that's largely cause I leave the chemicals to a pro I can trust!

 

[Queenie]

My Nanna. She is in her late 70's and has hard water! She had armpit length hair until she cut it last year.

 

[sprungonhairboards]

I think we have the wrong idea about relaxers. It's not the chemical so much as the way you care for it.

My mom is 67 and has beautiful, silky salt and pepper relaxed hair. She keeps it cut at collar length (she has this theory that long hair on women past middle-age looks silly), but it grows like a weed. She does nothing special, and in fact is a little careless with it. It's fine, probably 3b hair and it's just pretty pretty.

My understanding is that if you want healthy relaxed hair, you do NOT do it yourself. We've always gotten our hair done by competent professional stylists, and that saves a lot of problems. Until I started messing in my own head this year, I hadn't had breakage in more than 20 years. I went back to my stylist routine, lesson learned, and I swear my hair turned right back around almost overnight.

So again--it's not the chemicals, really. It's partly the hair. And the rest--it's the care.

IF you don't know what you're doing. My hair is longer and healthier than it's ever been in my adult life and I haven't been to a salon in at least 5 years and I started with a teenie weenie afro.

 

[Southernbella.]

IF you don't know what you're doing. My hair is longer and healthier than it's ever been in my adult life and I haven't been to a salon in at least 5 years and I started with a teenie weenie afro.

Same here. Well, I've been self-relaxing regularly for a year now, and my hair has never been this long and thick, except for when I was very little.

My mom is almost 60, and her hair is still thick and it's just past her shoulders. Like someone else mentioned, the gray hairs don't take the relaxer too well, so it's more texlaxed, but it's healthy.

 

[SignatureBeauty]

IF you don't know what you're doing. My hair is longer and healthier than it's ever been in my adult life and I haven't been to a salon in at least 5 years and I started with a teenie weenie afro.

I agree! Because I have been doing my Own hair for over 12years. and my hair is healthy and grows whether I am Relaxed or Natural (like I am now) I could not afford to keep up the prices in the salon so I learned how to care for my hair at home.

But if you have the funds to keep it up by going to the salon then do it.

Good Luck To You!

 

[EbonyF]

no. I just think it is stupid to expect my 4a hair to react the way someone with 3a hair.

Uhm.... when did hair types become an indication of race? My cousin who is the same complexion as Lauryn Hill and is FAR from being mixed has 3a/2 type hair.

 

[Plenty]

Uhm.... when did hair types become an indication of race? My cousin who is the same complexion as Lauryn Hill and is FAR from being mixed has 3a/2 type hair.

^^^
You and I both now this in not USUALLY the case, so why are you tripp'n?

 

[EbonyF]

^^^
You and I both now this in not USUALLY the case, so why are you tripp'n?

Hmm, maybe "you" think that is the case so don't include me in your generalization. And I didn't know you could tell by my couple of sentences that I am "tripp'n?"

(Slowly leaves oddness of thread behind...)

 

[whosthatgurl]

My church member, until she dyed it, then it got thinner.