Am I transitioning??

[love2alicia]

Im not sure what I should be calling my hair anymore as I have been having more problems than usual with breakage recently.

I call myself naptural and If you saw me you would say I was to from the look and feel of my hair. The thing is I put on a "kiddie straightener" for less than the reccommended time because my previously healthy growing fro f**ked up a bit after I put in extensions for a month. My ends were extra frizzy and impossible to comb through so I turned to creamy crack although all I wanted to do was relax the curl a bit like a texturiser.

I know they say it doesnt matter whether you apply relaxer once or 50 times, that piece of hair will always be relaxed but after I straightened my hair it was still very curly in places, It had that horrible chemical feeling after so it must have worked a bit of magic on my hair

My point is usually when I have natural hair (I have only straightened with mild relaxer one before in my lifetime) when I get my act together and look after it it usually thrives and grows like a bush and the breakage stops within 2 weeks.

This time even though my hair is mega coily and afroed back its taken me much longer to get my hair happy and its still breaking more than Id like. Am I transitioning??, Theres no way Im cutting it off as its not an option but what exactly happens to the hair whilst its transitioning and why do people have to cut it??
Is it for purely cosmetic purposes??? Will my hair continue to fall off and is there anything I can do to help my hair if its in this process??

 

[glamazon386]

If you haven't chopped the chemically processed hair then you are not natural. There is no way to reverse the chemical which is why people cut it off. If you don't want to cut it now, you can let your roots (which have not be touched by the chemical) grow out until you get to a comfortable length. And then cut the chemically processed hair. That process is called transitioning. More than likely your hair is going to continue to break off because of the line of demarcation (where the relaxed and natural hair meet) is fragile. Youi can minimize breakage by keeping yor hair moisturized and wearing low manipulation styles. But basically the two textures are fighting at that point and the natural hair is winning because it is stronger, hence the breakage.

 

[babyblue]

Technically as long as you have a chemical on your hair it is not considered natural anymore.

If you have made the decision that you want to grow it out and not reapply the chemicals then you are considered transitioning.

Whether or not you decide to cut it off all at once, or grow it out over a period of time is a personal decision.

 

[love2alicia]

Technically as long as you have a chemical on your hair it is not considered natural anymore.

If you have made the decision that you want to grow it out and not reapply the chemicals then you are considered transitioning.

Whether or not you decide to cut it off all at once, or grow it out over a period of time is a personal decision.

Aww I will just have to let it grow out, curse the creamy crack

 

[love2alicia]

If you haven't chopped the chemically processed hair then you are not natural. There is no way to reverse the chemical which is why people cut it off. If you don't want to cut it now, you can let your roots (which have not be touched by the chemical) grow out until you get to a comfortable length. And then cut the chemically processed hair. That process is called transitioning. More than likely your hair is going to continue to break off because of the line of demarcation (where the relaxed and natural hair meet) is fragile. Youi can minimize breakage by keeping yor hair moisturized and wearing low manipulation styles. But basically the two textures are fighting at that point and the natural hair is winning because it is stronger, hence the breakage.

Is a low manipulation style like twists? Ib think im going to give up combing so much as thats when I notice the breaks.