Are any other relaxed ladies more nervous now than before?

[Glib Gurl]

Now that I know more about hair - it's biology and treatment - I am amazed that my hair has held up after all these years of getting relaxers. Don't get me wrong - I don't intend to stop doing it . . . but yikes . . . this is a serious undertaking . . .

Anybody feel me or am I just talking nonsense?

 

[janeemat]

I guess you mean are we more nervous now about getting a relaxer prior to becoming a part of the forum. If so, yes for me. Why, because of all of the stretching and always afraid that my stylist will either under process me or over process me. I think he overprocessed me this last relaxer in Sep and I've been regretting my relaxer this time around. Does that make sense.

 

[sareca]

I know what you mean. Before I didn't think a thing about it. Actually that was true after I joined the forum as well. It changed when I self-relaxed last year. I was going for texturized but ended up with texlaxed-- it was way too straight. This year I was very nervous that it would happen again. Thank God it didn't! But since then I've decided to texturize more often. 5-6 inches of NG is a lot at stake. If it comes out too straight it's harder to hide than 2 inches. There are just too many things that can go wrong.

 

[prospurr4]

Now that I know more about hair - it's biology and treatment - I am amazed that my hair has held up after all these years of getting relaxers. Don't get me wrong - I don't intend to stop doing it . . . but yikes . . . this is a serious undertaking . . .

Anybody feel me or am I just talking nonsense?

I totally understand what you are saying. It is amazing to me too that I have any hair at all when I think of the abuse (overprocessing of relaxers, direct heat, rough handling, etc.) I've ignorantly put my hair through, for years. I thank God for all this new hair knowledge.

I am now more careful with relaxers (texlaxing instead of relaxing bone straight) and never use direct heat, and my hair is thriving.

 

[mzhotniz86]

nope , not me . at least not anymore since i ordered my relaxer and did it myself.im still nervous about maintaining it. im still getting the hang of when to use protein and different moisturizers and oils. my hair is really funny

 

[lennet93]

I definately am more nervous than before. Before I was relaxing every 6 weeks, I'm 8 weeks post and want to relax but I'm scared to do it myself and dont trust a stylist to do it..erplexed I'm really loving my natural texture so who knows maybe I'll just go natural

 

[dillard]

well, i wasn't..... but now i am after reading this thread

 

[OneInAMillion]

Yes I am...and that's probably 50% of the reason I stretch so long. From being on this board, I learned how one stint with a mild relaxer left on too long had my hair a mess and I don't ever wanna go back to that. Sometimes I really want to go natural, but I don't see myself chopping anytime soon.

 

[Empress Yahudah]

well, i wasn't..... but now i am after reading this thread

Im not ..I would say im just more "aware and carefull"

 

[glamazon386]

Glib, I used to drive myself crazy with that when I was relaxed. I was real paranoid about stuff. And it got worse when I went natural. I'm still not quite over it.

 

[locabouthair]

i used to feel like that at one point but i started thinking about EVERYTHING that can cause damage to our hair, not enough moisture, daily combing and styling, even the sun! so I said why worry about it, u know?

 

[sylver2]

not really, cause I remember all the crazy stuff thats been done to it. its died and risen. So I'm fine..NOW.

 

[ajoyfuljoy]

I know what you mean. I also wonder how i had any strands on my head with all the crazy stuff I was doing! But now I have more knowledge and I feel empowered! So I'm not scared anymore.

 

[curlcomplexity]

Nope...I actually feel more at ease about relaxing now that I've been on this board. Weird right?

 

[Isis]

I feel the same as Qtslim83. I'm much more comfortable since LHCF and since I texlax (deliberately now). I love stretching my relaxers and when I do relax, my regmen and results are consistent.

 

[NYAmicas]

not really, cause I remember all the crazy stuff thats been done to it. its died and risen. So I'm fine..NOW.

Wow. That's along the lines of what I was going to type!
After my great bleaching debacle over 2 years ago my hair has made a major comeback thanks to hairboards so I know what it's capable of enduring. Sometimes I do worry about having to start all over again though

 

[Kawaii1]

I am a little bit more nervous because I still am not sure about under processing. I think I know the difference but I am not sure yet. I don't know how any of that type of hair acts.

I used to comb my hair while perming to get the bone straight look now I know that is bad so I don't know how my relaxer will look.

 

[KissyKissyLuv]

I am nervous about it, and I pray to God that I will always have someone who would do my relaxer correctly. Yet being on this forum makes me feel that no matter what, I can always go back to natural or learn how to do my relaxers myself.