can u press relaxed hair?

[atlantatiffany]

i just wanted to know if it was ok and if not will it break or damage your hair?thanks.

 

[Devi]

I guess that it depends on your hair. I press my hair from time to time... and I'm texturized.

If you have the type of hair that can't take heat, you'd be better off using a flat iron.

 

[Tracy]

 

[NubianAngel]

I wouldn't advise it.

 

[TrustMeLove]

thats too much heat on relaxed hair..i would not do it. ive done it before and ur hair burns easily and alot of it comes out.

-faye

 

[oregonchick97266]

i wouldn't press my relaxed hair. i have 4b hair texture. some people get their hair professionally flat ironed and i don't really see a difference between flat iron and press. it's both done on that oven ( thingy). my quote the less heat the better. you might want to try a set ( under the dryer with large rollers) and wrap the next day it is pretty straight.

 

[patience]

Please don't unless you KNOW what you are doing!!!!!!!!!!
Some folks will press their new growth because it gives a more uniform appearance until the next relaxer. However, I would NOT recommend it to anyone. That's applying heat, sometimes extreme, to the hair and it really may jack up the hair.

 

[SVT]

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atlantatiffany said:
i just wanted to know if it was ok and if not will it break or damage your hair?thanks.

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That's what I did when I stopped relaxing. My hair usually felt dry and brittle and it never gained much length because I had to always keep trimming. My friends even felt the need to make comments about my jacked up hair. My bad experience is why I very rarely suggest anything to transitioners.

I would advise you not to press your relaxed hair.

 

[blue_flower]

Don't press your relaxed hair! You're much better off doing a rollerset or the ponytail method. Both will get your hair straight and they require minimal heat.

 

[BabyCurls]

<font color="purple">Yes. All the ladies here agree. I wouldn't press relaxed hair. My hair is too fragile for the intense heat to be messed with. The above suggestions would be the better choice for you. If I want to keep my hair straight, I take my natural boar brush and just brush the front, sides and back smooth and put in a ponytail. I don't brush the ends though. I just love the little curls when it's left alone as is. </font>

 

[myco]

Don't do it. In theory it seems like the same thing as using a curling iron or flat iron, but I can tell you from experience that it is most definitely not. That's how I damaged my hair in the 10th grade. I went from below shoulder length to chin length with the quickness.

I would definitely advise rollersets, that will straighten the length of your hair and if you need to get your roots straight use a flat iron on the lowest setting that works. I'm not sure of the true difference, but I think that a flat iron is more of a passing kind of heat, but the straightening iron penetrates more.

 

[DigitalRain]

I've warm pressed my newgrowth while growing out a relaxer several months at a time when I was a kid w/o a problem. My mom pressed my hair for me. But my hair is extremely coarse. What worked for me may not work for someone else. How about flatironing your newgrowth as someone else suggested? That works pretty well. Use the narrow iron that way you can reach your new growth.

 

[cutebajangirl]

Funny- I had a dream last night that I was in Atlanta and a hairdresser tried to press my freshly relaxed (no lye-when I use a lye normally) damp hair. I woke up with a quicknes.
to answer your question: I would never do it.

 

[moneychaser]

I recommend a dominican blowout. No pressing, PLEASE

 

[atlantatiffany]

i wasn't going to press my hair, but my friends and i were just wondering if it was damaging. i never go near pressing combs. not because of the damage but between my thick hair and georgia heat a press wouldn't last an hour on my hair.