Confused!

[FlawedBeauty]

Ok, so I have read a lot about relaxer stretchin but there is one part of it I can't comprehend. Some ladies report that they can only stretch for so long before breakage occurs. So my question is I thought relaxing was bad for your hair in the first place so how does NOT getting a relaxer cause breakage??.i thought it would be the other way around. TIA

 

[Soul♥Flower]

Its because of the two different textures. The new growth is coarser then the permed ends and the point where the relaxed hair begins and the new growth ends is weaker and more vulnerable to breakage...especially if your hair natural is thick and you comb it too rough.

 

[FlawedBeauty]

Its because of the two different textures. The new growth is coarser then the permed ends and the point where the relaxed hair begins and the new growth ends is weaker and more vulnerable to breakage...especially if your hair natural is thick and you comb it too rough.

thanks! so are we saying that by relaxing and making the new growth just as weak as the relaxed ends it will stop it from breaking off?

 

[Proudpiscean]

Yeah, in a sense, because you are creating a uniform texture by relaxing. People stretch relaxers in order to prevent overlapping, overlapping relaxers overprocesses the hair creating more damage. But if you can stretch for longer periods it is easier to tell where the newgrowth ends and the relaxed hair starts. HTH