Hey y'all! So I'm about 12 weeks post relaxer and have been getting completely fed up with my hair. I wanted to give it a break, so I decided to get some senegalese twists. I did some research and went to an african braiding salon a little bit away that had relatively good reviews.
Now I'm scared they destroyed my hair.
Obviously, I didn't want to go in immediately after a fresh relaxer because that kind of ruins the point of getting it, right? But the lady doing my hair said "oh I must go through with fine tooth comb because you have so much new growth" and proceeded to go to town on my dry newgrowth with a fine tooth comb. I saw SOOO MUCH HAIR come out in that comb and basically wanted to cry on the inside. But I felt like there was nothing I could do
She had already started and said there was no other way, but for the past few months the only time I ever used a comb that small was on my ends during a roller set and after I had already gone through with a wide tooth AND medium tooth size comb. I've been especially gentle too because I have highlights on top I like the end result (I think, it's been a long time since I've had braids) but I'm scared that now any growth I may get during the time I have twists won't even matter now because of breakage.
Has anyone else experienced this? Will I be ok maybe?
I've already decided that once I take these out I'm going to try to do havana twists on my own. I feel like I can't trust anyone :/ And no, I'm not transitioning, just super stretching my relaxer at the moment. Picture attached and ignore my super awkward face
Now I'm scared they destroyed my hair.
Obviously, I didn't want to go in immediately after a fresh relaxer because that kind of ruins the point of getting it, right? But the lady doing my hair said "oh I must go through with fine tooth comb because you have so much new growth" and proceeded to go to town on my dry newgrowth with a fine tooth comb. I saw SOOO MUCH HAIR come out in that comb and basically wanted to cry on the inside. But I felt like there was nothing I could do
She had already started and said there was no other way, but for the past few months the only time I ever used a comb that small was on my ends during a roller set and after I had already gone through with a wide tooth AND medium tooth size comb. I've been especially gentle too because I have highlights on top I like the end result (I think, it's been a long time since I've had braids) but I'm scared that now any growth I may get during the time I have twists won't even matter now because of breakage.Has anyone else experienced this? Will I be ok maybe?
I've already decided that once I take these out I'm going to try to do havana twists on my own. I feel like I can't trust anyone :/ And no, I'm not transitioning, just super stretching my relaxer at the moment. Picture attached and ignore my super awkward face
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