NuMe2004
Active Member
I have a question: I stopped getting relaxers last February and have been dealing with two different textures now that my new growth is coming in. I currently have about four inches of virgin hair and I have been fortunate enough not to experience any breakage. I think that's because when I did get relaxers I only used no-lye child perms, and my natural texture therefore isn't that far from my relaxed texture. Anyway, what I wanted to know is whether or not flat ironing my hair once a week can cause me to lose the length I've accomplished and am trying to maintain. My hair is approx. 3 inches above my bra strap and I want it to reach the bottom of the strap. I wash my hair twice a week and air dry it one of those times. The second time I wash, I give myself a hot oil treatment. This consists of sitting under the dryer with the oil in for about 15 minutes. Then I rinse any excess oil out of my hair and apply a heat protecting straightening balm before drying my hair under a hooded dryer. Once dry, I spray a heat protectant on each section before straightening my hair with a ceramic iron. The only heat I use is the flat iron once a week, because I like to wear my hair down on the weekends. The rest of the week I wear my hair up in a bun and I coat the ends with oil. Do you think I should reduce the flat ironing to once every two weeks, or is once a week okay??? I'm good at protecting my hair otherwise, and do not want to ruin my chances of having three inches of new length by August. Please help!!
ps. I also trim my ends once every eight weeks.
ps. I also trim my ends once every eight weeks.
