? for those who self relax

[DigitalRain]

How do you apply your relaxer? Do you start in the front or the back? Which is the best way? TIA

 

[Dreamn]

when i did relax, i parted my hair in 4 giant sections,
1 across the head and one down. i held them in place with clips and then i started at the back and then went to the front, just because when it started to burn, the back would burn first and i could wash the back and still leave the front in to take to my hair

 

[Babygurl]

I also part my hair in 4 sections but I start where my hair is more coarse, usually the crown area.

 

[myco]

I start in the back, but I do the hairline all the way around last. I part off a section maybe 1/2 inch from my hairline all the way around. Once I've applied it throughout the other parts, I go back and do the nape/"kitchen", then the hair by my ears and my front hairline last. Before when I did my nape area first, I would have breakage in that area. I think the front is even more susceptible to damage, so I always do that last so there won't be any thinning or receding in that area.

 

[CurlyCrly]

Start where your hair is most resistant.

 

[perfectpeace]

I part in four sections and start at the top of each section (or crown).

 

[Leshia]

you should start where the hair is most coarse and thick (where you have the most new growth and where it's most resistant). you get that relaxer on a thin/sensitive part of your head and then work on the rest for another 20 minutes and you'll be sorry. i don't know what I was thinking when I did that. Scabs were coming off of the back of my head for about three weeks...

 

[Purtygurly]

I do a bunch of small sections, i think about 20 all over my head, but I still section my hair in the four big sections too.

I hope you can understand that^^

I put a clip on each small section right above the newgrowth. So when i apply the relaxer i don't get any on the hair above the clip. i also put vitamin A&D ointment on the hair above the clip.

I start In the fron of my head. I save the crown and the hairline for last becasue I have 3c curls in the crown, and the skin on my hairline is very sensitive.

 

[localhost]

I part my hair in four sections and start at the crown. I apply the relaxer in this order: top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right, hairline.

 

[Dutchess]

I always coat my scalp with Hollywood Beauty Castor Oil and do the 4 parts like the others. I just did my re-touch Tuesday night, I was 13 weeks post. I thought it was weird because I hardly burned at all. I had been scratching a little so I was prepared to work fast, however, this was one of the few times that I took my sweet time. There was no urgency to wash it out. The last time I did my re-touch I was burning so baldy that I couldn't wait to take my clothes off, so I hopped in the shower with my clothes on.

 

[shinyblackhair]

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Dutchess said:
I always coat my scalp with Hollywood Beauty Castor Oil and do the 4 parts like the others. I just did my re-touch Tuesday night, I was 13 weeks post. I thought it was weird because I hardly burned at all. I had been scratching a little so I was prepared to work fast, however, this was one of the few times that I took my sweet time. There was no urgency to wash it out. The last time I did my re-touch I was burning so baldy that I couldn't wait to take my clothes off, so I hopped in the shower with my clothes on.

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Dutchess! With your clothes on!

It really must've been burning somethin' terrible