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I grew up getting my hair relaxed. I didn't think much of it. While in college I decided I did not want to deal with the expense and upkeep of relaxing so I grew my hair out and chopped the relaxed hair off after a year.
I have about 3.5 years of natural hair on my head now and I do not think I can take it any more. I *dread* the thought of washing and styling it. I have so much hair that I can barely get to my scalp while washing. I have tried sections and it just all takes too much time, because of the amount of hair I have combined with it's dryness and tightness of curl.
It takes me 4-5 hours from wash to finish to do anything with my hair. I can't take it! I have just been flat ironing it straight for months now, but that means I am a hostage on humid days, rainy days, it's like being controlled by my hair.
I also dread exercising because I feel like I will be "punished" with hours of hair work after the fact.
I remember my relaxed days with great fondness now- I really never thought much about my hair. I would just wash and flat iron once a week and carry on with my life. Now that I'm out of college the financial aspect of relaxing is not an issue.
I hate to give up on my natural hair- but I feel like it's taking over my lifestyle! I have tried so so so so many products, but the only thing that ever works for not having to do my hair constantly is two-strand twists- but those take forever for me to do!
I am attaching a photo- the left is my hair wet, before detangling (which takes forever) and this was washed after being straight. So After detangling it will be a 100x more curly and when it dries it shrinks all the way to my ears. I do love my hair, I just cannot deal with the time it demands of me. I get my ends trimmed regularly and live next door to natural hair shops and stylists. The right photo is after I detangle, blow dry, and flat iron.
I have been thinking about relaxing so much these days. If you have gone back to relaxing, how was that for you?
I grew up getting my hair relaxed. I didn't think much of it. While in college I decided I did not want to deal with the expense and upkeep of relaxing so I grew my hair out and chopped the relaxed hair off after a year.
I have about 3.5 years of natural hair on my head now and I do not think I can take it any more. I *dread* the thought of washing and styling it. I have so much hair that I can barely get to my scalp while washing. I have tried sections and it just all takes too much time, because of the amount of hair I have combined with it's dryness and tightness of curl.
It takes me 4-5 hours from wash to finish to do anything with my hair. I can't take it! I have just been flat ironing it straight for months now, but that means I am a hostage on humid days, rainy days, it's like being controlled by my hair.
I also dread exercising because I feel like I will be "punished" with hours of hair work after the fact.
I remember my relaxed days with great fondness now- I really never thought much about my hair. I would just wash and flat iron once a week and carry on with my life. Now that I'm out of college the financial aspect of relaxing is not an issue.
I hate to give up on my natural hair- but I feel like it's taking over my lifestyle! I have tried so so so so many products, but the only thing that ever works for not having to do my hair constantly is two-strand twists- but those take forever for me to do!
I am attaching a photo- the left is my hair wet, before detangling (which takes forever) and this was washed after being straight. So After detangling it will be a 100x more curly and when it dries it shrinks all the way to my ears. I do love my hair, I just cannot deal with the time it demands of me. I get my ends trimmed regularly and live next door to natural hair shops and stylists. The right photo is after I detangle, blow dry, and flat iron.
I have been thinking about relaxing so much these days. If you have gone back to relaxing, how was that for you?
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