CourtneyD
New Member
Help! I had my hair touched up on Tuesday. It was nine weeks post relaxer. I've been going to this woman since January. Since I've never paid attention to my hair until I joined the forum, I thought she was doing an okay job. and my hair was indeed growing. But the last time I went, I felt my hair was underprocessed- I couldn't do anything with it after washing (kinky roots) and since I'm trying to stay away from heat, I bought a wig. Anyway, I went in and told her about my underprocessed possibility, she said she always uses mild relaxers and didn't think it was underprocessed but nevertheless she suggested I bump up my relaxer from mild to regular. She based me down good and sprayed my previously relaxed hair with something. Then she relaxed the ng AND the rest of my previously relaxed hair. She "commented" that if my hair was underprocessed, it would be coming out in the comb and it wasn't. In the final five minutes she SCRUBBED the relaxer (Optimum) into my scalp (that's the only way I can describe it). This can't be right, right? She washed and rinsed me out thoroughly and even let the neutralizing conditioner sit five minutes. My hair was wrapped (my request) and I sat under the dryer. My hair result was super straight, super fine and super flat. I looked practically bald. I hated it.
What do you ladies think about this procedure? She wasn't rude to me and I think she was trying to ensure my hair was straight (although I didn't want bone straight), but now what do I do before my next touchup? I don't lose any hair. I am doing the MT/OCT challenge - started in April and got 3/4 of an inch of ng. I am so afraid my hair has been beat up and it will break.
I think I will re-read the posts on self-relaxing. I can't seem to find a stylist in Boston that follows all the LHCF guidelines (i.e., no relaxer on new growth, pre-treat pre-relaxed hair before applying relaxer, pre rinse treatment, no combing through relaxer, etc.), and since I am a newbie, not sure if I'm just being difficult to please.
Thanks for any suggestions, comments, etc!
What do you ladies think about this procedure? She wasn't rude to me and I think she was trying to ensure my hair was straight (although I didn't want bone straight), but now what do I do before my next touchup? I don't lose any hair. I am doing the MT/OCT challenge - started in April and got 3/4 of an inch of ng. I am so afraid my hair has been beat up and it will break.
I think I will re-read the posts on self-relaxing. I can't seem to find a stylist in Boston that follows all the LHCF guidelines (i.e., no relaxer on new growth, pre-treat pre-relaxed hair before applying relaxer, pre rinse treatment, no combing through relaxer, etc.), and since I am a newbie, not sure if I'm just being difficult to please.
Thanks for any suggestions, comments, etc!