Help My hair is out of control?!

[vikkisecret]

Ok for some reason my hair has been growing really fast this month and I can't keep up with it. I am taking my vitamins and doing the conditioner washes but my new growth is just unmanagable.My hair is just not soft and silky like I want it to be . I'm only on my 5th week of strectching and I plan to go 12 weeks. Do any of you ladies have a suggestion on how to get my hair to start actin right ?

P.S. I did an aphogee treatment a week and a alf ago for the first time ever. Could that have something to do with it?

 

[vikkisecret]

bumping to get responses

 

[ChosenbyGod]

How do you dry your hair?? I am 8 wks post (going on 9 this wk) and I dry by doing rollersets. This helps keep my new growth manageable and soft.

The Aphogee may have something to do with it too.

 

[vickiepickles]

Have you washed since the treatment? Reason I am asking is to see if it might not have rinsed out all of the way, or if it was not properly conditioned with a moisturizing conditioner afterwards. That might make your roots hard. Whenever I use Aphoghee, I have to follow up with a moisture rich conditioner and use a good bit of moisturizer afterwards or my hair hard is dry and brittle afterwards.

 

[RabiaElaine]

It could be the Aphogee. I've never used it, but my sister has and her hair does feel mighty dry and hard afterward. Did you follow it up with a moisturizing treatment? You probably need to get as much moisture into your hair as possible to soften the new growth so that you can stretch it longer. I use Wild Growth Hair Oil, it softens my new growth and moisturizes my hair. HTH

 

[Poohbear]

That's great that you are getting a lot of growth.

To help answer your question, I would like to know 'how' is your hair unmanageable? What's making your hair unmanageable... is it difficult to comb? difficult to style? do you use a moisturizer? etc.?

 

[Poohbear]

It could be the Aphogee.

I was thinking the same thing. I never used it either and I've heard that people who have used it, their hair feels hard afterwards. You must immediately use a balancing moisturizer afterwards or something. Was that your first time using Aphogee?

 

[vikkisecret]

Thanks for the Resonses ladies. I am very greatful

When I do a conditioner wash I let my hair dry under a towel until damp and them add product to it. I usually only roller set on dry hair. I have washed my hair at least 4 times since my aphogee treatment. I really can't recall if I rinsed for a long time or not but I rinsed until my hair wasn't hard all the way through.

Poohear, my new growth is thick and I can't get a comb through...let alone my fingers. My relaxed just feels dry and unruly. I tried scurl on my hair since alot of ladies are using it for their new growth but I don't know if its agreeing with my hair. Im just at a loss..

 

[Poohbear]

have u tried using oils on your hair? sometimes moisturizers don't work on my hair, but oils do!

 

[aqualung]

My new growth was the softest EVER when I applied Sta-Sof-Fro (tube gel, NOT spray) to the roots before rollersetting. It dryed soft and puffy with a looser coil. The moisture was retained.

The new growth didn't dry straight. It's begging for a flat iron.

Tracy and Dana03 have posted similar testimonials.

 

[vikkisecret]

I am using coconut oil (its not pure tho) but haven't tried any other other oils besides a hot oil treatment from V05. What kind do you use pooh bear? and where could I get it from?

 

[Poohbear]

I use Wild Growth Oil (from Sally's) on all of my hair when its wet or dry.

I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil (I got this from Kroger) and use it on my ends (got this tip from one of AudraChanell's post).

Hot 6 Oil (from a beauty supply store)... I use this with LeKair Cholesterol Plus as a deep conditioner treatment. I sometimes use it on my hair.

When I first joined the forum, I use to have a mixture of jojoba, carrot, olive, aloe vera, and coconut oil but I ran out of it and didnt feel like going to the beauty supply store to buy all these oils to mix them together. It was a great moisturizer for my ends!

Hope that helps!

 

[vikkisecret]

Thanks pooh bear for the info! Your hair looks great in your avator. I appreciate the feedback girlie.