How long do you wait after a relaxer.....

[destine2grow]

I stick to my regimen, which is wash once a week and 2 cowashes.

 

[PikiNiki]

no more than a week. I always get my hair flat ironed after a relaxer to ensure the most accurate trim. With that said, my hair is loaded with cones. I usually can't wait to wash out the cones to give my hair the much needed moisture with co-washing and sealing.

 

[flowinlocks]

About 3 or 4 days. Seems like my isn't quite right until after that first cowash. Plus I don't know if it's my imagination, but it seems like I can still smell the perm in my hair.

 

[LatterGlory]

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[chosen1]

After I relax my hair, I wait 4 days to do an Aphogee 2 step.

 

[asummertyme]

I'm addicted to washing my hair. It's sooooo hard for me to get in the shower and not AT LEAST wet it. Whether freshly relaxed or not, I can't go more than 3 days without rinsing, washing, deep conditioning, co-washing--SOMETHING!

I just relaxed on Monday and I washed it again on Wednesday. I was itching to do it on Tuesday, but I figured I'd let myself enjoy my relaxed hair for a day

thats me too..I did my relaxer on sat..I will be washing prolly on weds...I just have to give it another DC!

 

[chasturner84]

i usually wait a week because i love the way my fresh perm looks

What she said! You can't tell me NOTHIN when I have a fresh relaxer. I just can't stop looking at my hair then. I also wait a week after my relaxer to wash because my hair is really oily and limp by then.

 

[NikkiGirl]

It depends on when I have been to the gym last. I workout 3-4 days a week, so I wash depending on that. But I don't use shampoo. I use Hair One because it doesn't dry my hair out and then I clarify once a month with Paul Mitchell Clarifying.

 

[panamoni]

I tend to go two weeks -- I hate losing the fresh relaxer feeling.

 

[sunnieb]

I really don't care about keeping the fresh relaxer look. I just keep right on with my regular regimen. So usually I wash 2 days after a relaxer because it's time.

For my first wash after a relaxer, I use a neutralizing shampoo, clarifying shampoo, moisturizing shampoo, then do a moisturizing dc. Yeah, I know it sounds like a lot, but hey, it works for me!

 

[AlliCat]

I wait at least a week...no sooner

 

[ElegantPearl17]

Bumping for more repsonses..........

 

[sunnieb]

 

[Nix08]

Not long at all...I'll co wash the next day if I feel like it.

 

[smilesarecontagious]

I wait one week.

 

[SpicyPisces]

Usually about a week.