i found a way to cheat.....

[ladylibra_30]

hey girls:

i think that i've found a way to cheat on extending my relaxers anywhere from 16-20 weeks!

my hair snaps off at the line of demarcation along my edges in the front and the back...so i do a 'halo' retouch (ONLY) and this buys me about 6-8 more weeks (i retouch every 8 weeks)

what do you ladies thinks about this? pros/cons?

 

[LondonDiva]

What is a halo retouch?

 

[Lindy]

So this means that you're retouching the edges every 6-8 weeks, and the rest of your hair every 16-20??? Sounds okay, but it wouldn't work for me, cuz my edges are the most vulnerable parts for me... they break off easily and that's the part I would rather relax as infrequently as possible...

But actually this post doesn't apply to me anyway, cuz I already relax every 16 weeks with no problems...

 

[ladylibra_30]

a halo retouch is:

you apply relaxer on your edges and nape area only....does that make sense to you?

 

[alliyah4eva203]

even if you did this you would'nt you still get breakage in the centre.

 

[ladylibra_30]

no breakage so far...my hair seems to be very strong in the center and thrives very well. i only have snapping (despite moisturizing, deep-conditioning) along the edges.

 

[model_chick717]

Hey LadyLibra--I do this now with my texturized hair. I think it's a good idea if you're someone who doesn't have issues with your edges. This method has helped me to go longer in-between retouches....I use to do this when I wore the sew-in weaves too...

 

[ladylibra_30]

hey there model

yeah, i think this is the route for me!

 

[Isis]

Thank for the tip Ladylibra! I like this technique.

 

[jainygirl]

Very interesting.....i never thought about this.... i may try it out

-- thanks

-- jainygirl

 

[cutebajangirl]

I think I may do this too, my edges snap off way before the rest of my hair has a problem.

 

[dontspeakdefeat]

Interesting.

 

[cutebajangirl]

My friend who grew hair 3 inches from her waist minus any hair care boards does this.

 

[FLAME]

food for thought.

 

[Britt]

I use to do this ALL the time in High School with no adverse effects. I've done about 2 relaxers ago. Just slap a little perm around the nape area, smooth for a little a bit and wash out. It really helps to prolong your perm, atleast it did for me. When I use to do this, I would touch-up the edges (lightly) at week 8-10 and then relax the entire head like another 8-10 weeks later. My hair is growing pretty fast right now so I might be doing this in about another 4 weeks.

 

[hiza]

Hi LadyLibra--I do this too sometimes and it work really nice.

 

[3844]

I'm sold.

 

[flyjump00]

I had a friend who use to have this done all the time. She didn't appear to have any problems with it.

 

[Lindy]

Just to share a crazy story... my Mom's hair is really soft and straight and she hardly needs to relax at all, so one day she came with me to my stylist in the intentions of getting a touchup, but she spoke to him, and they decided just to do her edges...

Do you know he had the NERVE to charge her the price of a full touchup($70.00!!!!)

$70.00 for that few tablespoons of relaxer he put on her hair!! CROOK!!! She obviously won't be coming back there with me again!

After that, I was having second thoughts about going back to him myself!!

 

[ladylibra_30]

oh lindy!

that was so trifling of him...the nerve.