Is it ok to wait a long time before retouching?

[Trinity1]

I'm asking this because from personal experience if I wait past 6 weeks to retouch my hair I notice lots of shedding. Needless to say I can not comb through my hair when its wet or dry because of the amount of new growth. I've been using S curl which softens my new growth alot but still when I wash my hair and try to detangle even after putting in my leave in conditioner (Pantene) I have to start from the middle of my hairs length to detangle. I've heard some stylist say that we should relax our hair religiously every 6-8 weeks to avoid shedding and breakage. As soon as I relax my shedding stops. I was going to try to go to week 8 this time but I am going into my 6 week and already I have major new growth and I cant comb through it. What do you ladies think? Does relaxing the hair every 6-8 weeks allow the hair to stay healthy or waiting it out is better even though for me it causes shedding and sometimes breakage?

Tee Tee

 

[pebbles]

Hi Tee Tee,

You are not alone. There are those who can wait for longer periods of time to relaxe their hair, but not everyone can do this. I can't go past 10 weeks without getting a lot of breakage. I usually relax every 8 weeks, and my hair is doing fine.

 

[Trinity1]

Yeah I think you're right,for some it is ok to wait but if I wait I can not comb through my hair no matter how much moisturizer or leave in I put in and then I risk shedding and breakage because of the extra manipulation to style my hair. This last week I have been just using my fingers to comb my hair back into a ponytail. I think I'll continue relaxing every 6 weeks for now. When I get to my goal (bra-strap length) then I'll try to find a way to relax less frequently.

Tee Tee