danithefatty said:Thanks for all the replys and suggestions ladies!
The relaxer I use is optimum. Probably not the best but its one of the better ones that walmart has. My college is in a small white town so...no BSS's are here.
before I relaxed my hair would come out all the time. lots of shedding and breakage. since I relaxed in late june, it doesnt break or shed as much. Since June Ive had 3 relaxers (one didnt take too good because I did it myself and it was my first time).
I have stopped using grease and oil because my scalp never absorbed it. No matter how I rubbed it in or how little I used, I could put it in on a Monday and by Saturday my hair would be so oily! Since I stopped using grease and oil, my hair as really been growing a lot better. I wash everyweek with aphogee and moisterize it with humectress to make up for the lack of oil/grease.
I was thinking about getting braids, extensions or a sew-in, but my hair hates those too! Especially with my edges. They are just starting to grow in well.
My hair needs therapy.
I also use optimum. no problems.
When u say u wash every week with aphogee..do u mean the shampoo, not the protein treatment right??
I use to not be able to stretch either. I would get a touchup every 6 weeks. If I waited any longer..hair would start breakin and shedding.
Until my hair started to get damgaed and become overprocessed. I had to do something. I stretched for 6 months. It was not the easiest, but I had to do what was best for the health of my hair. I kept it moisturized(=key) and stopped combing, brusihng the roots part. My hair thrived like it never did b4, I couldn't believe the results and thats why I started streteching.
I now stretch every 3-4 months.
What a difference a year (or so) makes!!?? I am happy to say that I will be stretching for 12 weeks this Thursday! (relaxer on Friday!)
