Ms Lala
Well-Known Member
I don't think relaxers are bad or the source of everyone's problems but they did not work for me. No matter what strength of relaxer was used on my hair or how much basing of the scalp was done it always impacted my skin and scalp negatively. I think it was an allergic reaction because I was previously diagnosed w/psoriasis and there are many things they my skin cannot tolerate. My hair was actually pretty healthy but my skin could not take it. I used to get horrible break outs and they went away very soon after I stopped relaxing. And I must add that my mother is a professional stylist and she did my relaxers for me and was always gentle as could be. I only had 1 bad experience w/a relaxer in terms of how it impacted my hair and I'm convinced that it was either old or my hair didn't like that brand.