Ladies, please help...

[Mocha5]

So this is the second time I have cut my hair off totally and gone natural. After it's relaxed for about 6 months, it begins to shed and fall out. I've just realized that I have probably been overprocessing it. Why it took me so long to get this, I will never know. I'm bending over now so I can be kicked ever so hard. So instead of cutting it off again, I am going to try and save it. To everyone else it looks great but I know it's thin and unhealthy. Thanks to your help, I've decided to go AT LEAST 12 weeks before the next touch up, I have given myself an Aphogee treatment, I'm going back to the old school Queen Helene cholesterol, and I'm planning to wear a bun until my next relaxer. So here's my question:

1. What's a good shampoo and leave-in conditioner for damaged hair? Looks like Keracare is a favorite.
2. How many of you do your own relaxers? At this point, I feel like I can take care of my hair better than anyone else. Comments? Suggestions?
3. I want to wash my hair twice a week just so it can be deep conditioned more often? Do you think this is necessary or would I be better off leaving it be (less manipulation) until my weekly wash?

Thanks for all of the great info!

 

[Divine Inspiration]

Sorry to hear about your woes. Now that you know what the culprit was, you're ready to turn things around. My answers:

1. Nexxus was my lifesaver when I began my healthy hair journey. My issues was DRY hair, and shampoo/DCing every week along with TLC through the week really turned my hair around.

2. I can't really speak on this because I haven't relaxed in over a year, but I think it's possible to have success with self-relaxing as evidenced by folks by Sareca, Isis, and others. I will say that I'm a firm believer that nobody can take care of your hair better than you can in terms of babying it so I would definitely consider self-relaxing because no matter what, you have control.

3. I only wash once/week but many ladies do it more often with great success (Isis comes to mind). I would say DCing twice/week would probably be great for your hair while you're nursing it back to health, but instead of shampooing twice a week, I'd no poo one of those washes to avoid stripping moisture. Other than that, I think it would definitely help reduce dryness and breakage.

Good luck chica!
{DI}