I was just thinking the same thing. I am only 7 weeks post but my NG was just out of this world. After washing and airdrying, my hair would just mat up and detangling was a pain. What I found helped thanks to another thread is to use coconut milk. It seemed to loosen the curl pattern immensely and allow me to actually comb through my hair from the root. If you are thinking about relaxing before you had planned, I would at least give the coconut milk a try as a prepoo. HTH