I can attest to having unhealthy things done to my hair and yet it grew. As a child my mom relaxed my hair from root to tip each touch up every 4 weeks on the dot. I had the longest hair in my family and my mom did not base my scalp.
![Sad :sad: :sad:](/smilies/sad.gif)
: My hair was MBL. The only thing I did was wash every 2 weeks, blow dry, use sulfur 8, and curl with a curling iron.
![Lachen :lachen: :lachen:](/smilies/lachen70.gif)
I did not know how to roller set. I touched up my relaxers the same way and my hair thrived.
![Grin :grin: :grin:](/smilies/grin.gif)
Only when I tried to relax properly is when my relaxers did not "take" to my hair.
![Nono :nono: :nono:](/smilies/nono.gif)
To this day, sulfur 8 makes my hair thrive. I'm too afraid to try to do the touch up my mom did, but sometimes it makes me so tempted.
![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The method works for some, I'm just saying. My mother never did leave my relaxers on for an hour, though.