AtlantaJJ
Well-Known Member
Ladies,
I have posted here several times since I joined a week ago. My challenge is to bring my hair back to health after years of wearing back-to-back braided and weaved styles. I took my braids down about 10 days ago and I am 100% virgin mainly type 4a hair if I understand the type chart correctly. When in good condition, my hair makes a round coil, although a very small coil. I guess you would consider my hair fine, because the individual strands have a small circumfrance. Under normal healthy conditions I would say I have medium density (# of strands on my head vs the size of the strand)
Since I have been out of my braids I have washed and condtioned 3 times. This last time I did an Aphrogee deep protein treatment and a color rinse to help fill in the cuticle. My hair feels sooo much better to the touch now and it is very shinny. I don't have much breakage at all, I trimmed my ends and will continue to do so for a while. I can tell my cuticle was extreemly rough, and my hair is very porous because it frizzes at the slightest sign of humidity.
I flat ironed Saturday afternoon, then Sunday morning I had what appeared to be a freshly washed afro again! It's seems to hold a press a little better than an iron at this point, but it still ends up looking like a puff ball at the end of the day.
I want to relax because of my active lifestyle. I can not have my hair reverting every time I run or workout. I have my products narrowed down to Mizani Fine and Color treated or Silk Elements Megasilk Lye. I think my hair does better with Lye based relaxers. I was thinking of going with the mild because there will be less chance that I over process my hair. I could handle under processed better.
Is it eaiser to staighten hair that has already been pressed before applying relaxer? It seems like it would take less smoothing to get it straight. Is that right?
Any pointers you can offer would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks for your help with this.
Janet in Atlanta
I have posted here several times since I joined a week ago. My challenge is to bring my hair back to health after years of wearing back-to-back braided and weaved styles. I took my braids down about 10 days ago and I am 100% virgin mainly type 4a hair if I understand the type chart correctly. When in good condition, my hair makes a round coil, although a very small coil. I guess you would consider my hair fine, because the individual strands have a small circumfrance. Under normal healthy conditions I would say I have medium density (# of strands on my head vs the size of the strand)
Since I have been out of my braids I have washed and condtioned 3 times. This last time I did an Aphrogee deep protein treatment and a color rinse to help fill in the cuticle. My hair feels sooo much better to the touch now and it is very shinny. I don't have much breakage at all, I trimmed my ends and will continue to do so for a while. I can tell my cuticle was extreemly rough, and my hair is very porous because it frizzes at the slightest sign of humidity.
I flat ironed Saturday afternoon, then Sunday morning I had what appeared to be a freshly washed afro again! It's seems to hold a press a little better than an iron at this point, but it still ends up looking like a puff ball at the end of the day.
I want to relax because of my active lifestyle. I can not have my hair reverting every time I run or workout. I have my products narrowed down to Mizani Fine and Color treated or Silk Elements Megasilk Lye. I think my hair does better with Lye based relaxers. I was thinking of going with the mild because there will be less chance that I over process my hair. I could handle under processed better.
Is it eaiser to staighten hair that has already been pressed before applying relaxer? It seems like it would take less smoothing to get it straight. Is that right?
Any pointers you can offer would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks for your help with this.
Janet in Atlanta
Just for clarification, you want to know should you press your hair and then apply a relaxer or should you relax your hair while it is in it's natural state? 
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