Need opinions...one area breakage....end stretch at 8 weeks or continue to 20

[Chevelure618]

Ladies,

Need opinions. Just when my hair was doing GREAT, (my longest hair in the back is BSL) the ponytail area started to break...this is my coarsest area and where I sleep and where it is the driest. It has always been my problem area, but it was growing out great.

I am texlaxed. The breakage area is concealed well because my hair is very thick. My previous texlax was underprocessed but I've been babying the variant textures.

Now I am seeing 15-20 2" pieces of breakage in the sink. D__n. When I test each one, they are strong and snap with tension. So I know I need moisture rather than protein. I am an UBH product user so that is why my hair is never lacking in protein. The front of my hair never breaks except when I am bad and do too much flat-ironing or use something other than a Beautiful browns rinse, or Bigen color. I don't do either very often...maybe 2 times a year.

Question for all of you. Should I go ahead and texlax now because maybe it is my hair rebelling the stretch? Or should I keep pushing to 20 weeks with moisture and low-manipulation? Or should I let her do a corrective to eliminate the variant textures along the hairshaft?

Thanks. I wanted full BSL by June, and I don't want to get set back.

 

[destine2grow]

My hair is breaking as well but I am transitioning. When I was relaxed and my hair would start to break I would fix the problem before I relaxed again. I am a person that don't believe in relaxing or texlaxing when your hair is already breaking. However if you feel this will correct the problem then do it.

 

[JJamiah]

Please fix the problem before putting any chemical into your hair.

As Always I believe in starting off with freshly Clarify'd hair.
Then Use a light protein
Deep Condition with your favority conditioner Under a cholesterol cap Lady Vamp - Evolve Cholesterol Conditioning Cap

for a few hours.

Rinse add your leave ins and style as usual

 

[Chevelure618]

Instinctively I don't want to do a relaxer prematurely, because I haven't relaxed in less than 11 weeks for over 3 years, but because my last one was severely underprocessed, even for a texlaxer like me, I thought perhaps my hair was rebeling the different textures. I wish I was a braid person. I'd certainly get it braided up for a couple of months. When I get braids I immediately feel like digging them out and my scalp gets itchy after 3-4 days like it always does. There is a large braid...two braids down the back then Kanakelon hair braided in to make the big braids longer, that I'd like to do, but I don't know if my hair would stay neat looking at the top.

I think I'll inquire at the braiding place.