Relaxed Hair Thread

Perhaps my mindset changed because I'm not even thinking about relaxing and I'm at 10.5 weeks. Not sure if its the increased texture but my hair is just behaving.

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Saludable84 I know what you mean. I'm relaxing more as a preventative measure (of being underprocessed) than a need to relax. I'm not even excited to relax like I normally am...so weird:perplexed:
 
Nix08 said:
Saludable84 I know what you mean. I'm relaxing more as a preventative measure (of being underprocessed) than a need to relax. I'm not even excited to relax like I normally am...so weird:perplexed:
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Lol. Right! I'm fine with being underprocessed but by now, I'd be doing mucho relaxer prep right. It's not a problem to me, but I guess since I want more texture, it's holding the chemicals in my brain back from telling me I need to relax.

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Ok, today I got my relaxer at the salon. It was an OK experience. I went to a very experienced stylist who I am very comfortable with but this time I noticed she did things a little different such as using a bristle brush on my hair when it was wet. I never brush my hair when it is wet. Although I did not see much hair in the brush it was a little uncomfortable for me. Other than that I really like how she handles my hair.

I stretched to 17 weeks which was my longest stretch. I usually stretch to 13 weeks and I think 17 weeks was a little too much for me. My natural hair type is 4C in most places and it is very thick. I lost a lot of hair when I was detangling last night in preparation for my relaxer. I also noticed that she had a hard time getting through the new growth and I could hear my hair breaking. Not her fault because the new growth was insane.

I will probably go back to 13 weeks, maybe 15 weeks for the next relaxer and I may do it myself. All in all I love the way my hair looks and feels and I am happy with the results. Pictures will follow once my photographer gets home.
 
SuchaLady :spank: :lol:


OAN: I'm suffering today as I have my hair somewhat pre-parted in preparation to do my relaxer so I am wearing a hat all day and it's killing me:nono: I just want to rip it off... on the drive home I think I will...I don't care how crazy I look. I just can't deal much longer!
 
I raved about this product in the "Dec' 2013 Hit or Miss" thread, and I'm raving about it here now:--->Mane 'n Tail Moisturizing Deep Conditioner<--is the TRUTH! I'm currently doing research to see if this stuff is sold by the gallon lol.
 
Here's my hair as I was moisturizing before bed. I should have a nice juicy bun tomorrow. :yep:
 

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I'm tryna tell you and Nix, this is how it starts :look: don't say I didn't warn you :look:
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In already on 12 weeks. It's usually easier for me to stretch in the winter for some odd reason. I should be relaxing in 2-3 weeks and I'm like whatever. You just don't expect it after all you go through to get it a certain way.

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Moisturized and sealed twice today. Once this morning since I didn't do it last night and again this afternoon after my nap...fell asleep without my scarf on..smh. I must do better
 
I feel really lazy to roller set my hair tonight, but I leave it be I will get bed head. If I wrap it, it won't look good. Ugh why me
 
Washed my hair tonight after going a full week, and my scalp was so dry :sad:. I don't know if it was build up or skin cells, but I could see a whitish coating on parts of my scalp, especially on the left side. When I was relaxed I had horrible dandruff, but I also wasn't washing my hair, so that's sort of expected. Anyone experience really dry scalp while relaxed, especially if you didn't have that issue while natural? I'm going to cowash/rinse at least once a week and hopefully that helps. I washed tonight with my EBW shampoo and all the residue is gone. I applied a little CO to my scalp just as a precaution.

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Ladies who were natural and then relaxed, is your hair way rougher now than it was when you were natural? It's so weird touching my hair that's much less curly, but like 3x rougher :perplexed. Is this normal or am I missing something?
 
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Washed my hair tonight after going a full week, and my scalp was so dry :sad:. I don't know if it was build up or skin cells, but I could see a whitish coating on parts of my scalp, especially on the left side. When I was relaxed I had horrible dandruff, but I also wasn't washing my hair, so that's sort of expected. Anyone experience really dry scalp while relaxed, especially if you didn't have that issue while natural? I'm going to cowash/rinse at least once a week and hopefully that helps. I washed tonight with my EBW shampoo and all the residue is gone. I applied a little CO to my scalp just as a precaution. Edited to add: Ladies who were natural and then relaxed, is your hair way rougher now than it was when you were natural? It's so weird touching my hair that's much less curly, but like 3x rougher :perplexed. Is this normal or am I missing something?
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For dry scalp I just clarified regularly. Surprisingly the only thing that helped was tea rinsing with burdock root weekly. My scalp normally starts to itch after 3-4 days depending on style, but that's just normal for me. I tried using oil but that made it worse as I also have a sensitive scalp.

Shea moisture in the black jar worked good in my scalp after using the shampoo and the conditioner since it is made for problematic scalps.

For hard hair, you might need to clarify and do a medium protein with a moisture DC to follow if its been at least 2 weeks after. Not sure if you have done that yet, but my hair used to get hard after relaxing for a few weeks until if clarified again.

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Saludable84 said:
For dry scalp I just clarified regularly. Surprisingly the only thing that helped was tea rinsing with burdock root weekly. My scalp normally starts to itch after 3-4 days depending on style, but that's just normal for me. I tried using oil but that made it worse as I also have a sensitive scalp.

Shea moisture in the black jar worked good in my scalp after using the shampoo and the conditioner since it is made for problematic scalps.

For hard hair, you might need to clarify and do a medium protein with a moisture DC to follow if its been at least 2 weeks after. Not sure if you have done that yet, but my hair used to get hard after relaxing for a few weeks until if clarified again.

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Thank you so much!! I just DC'd with AO GBP and a moisturizing conditioner tonight. But all this info helps. I'm thinking that my scalp may be a bit tramatized from relaxing twice, even though my hair is fine. I'll just keep scalp clean and see if a little CO helps.
 
ckisland said:
Thank you so much!! I just DC'd with AO GBP and a moisturizing conditioner tonight. But all this info helps. I'm thinking that my scalp may be a bit tramatized from relaxing twice, even though my hair is fine. I'll just keep scalp clean and see if a little CO helps.
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I was thinking that too. Your hair doesn't look hard at all so I was a little worried. My scalp takes a little while so just baby it for a little.

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