Relaxed Hair Thread

Brittster, thank you. It is nice to be back. :) I love your avatar and siggy pic. I never heard of a "karma cleanse," but I made a mental note of the steps!
 
i was thinking about getting a touch up this weekend, but i forgot i just colored my hair blue black, so i will need to wait a few more weeks. i will just set my hair on big rollers and bun this weekend.
 
I am 6 mths post but not relaxing yet as I'm regrowing my edges after a cornrow mishap in March. JBCO is helping but it seems like a slow process( to me). I am also trying to grow these layers out.
 
I haven't straightened my hair for a while now, you can see the new growth indicated by the thick roots. This is from last month.

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Ms. Tiki I was going to do it next week BUT this weekend is my 2 year hair journey anniversary...I figured it would be nice to have a fresh relaxer for it:look:
 
Nix08 I can understand that. You know I'm supposed to be relaxing also. After the way my edges look tonight I'm not going to wait for the other relaxer. Im Going to use what I have. Another person thought I was natural. Umm...no its time to take care of this stuff!
 
Head is itchy this isn't fun. I rocked a straight back pull through bun today. I just didn't care. Looking forward to washing this week. It's sad I actually plan my hair days now like what product I will use and everything..I was counting my weeks I'm 5 weeks post man time flys and I have no new growth. Maybe it's hard to tell since I'm more texlaxed. I probable will be stretching for a long time at this rate.
 
I've been so hair lazy as of late. :nono:

Just haven't felt like doing anything to it. Well, I decided to snap a picture of my crispity, crunchy looking ends today and I'm cured!!! :)

I cowashed with HE Touchably Smooth and I'll seal tonight with castor oil. I'm might baggy my ends or wrap them in some kind of way to get back on track.
 
Brittster said:
afrochique, wow! How many months posts are you? How do you normally wear/style your hair w/ all that newgrowth?
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I think I was 5 mths post then. I am now 6mths 1wk post. I mostly wear wigs over jumbo braids because I don't have the patience to straighten my hair. I was also underprocessed in Dec. but didn't correct it.
ETA: I sometimes wear buns with cute scarfs covering the perimeter-esp. edges and nape.
 
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Help...I just did a touch up and correction after 12 weeks post and now my hair is shedding like crazy...I meaning large pieces were coming out at first. Because of this I decided to air dry instead of blow dry. The drier it gets the less shedding but I'm really concerned. I thought I did everything right...

Pre-parted and put Vaseline on my scalp
Did the half and half method
Smoothed with the back of a comb and combed through the new growth at the 5 min mark
Kept to the recommended time
After rinsing did the aphogee 2-min reconstructer with SAA added ....it was at this point I noticed my precious going down the drain
Shampooed twice with silt elements olive oil nuetralizer

I then used the Linange reconstructed followed by a dc steamed for an hour. Tried detangling with my fingers and after pulling out enough hair to donate to a barbie doll i stopped :( After rinsing out I did a final rinse with aloe Vera juice.

Product - ORS lye extra strength (first time, I usually use Linange but this time I wanted to get close to bone straight, my hair tends to be pretty resistant...maybe it's not and it was too strong???? This was this first time I smoothed with the back of a comb or and combed the new growth)

Other info...did an over night henna treatment 3 days ago. No history of shedding issues (I've been using the alter ego garlic on my roots for about a month and used it with my DC)

My only good news...my hair is pretty thick so if I can stop this madness I'll be okay. I'm only about half an inch from BSL and thought I was more like a little over an inch before. My hair feels incredibly soft.

Ugh...any suggestions? feeling like I should have just gone to a salon :(
 
caliscurls it sound all right:perplexed: Maybe the 2 lathers with the neutralizer wasn't enough. Maybe try another neutralizing wash (allow the shampoo to sit on your hair for a little while before rinsing it out).

The henna may also be part of the issue BUT I have zero experience with henna. You could try a tea rinse as well to see if that helps with the shedding.

Had you combed your hair prior to the relaxer? This isn't like a week+ worth of shed hair is it? Also, I wouldn't regret doing the relaxer yourself...you likely don't get to see how much hair you lose at the salon.
 
Nix08 said:
caliscurls it sound all right:perplexed: Maybe the 2 lathers with the neutralizer wasn't enough. Maybe try another neutralizing wash (allow the shampoo to sit on your hair for a little while before rinsing it out).

The henna may also be part of the issue BUT I have zero experience with henna. You could try a tea rinse as well to see if that helps with the shedding.

Had you combed your hair prior to the relaxer? This isn't like a week+ worth of shed hair is it? Also, I wouldn't regret doing the relaxer yourself...you likely don't get to see how much hair you lose at the salon.
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Right now it's in a Bantu knot that I'm afraid to take down :blink: its definitely more than a weeks worth of shed hair...and I hadnt really combed my hair for at least a week..that new growth was fierce!!! Maybe it's all the shed hair that would have come out? I'm going to take your advice though and go do another neutralizer followed by a tea rinse.
 
caliscurls when I use to do tea rinses (because they can be drying) I would do the rinse as part of my DC. Pour the tea over my head than add DC. Then rinse it all out.

But ...where are the pics of this fresh relaxer anyway:look:
 
Nix08 said:
caliscurls it sound all right:perplexed: Maybe the 2 lathers with the neutralizer wasn't enough. Maybe try another neutralizing wash (allow the shampoo to sit on your hair for a little while before rinsing it out).

The henna may also be part of the issue BUT I have zero experience with henna. You could try a tea rinse as well to see if that helps with the shedding.

Had you combed your hair prior to the relaxer? This isn't like a week+ worth of shed hair is it? Also, I wouldn't regret doing the relaxer yourself...you likely don't get to see how much hair you lose at the salon.
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My thoughts EXACTLY.
 
Hello, I'm having kind of having a hair crisis that's left me pretty confused about what steps to take moving forward :perplexed. I relaxed my November after being natural for just under a year. I found a LOVE for wigs and started growing my relaxed hair out... The problem is I stretched toooo long (about 5 months) and when I decided to relax a huge chunk of my hair fell out in clumps. I have a short hair patch the size of a tennis ball in the middle of my head. The rest of my hair grew to APL though, So I stuck on weather or not I want to completely chop off and start all over again. I just ordered some Wagmans hair to get a weave install next week. I also made hair clip in for the disaster spot, I'm 4 weeks into my relaxer. SMH. I'm thinking that starting over would be nice, So ill be all one legnth, but maybe I can stick it out and grow out the patch so that way I wont loose any progress thats still on my head. Any tips or ideas would appreciated. Thank you.
1st picture is relaxer day Nov 26th 2011
2nd picture is February 29th 2012
3rd picture is today June 16th 2012
 

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I went through this last year - and I was very tempted to cut but resisted the temptation. I found ways around it styling wise and now a full year later it's grown tremendously and looks as if I deliberately cut my hair in layers. Very nice. Not cutting taught me a greater appreciation for my hair than cutting it would have. Ive cut my hair due to damage tons of times only to have to do it again. Long story short, my advice is not to cut - next year this time you will be very happy that you didn't.
 
afroette said:
what does a hot oil treatment do?
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I heard its similar to a deep conditioner, I haven't done a hot oil treatment in years, but I do a deep conditioner everytime I wash because feel my hair will be dry
 
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