Relaxed Heads: How many weeks post relaxer are you and when is your next touch up???

[sunnieb]

6 weeks post today. Still thinking 4th of July weekend is when I'll relax.

 

[mschristine]

4 weeks post tomorrow...I have no idea when I'm relaxing. 12 weeks max...

 

[Lilmama1011]

10 weeks today. I have decided to go for the whole 12 weeks

 

[Evolving78]

Yall I'm not relaxed anymore. I big chopped at 3 months post. I got a Mohawk fade. I'm going to miss you ladies, but I will still lurk! Lol

 

[flyygirlll2]

@shortdub78 Congrats on your BC!

 

[Evolving78]

@shortdub78 Congrats on your BC!

Thank you lady!

 

[Lilmama1011]

I just relaxed yesterday. About to roller set my hair. I don't know will I do 12, 11, or 10 weeks next time I will see

 

[kikisf]

I've grown hair lazy. I use to joke my mom about wearing wigs non-stop but I've sipped the kool-aid and see how wonderful it is.

I'll be 40 weeks post this week, I think. I will keep stretching as long as --
: I don't grow tired of wigs (as that's the only way I've been able to stretch)
: my hair doesn't suffer too much breakage
: my edges don't suffer from wigs

I've been busy at work and it has felt great not worrying with hair. I also love that my wigs make me look different and is giving me style options that I've been without for a while since I do little to my own hair..

@divachyk 40 Weeks! I have not been online for a while because of the search thread and my grandmother died. I just discovered they finally fixed the website and bammm noticed all those cute ripples in your hair!

Still home relaxing but have been thinking about tracking down my old retired stylist and begging him to do just my head. My hair was looking stringy and faaaar tooo straight up from my no-lye experiment so I switched back to lye. I am currently using ORS, but I am not sure it is the one. The last relaxer I have in my notes is Nov 12th but I feel like that cannot be the last one. Did I have one in December?? I decided to go back to a weave in December so maybe I did braid it up before it was time for a touch up? I had my hair out for a break in April and the roots were so out of hand I had to keep my hair flat ironed straight for the first time in a long time, which my daughter Loooooved! She kept playing with my swoop bangs saying "This hair is clean!...... Just like a horsey!" I bust out laughing. She does love her horses and pretty ponies so I guess that was a compliment??? DH loved it as well but I couldn't cope. The ends are too straight and the roots to different a texture. Plus my swimming... I was tempted to big chop and go back natural or at least cut the no-lye ends off, but got another weave installation to delay my decision. (I promised my BFF I would call her first and promised DH I would go to a salon) now I see divachyk and I see the shortdub news.... We will see.....

 

[divachyk]

@kikisf, I'm in no rush to make a decision. I'm just on chill status and loving every minute of it. I'm still pro-relaxer because I love me some straight horsey hair. :0)

 

[Beamodel]

20 weeks post

This is the longest I've ever stretched. I plan on relaxing 6 weeks from now (maybe)...

 

[Rozlewis]

11 weeks post. Stretching till 18 weeks.

 

[Nayeli]

7 weeks post today and so far so good. Might relax early July.

 

[TayMac]

I'm 7 weeks, 3 days post.

I'm hoping to stretch until 12 weeks.

 

[CluelessJL]

Two weeks post and my hair's back to shedding like normal

 

[iLurk]

30 weeks post.

planning to relax in another month but may hold off a bit longer since things aren't going horrible

 

[Lymegreen]

1 day post. plan to relax again in 7-8 weeks

 

[levette]

2 weeks post I'm trying to stretch until September

 

[sunnieb]

8 weeks post. Be 9 weeks on Saturday.

Not feeling like doing a long stretch this time.

 

[jennifer30]

3 weeks post...won't be relaxing until october

 

[CluelessJL]

Also three weeks post - no idea when next one will be.

 

[TLC1020]

10 weeks post relaxer now, will probably relax at 20 weeks like last time, 24 weeks was too much I was very underproccesed.

 

[SunRai Naturals]

About one week post. I plan to relax at 12 weeks.

 

[divachyk]

44 weeks

 

[IDareT'sHair]

34 Weeks and Counting. Not sure when I'll Relax.

 

[divachyk]

@IDareT'sHair

 

[IDareT'sHair]

@divachyk
Couldna' made it without you.

 

[divachyk]

Back acha @IDareT'sHair. Gotta stick together because stretching is crazy hard some weeks but you stay cheering me on.

 

[fifigirl]

8 weeks post relaxer....not sure when and if i will relax

 

[divachyk]

This seems to be the most active thread we have going right now so sorry to hijack but I'm gonna put this question here - how would you respond if someone (a former stylist...not my former stylist, but a former hairstylist in general) said you're delusional to think relaxed hair is healthy hair?

I had that happen on a relaxed vs natural blog post I did yesterday over on my blog. The basis of her statement is that protein bonds are broken and strands are altered.

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@Lilmama1011 you're in cosmetology school right now, so what's your thoughts - do you agree relaxed hair isn't healthy?

 

[flyygirlll2]

@divachyk I peeped that over at your blog but didn't want to comment because after a while it really feels like not the topic in itself because I understand what you were saying and where you're coming from, but more so certain people going really hard based on their opinion and not necessarily hard cold facts. When people present an opinion as if it's a fact, it bothers me.

Relaxed hair can be healthy and thrive. There are women on this board with healthy relaxed hair that can attest to that. My mother is a stylist and is 60 years old. She still relaxes her hair and it's healthy and beautiful, why? Because she takes great care of it period.