sunnieb
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@SuchaLady did you used to have a ponytail in your siggy??? That's who I was thinking about.
I'm terrible with names though!
I'm terrible with names though!
Relaxed Heads: How many weeks post relaxer are you and when is your next touch up???
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PureSilver
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I'll be 19 weeks post tomorrow. Attempting a transition of some sorts.
divachyk
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@sunnieb, I totally forgot to say thank you. Where the heck are my manners. I'm so, so sorry about that.
@SuchaLady, that's my situation. I seriously am not wanting to be natural but I have absolutely no desire to find a salon to do my hair. My last salon visits were blah. I don't want to self-relax either so where does that put me? Wearing wigs until I figure it out.
@Aggie, I love how you relax whenever with no pressure to be on a certain timetable.
@SuchaLady, that's my situation. I seriously am not wanting to be natural but I have absolutely no desire to find a salon to do my hair. My last salon visits were blah. I don't want to self-relax either so where does that put me? Wearing wigs until I figure it out.
@Aggie, I love how you relax whenever with no pressure to be on a certain timetable.
PureSilver
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divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
@PureSilver, thank you so very much. I truly appreciate your support & compliment. Your transition can go super easy if you follow a regimen that works for you. Do you have a regimen that is working?
outspokenwallflower
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A little more than 4 weeks.
@divachyk Yep. I know exactly how you feel. I still maintain that if I could have straight hair without relaxing Id be on cloud 9. The relaxer process is what deters me. Not the relaxer 
Every so often, or at least once a year 
, I break down and relax my hair. Sometimes I really feel like giving the entire thing up then I experience that 0 week post relaxer thing and all faith is restored 
Every so often, or at least once a year , I break down and relax my hair. Sometimes I really feel like giving the entire thing up then I experience that 0 week post relaxer thing and all faith is restored
PureSilver
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divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
@PureSilver, Yes, that's a great regimen right there. Please keep me posted on your progress and let me know if you have questions. There are several of us stretching indefinitely and we can help you over the humps as you encounter them.
PureSilver
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Thank you, I'll be sure to ask when the going get tough. I can't wait to see my curls again. Three years is gonna take too long to get me back to BSL but I by all means must remain consistent.
divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
@PureSilver you can do it! Time will fly by before you know it. I rarely wash my hair and I hardly ever length check nowadays and that helps time fly by. Watching and tracking progess makes the days and weeks go by slow for some reason.
ForestRose
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I'm 14 weeks post. But I'm probably more like 20 week because the relaxer didn't take to my roots well.
I want to self relax. How do you make sure that you don't go over the line of demarcation. I'm worried that if I go over it by a mm that I will have chunks in my hand. Any advice? This will be my 2nd touch up.
I want to self relax. How do you make sure that you don't go over the line of demarcation. I'm worried that if I go over it by a mm that I will have chunks in my hand. Any advice? This will be my 2nd touch up.
sunnieb
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@xxlalaxx Check out my self-relaxing album in my fotki link in my siggy.
When I pre-part my hair, I put a clip at the line of demarcation. This is where I begin my twist of my previously relaxed hair. I put the relaxer cream on the hair below the twist. But, you will always get some relaxer on you previously relaxed hair. It's inevitable. They key is to prep your hair to ward off potential damage. Also, oiling your previously relaxed hair helps.
Fotchygirl
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Will be 24 weeks on Tuesday and after today's wash experience I realized I should have taken my own advice and relaxed sooner. My hair is tangled and has lots of ssk's and no matter what I do it keeps sticking to each other. No more long stretches!
sunnieb
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Will be 24 weeks on Tuesday and after today's wash experience I realized I should have taken my own advice and relaxed sooner. My hair is tangled and has lots of ssk's and no matter what I do it keeps sticking to each other. No more long stretches!
I may go a while between relaxing, but I'm not doing super long stretches either. I let my hair tell me when to relax. Seems to be somewhere between 14 - 18 weeks now.
But, if my hair needed it before then, I'd do it.
grow
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What are some ways that your hair tells your hair tells you it needs to be relaxed?
sunnieb
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It just doesn't "act" right.
-tangles way too much
-even when I dc, it feels softer, but I have trouble styling it the following morning
-when my hair isn't fun anymore
-my daily moisturizer seems to sit on top and not penitrate to the roots
-the place where my newgrowth and previously relaxed hair meet, is all to apparent and looks ridiculous. I can't blend it - even with a curly style. I don't use direct heat.
PianoTiles
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17 weeks here..i wanted to hold out until the first week of January but my hair is tangled, i have ssk's all over the place, the shrinkage is crazy(im wearing a bun today and its so tiny 
) and i just find myself not enjoying it right now. I might relax this weekend or sometime next week, but debating whether or not i should do a protein treatment before hand...
) and i just find myself not enjoying it right now. I might relax this weekend or sometime next week, but debating whether or not i should do a protein treatment before hand...
danysedai
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Friday is my day off and DH will help me this time. Last relaxer was in September before my birthday so about 12 weeks. I didn't wash this last week and I've been moisturizing and sealing with oil including the newgrowth so now I'm worried I'll have too much oil. I'm tempted to dye it and do a rollerset instead and wait until before Christmas. That way I will do a proper protein treatment the week before and left my newgrowth alone without build up. Decisions, decisions...
CluelessJL
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16 weeks since my seriously underprocessed self relaxer. 33 weeks since last salon relaxer.
Some days I quite like my new growth and wonder if I could transition. Other days I get incredibly frustrated with not being able to produce or maintain a neat style without flat ironing.
I will need some prep time for a relaxer though, as I haven't been looking after my hair over the past few weeks since my dog died. Worrying about my hair still feels a bit trivial, but I need to start getting back to normal. I want to enjoy my hair again.
Some days I quite like my new growth and wonder if I could transition. Other days I get incredibly frustrated with not being able to produce or maintain a neat style without flat ironing.
I will need some prep time for a relaxer though, as I haven't been looking after my hair over the past few weeks since my dog died. Worrying about my hair still feels a bit trivial, but I need to start getting back to normal. I want to enjoy my hair again.
flyygirlll2
Lioness mane
14 months post
grow
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Thank you so much @sunnieb !!!! THAT is what I've experienced too. As a matter of fact, I'm beginning to think that stretching is no longer for me. Last time I did that seriously, I got to nearly 5 months and though my hair had grown to nearly MBL, there had been so much breakage that I had cut it up to SL. Now I'm near BSL and seriously wondering what advantages stretching really has.
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