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

18 weeks post and trying to make it to 24 as that's when my sister is visiting me. $$ is tight and my stylist charges $100 CAD for a relaxer and style so DIY it is. She relaxed my hair on January 13th this year.

But I've been dying to relax so will probably do it myself this weekend.
 
This is very admirable. How are you maintaining your hair? How are wash days? Do you mind posting pictures?
Just keeping braided up under wigs for now. I already started the cutting process to transition to natural. I should say I'd be fully there by week #104. I'll post pics then. I am transitioning from texlaxed to natural by the way. The last time I was fully relaxed was probably 2012.
 
9 weeks post tomorrow. I feel like time really flies sometimes!

Still planning to wait until December to relax but I may end up throwing in a relaxer this year in August. It's weird how some years, I relax only twice a year and other years it's 3 times. I'll just keep listening to my hair and keep plan A and B relaxer schedules.
 
Around 2-3 weeks ago? Something like that.

Idk when I plan to relax again. I deviated from my typical ORS relaxer, and used a Motions Lye relaxer. Still in my feelings about that a bit.

Won’t be doing that ever again. Sodium based relaxers always give me such a difficult time during after care. So I’ll be sticking with the old tried and true.
 
I’m a couple hours post :lachen:

I’m gonna shoot for September for my next relaxer.

I'm about an hour post! :)

Got home around 8 and realized this is the only evening I'll have free this week. I was already 9 weeks post and looking a bit crazy with this hair length.

Relaxing in 8 weeks if nothing comes up.

Can't wait to have my long hair back! I could cover up tons of newgrowth with a twist out.
 
I'm about an hour post! :)

Got home around 8 and realized this is the only evening I'll have free this week. I was already 9 weeks post and looking a bit crazy with this hair length.

Relaxing in 8 weeks if nothing comes up.

Can't wait to have my long hair back! I could cover up tons of newgrowth with a twist out.
I was gonna wait until Tuesday since I had washed my hair late Saturday night (it was like 11:42pm and I did a Aphogee Amino Acid treatment), but I didn’t add any leave ins after I picked my kid up from school but the itching was INTENSE. I already had a headache the previous day, and I was about to beat myself into another one. I figured “now is a good as time as any” :lachen:
 
I was gonna wait until Tuesday since I had washed my hair late Saturday night (it was like 11:42pm and I did a Aphogee Amino Acid treatment), but I didn’t add any leave ins after I picked my kid up from school but the itching was INTENSE. I already had a headache the previous day, and I was about to beat myself into another one. I figured “now is a good as time as any” :lachen:

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Yay, welcome back, cuz! I’ve missed your energy in the relaxer threads.
 
Currently 21 weeks post, mostly due to life getting in the way and a little laziness, ngl.

I scheduled an appointment with my stylist for 6/20 and I'm gonna schedule another appointment that day for exactly 12 weeks from then; stretching beyond that has been leading to nothing but a headache.
 
Currently 21 weeks post, mostly due to life getting in the way and a little laziness, ngl.

I scheduled an appointment with my stylist for 6/20 and I'm gonna schedule another appointment that day for exactly 12 weeks from then; stretching beyond that has been leading to nothing but a headache.
I feel you. I don’t forsee me going longer than 3 months before I touch up. I don’t wanna spend all that time on my hair again. I feel like the older I get, the less time I wanna spend on my hair :lachen:
 
For those of you that like straight results, what relaxer are you using these days?

I watch TheTabbi1 on YT. She’s low density like me but she relaxes bone straight. She gets really good results. I love her hair and her laid back approach. She has hit HL a few times and she has obvious kinky/type 4 newgrowth. I have seen her use African Pride and CON Out of Eden.

 
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