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

[sunnieb]

9 weeks post. Decided to relax next weekend at 10 weeks.

My newgrowth is really thick and tangly this cycle. I've been more consistent with taking biotin since the first of December - wonder if that has something to do with it?

 

[Plushottie]

12 weeks post and it’s at this point my hair can go feral I think I will relax next Sunday if I’m up to it because I don’t want it to be boom 6 months and I’m threaten to do a Brittney Spears.

 

[sunnieb]

Relaxed Saturday at 10 weeks post. Here are some pics:

Pre-relaxer on Saturday


From this morning - used a little castor oil to seal ends last night:


This evening after taking down my daily bun. Wanted to check how my ends were holding up:


Just for fun - I swooped my hair in a bun to see if it would hold together without pins while I did some things around the house - it did!


Still have a ways to go to get some real length, but I'm happy with the results.

Plan to relax again at 12 weeks unless my hair tells me to do it sooner!

 

[MzSwift]

I am so happy for you, @sunnieb !!
The tool-less bun is a milestone all by itself!
And your pre and post relaxer hair difference is so amazing!

 

[Plushottie]

Truly an amazing progression @sunnieb! Your consistency is chefs kiss!

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I guess ill do it when this weather stop playing freeze tag.

 

[MzSwift]

I'm a little over 4 months post at 18 weeks, 3 days.
It's feeling like I have much more new growth than usual.
I'm not sure I can safely make it to stretch a year, even by just transitioning braid styles.
I need to see what's behind this extra new growth. My last texlax results were straighter than I wanted so it doesn't seem like hair that missed processing nor underprocessed hair.
So I'm preparing myself mentally to texlax in April, at 6 months post.
Then I'll stretch 6 more months until Oct for my annual length check.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

@sunnieb
Your Hair Looks Gorgeous Ms. SunnieB .....

 

[Plushottie]

Y’all I’m going to retouch in 2 weeks but my new growth is so soft. Around this time last yr I was about to buzz my head and now I have a routine that’s keeping more hair intact. Progress. I’m teary.

 

[sunnieb]

@MzSwift thank you!

I started a thread around here years ago where we could post our pre-relaxer pics. The differences were like !

My non-black coworkers think my hair grows so fast. They don't realize I'm simply stretching my relaxers and my newgrowth shrinks my total length. Even had one lady compliment me on my nice "haircut". I told her thank you and left it at that.

 

[MzSwift]

@sunnieb

Thank you for reminding me! I get discouraged often bc it looks like my hair isn't really gaining any length and I forgot that lots of new growth can make the hair appear shorter. And I usually have MONTHS of new growth! So it looks like I'm losing ground when I'm not. Until I do a pull down and I'm touching a different part of my body, then I can feel progress.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

now I have a routine that’s keeping more hair intact. Progress. I’m teary.

@Plushottie
Good Job!

 

[demlew]

I finally relaxed last night after however long lol

Here you go! October 28th. Post #6226