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

I was beginning to think that something is truly wrong with me. I need to get a handle and brake on this shedding though.
 
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I'm eight weeks post today, I'm stretching till the 3rd or last week of December.
 
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1 week post as of yesterday. 11 more weeks to go!
 
Re: Relaxed Heads: How many weeks post relaxer are you and when is your next touch up

Going on 13 weeks now and I will have my final relaxer of the year 2 weeks from now.
 
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I am one day post, and Im thinking I will relax the week the 15th of December.

This weekend when I relaxed by how, Now that I realize that I should have NEVER stopped using ORS Olive Oil relaxer. It works the best on my hair.
 
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PureSilver said:
jennifer30 missyrayne19 can we see some fresh relaxer shots please in the relaxer reveal thread.
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PureSilver are you talking about fresh shots at my roots?? or length? I posted a length comparison picture in the relaxer reveal thread already but not of my roots. They didn't come out so great haha which is why I opted not to. I can anyway if you want me to though :yep:
 
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missyrayne19 I think I missed your update but i'll go back and check out your post. Thanks for sharing, no root shots necessary if you don't feel like. I just love to drool on freshly relaxed hair.
 
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I made 13 weeks post yesterday but I'm transitioning to natural. I normally relax at 12 weeks post and my hair is doing great so far.

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15 weeks and still on plan to hold out until Thanksgiving week.

Heading to GNC now to stock up on hair vitamins. :)

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I am 13 weeks. I did a cowash yesterday and had some increased breakage. If it doesn't settle soon, I will make appt for touch up OR get braids.
 
Saludable84 said:
Did the COwashing increase the breakage?
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No Saludable84. I skipped my mid week regi because I've been extremely busy this week. When I skip, breakage increases no matter how many weeks post. Twice a week regis have made a huge difference in hair manageability.

I actually didn't do a traditional cowash. I dry DCed, rinsed and applied a little more conditioner before rinsing again.
 
divachyk said:
No Saludable84. I skipped my mid week regi because I've been extremely busy this week. When I skip, breakage increases no matter how many weeks post. Twice a week regis have made a huge difference in hair manageability. I actually didn't do a traditional cowash. I dry DCed, rinsed and applied a little more conditioner before rinsing again.
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Have you done a hard protein treatment? I experienced the increased breakage around 14-15 weeks last time even though I was doing lite protein every week. After doing the hard protein, I was able to manage the breakage, though I ended up having to get a trim. I ended up relaxing at 16 weeks.

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No and I really prefer to stay away from that if I can help it KERC1974. My hair doesn't love protein {makes it feel super weird} although I know it needs it. I may consider a harder protein if things don't self-correct.
 
divachyk said:
No Saludable84. I skipped my mid week regi because I've been extremely busy this week. When I skip, breakage increases no matter how many weeks post. Twice a week regis have made a huge difference in hair manageability. I actually didn't do a traditional cowash. I dry DCed, rinsed and applied a little more conditioner before rinsing again.
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That's the only way I cowash when I do.
 
divachyk said:
No and I really prefer to stay away from that if I can help it KERC1974. My hair doesn't love protein {makes it feel super weird} although I know it needs it. I may consider a harder protein if things don't self-correct.
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How about clarifying, using a hard protein and going from there.

When I first started journey my breakage was similar to yours. After a few hard protein treatments, I could digress to medium ones. Perhaps you need to start over? Just throwing suggestions out there because I know how it is. That was the most frustrating part. I was scared of hard protein but it worked out. Nexxus worked well for me.
 
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divachyk said:
No Saludable84. I skipped my mid week regi because I've been extremely busy this week. When I skip, breakage increases no matter how many weeks post. Twice a week regis have made a huge difference in hair manageability.

I actually didn't do a traditional cowash. I dry DCed, rinsed and applied a little more conditioner before rinsing again.
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Do you air dry your hair? How often do you use heat to dry (if at all)?
 
Re: Relaxed Heads: How many weeks post relaxer are you and when is your next touch up

My hair is fine today {thank goodness} so whatever was happening was a wash moment thing Saludable84 greenandchic.

It seriously could have been that I was manipulating heavily damp hair when I normally manipulate 90% air dried hair. And, I tried a different leave-in {Darcy Botanicals) when I normally use Pura Body. So there were a few more variables at play than what I originally mentioned.

But yes, I'm due to clarify on my next wash day which is tomorrow. I will report back and let you all know how it goes.

I'm just not interested in hard protein at this time but I thank you guys for the suggestion. My hair was tipped a little too far on the protein side just a few weeks ago after using light protein weekly for about 5 or 6 weeks straight. I just feel using a hard protein wouldn't be wise right now. I will consider if breakage starts back up again and I can't get it under control.

greenandchic, I go back and forth with heat. While my hair responds best with heat, it's just not enough hours in the day to do heat each wash day. I work out often so those heat styles get messed up within days so that's a lot of effort on wash day to have it go down the drain days later. I will be heat styling tomorrow though...or it's my goal anyway.
 
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I just got a touch up today my last touch up was in July.
 
divachyk said:
My hair is fine today {thank goodness} so whatever was happening was a wash moment thing Saludable84 greenandchic. It seriously could have been that I was manipulating heavily damp hair when I normally manipulate 90% air dried hair. And, I tried a different leave-in {Darcy Botanicals) when I normally use Pura Body. So there were a few more variables at play than what I originally mentioned. But yes, I'm due to clarify on my next wash day which is tomorrow. I will report back and let you all know how it goes. I'm just not interested in hard protein at this time but I thank you guys for the suggestion. My hair was tipped a little too far on the protein side just a few weeks ago after using light protein weekly for about 5 or 6 weeks straight. I just feel using a hard protein wouldn't be wise right now. I will consider if breakage starts back up again and I can't get it under control. greenandchic, I go back and forth with heat. While my hair responds best with heat, it's just not enough hours in the day to do heat each wash day. I work out often so those heat styles get messed up within days so that's a lot of effort on wash day to have it go down the drain days later. I will be heat styling tomorrow though...or it's my goal anyway.
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I work out and sweat often too so I'm trying to balance hear drying versus air drying my hair. I was washing my hair twice a week for a while and then I pulled back to once a week. I think my hair did better when I was doing it twice a week. I was also deep conditioning twice a week as well. It took a lot of time for me but I think I might need to go back to that.

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divachyk said:
My hair is fine today {thank goodness} so whatever was happening was a wash moment thing Saludable84 greenandchic. It seriously could have been that I was manipulating heavily damp hair when I normally manipulate 90% air dried hair. And, I tried a different leave-in {Darcy Botanicals) when I normally use Pura Body. So there were a few more variables at play than what I originally mentioned. But yes, I'm due to clarify on my next wash day which is tomorrow. I will report back and let you all know how it goes. I'm just not interested in hard protein at this time but I thank you guys for the suggestion. My hair was tipped a little too far on the protein side just a few weeks ago after using light protein weekly for about 5 or 6 weeks straight. I just feel using a hard protein wouldn't be wise right now. I will consider if breakage starts back up again and I can't get it under control. greenandchic, I go back and forth with heat. While my hair responds best with heat, it's just not enough hours in the day to do heat each wash day. I work out often so those heat styles get messed up within days so that's a lot of effort on wash day to have it go down the drain days later. I will be heat styling tomorrow though...or it's my goal anyway.
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it takes forever to use the blow dryer but it really helps me

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divachyk said:
My hair is fine today {thank goodness} so whatever was happening was a wash moment thing Saludable84 greenandchic. It seriously could have been that I was manipulating heavily damp hair when I normally manipulate 90% air dried hair. And, I tried a different leave-in {Darcy Botanicals) when I normally use Pura Body. So there were a few more variables at play than what I originally mentioned. But yes, I'm due to clarify on my next wash day which is tomorrow. I will report back and let you all know how it goes. I'm just not interested in hard protein at this time but I thank you guys for the suggestion. My hair was tipped a little too far on the protein side just a few weeks ago after using light protein weekly for about 5 or 6 weeks straight. I just feel using a hard protein wouldn't be wise right now. I will consider if breakage starts back up again and I can't get it under control. greenandchic, I go back and forth with heat. While my hair responds best with heat, it's just not enough hours in the day to do heat each wash day. I work out often so those heat styles get messed up within days so that's a lot of effort on wash day to have it go down the drain days later. I will be heat styling tomorrow though...or it's my goal anyway.
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Great. Glad you figured it out. I was only suggesting hard protein if the breakage is too much. Otherwise no need. Hopefully that was just a fluke.
 
I will be cutting my hair yet again to thicken the hemline and remove as many split ends as I can. Komaza advised I do it gradually but I rather end the bleeding now.

I am 13 weeks post and will continue my stretch for however long my hair cooperates. Removing the relaxer out of the equation will help with process of elimination for uncovering the cause of my issue.

Cutting my hair will also remove relaxed ends and leave me with more texlaxed hair than relaxed hair.
 
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