Relaxer Touch-ups? Please Explain

[Junebug D]

I guess this is a question about stretching. After you stretch for a long amount of time (3 mos +) , and then you relax again... do you relax the whole length of your hair again, or do you just get a touch-up on the new growth? Can someone please explain this? Thanks.

 

[ajoyfuljoy]

new growth only. the reason people like to stretch so much is because there is a lot less overlapping of the chemical on the hair when you relax so much at one time. If you keep re-relaxing your hair strands, they will get weaker until they break and they won't be healthy.

Some people even put vaseline, condish or EVOO on already relaxed hair to preven the relaxer runoff from re-relaxing the hair in any way.

 

[msa]

Only the new growth. The rest of the hair is already relaxed so there's no need to do it again. It would be overprocessed.

 

[Junebug D]

Thanks. I was a bit confused about that, since people just say relaxed instead of touch-up.

 

[The Princess]

I used to get confused betweeen touch up and relaxer as well.

 

[aquajoyice]

you always want to prevcent overprocessing and would only apply the relaxer to the new growth. Stretching helps to prevent overprocessing which in turn leads to healthier stronger hair.

 

[Brownie518]

No matter the period of stretching, always new growth only!!!!

 

[UGQueen]

No matter the period of stretching, always new growth only!!!!

agreed