To the relaxed ladies...touch up frequency

[Napp]

Hypothetically if you were using a relaxer that:

-could never over process the hair
-gave you no scalp issues
-doesnt weaken the hair after application(no need to neutralize or reconstuct after relaxing)
-difficult to overlap
-no relaxer runoff
-relativley cheap per application
-easy to diy

would you touch up more often?

 

[afjhnsn]

Of course. I'd prob retain 90% of my growth

 

[Mische]

I don't think so. Apart from the health benefits of stretching relaxers, I also like the plus of seeing a more dramatic difference in length between touch ups.

 

[imaccami]

Hypothetically if you were using a relaxer that:

-could never over process the hair
-gave you no scalp issues
-doesnt weaken the hair after application(no need to neutralize or reconstuct after relaxing)
-difficult to overlap
-no relaxer runoff
-relativley cheap per application
-easy to diy

would you touch up more often?

Nope.

I don't think hair is weakened after relaxing. I don't have scalp issues. I can tell time so it's easy not to over preocess I'm not concerned about relaxer run-off. My relaxer costs 5 bucks, doesn't get much cheaper than that. I think diy is easy.

 

[Hairsnob]

I would relax every 2-3 wks if this were true.

 

[AlliCat]

erplexed

 

[Chaosbutterfly]

I would relax every 2-3 wks if this were true.

LOL, what would you be relaxing though? I didn't even know that there was new growth in two weeks.

Personally, I would still stretch, because I like to play with my new growth, but not as long as I do now. I would cut back to about 12 weeks or so.

 

[shunemite]

Of course!

 

[Napp]

erplexed

whats to be confused about?

 

[krissyprissy]

Well, I already relax more often that most people on this forum which is 6 to 8 weeks. So, to answer your question I don't think I would relax any sooner no matter how non-damaging the relaxer process it.

 

[SmileyNY]

Probably not. My freshly texlaxed hair is too limp. I love the body that I gain while stretching.

 

[LaFemmeNaturelle]

If I was still relaxing.....I would still continue to relax every 6 weeks. Anytime before that and I just would not have enough new growth and I never believed in stretching anyway.

 

[AlliCat]

whats to be confused about?

I PM'd you.

 

[Myjourney2009]

Nope

The actual process of relaxing takes too long

I like to for the most part be in and out of my head in 1 hour relaxing can take up to 3 hrs (because I do the half half method)

 

[Hairsnob]

LOL, what would you be relaxing though? I didn't even know that there was new growth in two weeks.

Personally, I would still stretch, because I like to play with my new growth, but not as long as I do now. I would cut back to about 12 weeks or so.

So that I could always have that baby hurrr from a fresh relaxer!! lol

Seriously though, when I rocked a short spiky cut I relaxed every 3 wks. Okay, maybe now I wouldn't relax every 2wks but definitely 3. Not that there's a lot of new growth but it still would lay nice and flat with extra swang.

 

[Napp]

So that I could always have that baby hurrr from a fresh relaxer!! lol

Seriously though, when I rocked a short spiky cut I relaxed every 3 wks. Okay, maybe now I wouldn't relax every 2wks but definitely 3. Not that there's a lot of new growth but it still would lay nice and flat with extra swang.

i was actually thinking if this was the case i would do the edges 4 weeks and the whole thing every 8 weeks
that way my babyhurrs will always stay fresh lol

 

[AlliCat]

I like seeing my "true length" after a fresh relaxer, but I would still stretch because buns, braid outs etc look better with new growth...So I would relax my edges every 6 weeks with the hypothetical relaxer and stretch the rest of my hair to my usual 12 weeks.

 

[cherxy777]

Well, I already relax more often that most people on this forum which is 6 to 8 weeks. So, to answer your question I don't think I would relax any sooner no matter how non-damaging the relaxer process it.

how do you keep your length while relaxing "so frequently"? (in quotes 'cause its all relative to other people's)

 

[BrownieBrie]

Nope.

I don't think hair is weakened after relaxing. I don't have scalp issues. I can tell time so it's easy not to over preocess I'm not concerned about relaxer run-off. My relaxer costs 5 bucks, doesn't get much cheaper than that. I think diy is easy.

Pretty much. I relax when I feel like it. Sometimes it's 10 weeks, sometimes it's 4 weeks, sometimes it's 4 months. I'm willy-nilly like that.

 

[Aireen]

Too bad this will never exist... Well, at least not universally anytime soon.

If I had to answer probably sometimes I would relax sooner and other times I wouldn't. I like the surprise but sometimes I just want to relax often instead of every 4 months to get it over with.

 

[IMFOCSD]

I wouldn't, i love relaxing my hair at 12+ weeks...the results are amazing.

 

[theLovelyStyle]

Good question!

I probably would. I hate having to detangle two textures of hair.

 

[EbonyCPrincess]

No. I don't do extremely long stretches anymore. Around 10-12 weeks I'm ready for that "shock" factor and my hair is fine up until that point as far as manageability goes.

 

[krissyprissy]

how do you keep your length while relaxing "so frequently"? (in quotes 'cause its all relative to other people's)

I don't know really. I guess it's my hair. Stretching never worked for me and its too painful too relax if I go beyond 9 weeks. I also use only pro lye relaxers and no box relaxers. There are several members that don't stretch such as Dlewis who texlax every 6 to 8 weeks.