Underprocessed hair/need a corrective

[trulyurangel82]

I mentioned this before but my hair is very underprocessed since I started self relaxing in sept. As a result my hair has broken off on the bottom of my hair on the left side. I guess because my hair is shedding.

Im going to go to a professional to get a corrective. If anyone knows of any good salons in the columbus, Ohio area I would appreciate it.

Anyways I have a question. To those with underprocesed hair how did you manage it daily? my hair is so hard to comb out in the back. Do you think if i spritze it with water and a conditioner daily that would help and just wear a pony tail? I would appreciate any tips.

Should I comb my hair?

Im thinking about washing and deep conditioning on Sundays and doing a condition wash on Wednesdays. I dunno.

Also what steps did they do to correct your hair. Did they just correct the underprocessed hair and then tell you to come back to relax the newgrowth?

 

[HoneyDew]

I have not gotten a corrective yet so I cannot answer those questions, but:

To those with underprocesed hair how did you manage it daily? I dry set my hair with satin covered foam rollers. I only use a few just to keep a little curl. I lay down some of the sections (bangs, top, etc) and then tie it all down with a satin scarf. I secure that with a bandanna or something so it won't fall off at night. In the morning I finger comb. If I do need to comb, section my hair and then hold the sections near the roots and only gently comb the straight sections. I just don't let the comb go down to the under-processed and new hair (except on shampoo days after flatironing). I think this is the same/similar combing method mentioned on the Crown and Glory site. Keeping it curly helps me deal with it better.


my hair is so hard to comb out in the back. Do you think if i spritze it with water and a conditioner daily that would help and just wear a pony tail?
Spraying my hair with water would make it worse, but I think that is just because of the way I wear my hair. If you wear it up in a pony, that may work. But I would not personally use water and conditioner I would just use a moisturizer, most likely.


Should I comb my hair? I do. I just do it the way I mentioned. Even after flatironing when I also have lots of new growth, I still cannot freely comb on shampoo days.


I shampoo and condition my hair twice a week. MOISTURE is the most helpful part of this struggle for me. I flatiron my hair which helps bigtime. I flatiron it on shampoo/condition days and that last me until I wash again. My roots do start getting thicker again each day after flat-ironing but tying my hair down nightly really helps a lot.

Over all, dealing with my underprocessed hair has not been all that bad, but I have been doing it for a long time.

 

[jnicole]

I was underprocessed also for awhile. I couldn't take it anymore so. I bought ORS lye relaxer and relaxed my whole head again. This was last Sunday 3/11. The relaxer that underprocessed was done this past November and it had been a year since I had a relaxer. I had a lot of new growth with the relaxer I did last Sunday, but I was afraid to relax the length of my hair because I thought it would fall out. So far so good. I bombarded my hair with protein, reconstructers and moisture to stop my hair from even thinking about falling out. I haven't used any heat, just rollersets and twist outs. I hope this helps.

 

[trulyurangel82]

thanks!
yeah i was thinking maybe combing it out everyday might have broken it off and made it shed more.
I guess ill finger comb my hair until my hair is corrected/straight.

what kind of moisturizers do you use?

I think im going to lay off flat ironing andheat period until its straight. I know that even if i flat iron the back pieces its still nappy . I guess its very underprocessed. I used to could flat iron with no problem and have a nice roller set.

I wish it was only one section. My whole back of my head is mostly underprocessed.

I have not gotten a corrective yet so I cannot answer those questions, but:

To those with underprocesed hair how did you manage it daily? I dry set my hair with satin covered foam rollers. I only use a few just to keep a little curl. I lay down some of the sections (bangs, top, etc) and then tie it all down with a satin scarf. I secure that with a bandanna or something so it won't fall off at night. In the morning I finger comb. If I do need to comb, section my hair and then hold the sections near the roots and only gently comb the straight sections. I just don't let the comb go down to the under-processed and new hair (except on shampoo days after flatironing). I think this is the same/similar combing method mentioned on the Crown and Glory site. Keeping it curly helps me deal with it better.


my hair is so hard to comb out in the back. Do you think if i spritze it with water and a conditioner daily that would help and just wear a pony tail?
Spraying my hair with water would make it worse, but I think that is just because of the way I wear my hair. If you wear it up in a pony, that may work. But I would not personally use water and conditioner I would just use a moisturizer, most likely.


Should I comb my hair? I do. I just do it the way I mentioned. Even after flatironing when I also have lots of new growth, I still cannot freely comb on shampoo days.


I shampoo and condition my hair twice a week. MOISTURE is the most helpful part of this struggle for me. I flatiron my hair which helps bigtime. I flatiron it on shampoo/condition days and that last me until I wash again. My roots do start getting thicker again each day after flat-ironing but tying my hair down nightly really helps a lot.

Over all, dealing with my underprocessed hair has not been all that bad, but I have been doing it for a long time.

 

[HoneyDew]

thanks!
yeah i was thinking maybe combing it out everyday might have broken it off and made it shed more.
I guess ill finger comb my hair until my hair is corrected/straight.

what kind of moisturizers do you use?

I think im going to lay off flat ironing andheat period until its straight. I know that even if i flat iron the back pieces its still nappy . I guess its very underprocessed. I used to could flat iron with no problem and have a nice roller set.

I wish it was only one section. My whole back of my head is mostly underprocessed.

Well, I use Fermodyl 619 (not fermodyl interactives) ampoules and Sidr Tree Butter Balm together on my wet hair. I moisturize daily with Aveda Universal Styling Creme.

 

[gymfreak336]

I agree with honeydew on the moisture thing. I wash twice a week too. I cross wrap at night so in the morning I just finger comb. I moisturize with BT on my scalp before I get in the shower. When I come out the steam from my shower really makes the oils soak in. Then I use ors olive oil cream on my really underprocessed parts and it makes combing a breeze. Also try using porosity control before you condition.