Weird Question: What State Is Your New Growth in When It's Relaxed?

[Supergirl]

In other words, is your new growth in it's natural state at the time of your retouch or has it been blow dried or flat-ironed on your last wash day?

It seems that my hair is more resistant to relaxing when my new growth has been air-dried on the last wash prior to the retouch. (air drying is the usual for me)

So what about the rest of you???

 

[Doremie13]

In other words, is your new growth in it's natural state at the time of your retouch or has it been blow dried or flat-ironed on your last wash day?

That's a good question. When I retouched my hair in April after my first stretch, I didn't do anything to the newgrowth. I did notice that it didn't seem to be as straight as before when I relaxed, but I was using a new relaxer. I was mostly afraid of overlapping and overprocessing since I had been educated on the evils of relaxing and how to do it right.

 

[sareca]

I leave mine airdried in its natural state so I can see where the new growth stops and the previously relaxed hair starts.

 

[goldensensation]

I leave mine airdried in its natural state so I can see where the new growth stops and the previously relaxed hair starts.

Same here. And since I am not relaxing bone straight, I am not really worried about underprocessing.

 

[secretdiamond]

Supergirl, in another thread you mentioned how applying heat to the newgrowth already partially straightens it and the relaxer might work faster or something to that effect. Well, that's when you made a light bulb go on for me.

Ever since REALLY cutting down on heat since last year, I was airdrying before my re-touches and my hair has been laughing at relaxers ever since, causing matting, tangling & underporcessing. Before then, I always had my roots blow-dried before a relaxer to help with my stretching. This time, I made sure to blow-dry my roots before, and my hair relaxed perfectly.

Now, I don't know if this was the to te relaxer (ORS) or due to the fact that I partially straightened my roots, but I'm never going to airdry my roots before a touch-up again.

 

[Mestiza]

My new growth is in its natural state when I do a touch-up b/c I always airdry my hair.

 

[Legend]

I leave mine airdried in its natural state so I can see where the new growth stops and the previously relaxed hair starts.

Ditto!

 

[Mom23]

I leave mine airdried in its natural state so I can see where the new growth stops and the previously relaxed hair starts.

That is what I do too.

 

[sareca]

Supergirl, in another thread you mentioned how applying heat to the newgrowth already partially straightens it and the relaxer might work faster or something to that effect. Well, that's when you made a light bulb go on for me.

Ever since REALLY cutting down on heat since last year, I was airdrying before my re-touches and my hair has been laughing at relaxers ever since, causing matting, tangling & underporcessing. Before then, I always had my roots blow-dried before a relaxer to help with my stretching. This time, I made sure to blow-dry my roots before, and my hair relaxed perfectly.

Now, I don't know if this was the to te relaxer (ORS) or due to the fact that I partially straightened my roots, but I'm never going to airdry my roots before a touch-up again.

Interesting... I wonder if it's because heat lifts the cuticle.

 

[Supergirl]

Interesting... I wonder if it's because heat lifts the cuticle.

I would think it's because in order for heat to straighten the hair, it has to denature the hair's protein which is what a relaxer does but at a more intense and permanent level of course. So in that case, I think the heat has somewhat broken the hair down already and the relaxer process has kind of been helped along.

 

[sareca]

I would think it's because in order for heat to straighten the hair, it has to denature the hair's protein which is what a relaxer does but at a more intense and permanent level of course. So in that case, I think the heat has somewhat broken the hair down already and the relaxer process has kind of been helped along.

I'll buy that...

 

[sareca]

I would think it's because in order for heat to straighten the hair, it has to denature the hair's protein which is what a relaxer does but at a more intense and permanent level of course. So in that case, I think the heat has somewhat broken the hair down already and the relaxer process has kind of been helped along.

I'll buy that.

 

[MizaniMami]

I leave mine airdried in its natural state so I can see where the new growth stops and the previously relaxed hair starts.

Huge Ditto

 

[Candy_C]

airdried every time. i like surprise when i relax and when i use heat i basically can see what length it'll be anyway