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what's your longest STREEEEEEEETCH??

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prospurr4 said:
Sorry Rapunzel...I'm just now seeing your post.

A couple years ago, I stretched for 14 weeks. Although I thoroughly detangled my hair once per week, my hair had still developed tangles. There was even a section that had matted. I'm a self-relaxer, and I struggled through my touchup, trying to limit application/smoothing time while not ripping all my hair out in the process.

So, I asked myself, why do I even bother to stretch? Overlapping?...Not a problem because I drench my previously-relaxed ends with oil and usually have at least an inch of new growth, which is enough for me. Reduced chemical exposure?...Not a concern because since I texlax, the relaxer creme is rinsed off in about 12 minutes. Extra thickness?...Again, not a concern because since I texlax, I still have plenty of texture, strength and thickness.

Consequently, I am no longer a stretcher. I texlax every 8 weeks.
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Thanks so much Prospurr4! This makes perfect sense to me. I will be 14 wks on Monday. Everything has been going so smooth and then I washed this morning and my hair is rebelling. I have even been detangling every day to make sure all shed hair was removed. I will be self relaxing on Monday or Tuesday and I am considering not going this long again for all the reasons you stated. I hadn't even considering the effect on the relaxing process. Plus the big thing for me is all the time I spend out of my life with the extra careful detangling process. I am a 4bzzz and when I get a lot of ng if I don't detangle every day I also get little knots out of the blue. The info the you and Tarae provided has helped me so much.:yep:
 
12 weeks is the longest I stretched and its the longest I will be stretching. I took care of my hair the best I could but it still dreded at the roots and the coils were so tight that when I do my touch-up I'm almost always underprocessed. I will stretch 10-12 weeks, 2 1/2 to 3 months.
 
Harriet said:
I've never been a stretcher before, but my steamer makes my newgrowth so soft i'm going to give it a try... maybe!
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YEP!!!

Those steam treatments are the truth.:yep::yep::yep: I never stretch either. I am going for eight weeks this time because I underprocessed the last time and I need to fix that. After that, I am going for 13 week stretches so I can do the 4 relaxers a year thing.:grin::grin::grin:
 
Rapunzel2B said:
Thanks so much Prospurr4! This makes perfect sense to me. I will be 14 wks on Monday. Everything has been going so smooth and then I washed this morning and my hair is rebelling. I have even been detangling every day to make sure all shed hair was removed. I will be self relaxing on Monday or Tuesday and I am considering not going this long again for all the reasons you stated. I hadn't even considering the effect on the relaxing process. Plus the big thing for me is all the time I spend out of my life with the extra careful detangling process. I am a 4bzzz and when I get a lot of ng if I don't detangle every day I also get little knots out of the blue. The info the you and Tarae provided has helped me so much.:yep:
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You're welcome, Rapunzel. Girl, I hear ya about the bolded. :yep: I totally understand what you are dealing with, being a 4bish hair type myself. I hope your touchup next week goes well.
 
6 months, 2 weeks which ended in Dec last year. I am not sure if I would do it again though. It was too hard trying to maintain the two textures without flat ironing regularly since my new growth is a coarse 4b and my relaxed hair is bone straight. If I did it over again, I would wear a protective styles like a phony pony or bun and just leave my hair alone.
 
14 weeks. I did a lot of prepooing with heat to soften my roots. Moderate weekly protein treatments became my best friend the further along I got in my stretch. I did start to experience knots and tangles toward the last couple of weeks of my stretch, but looking back, I think I didn't do a good job with detangling and I should comb off the shed hair before I shampoo. I am going for a 14 or 15 week stretch now. I'm currently 6 weeks post.
 
11 months & I'm still stretching, but I will be relaxing within the next week.
 
I'm 26 wks post today and i'll be relaxing next week because i so miss my hair and my SO is throwing a fit. Hates wigs and weaves.
 
I'm 26 wks post today and i'll be relaxing next week because i so miss my hair and my SO is throwing a fit. Hates wigs and weaves.

BTW i'm dying to see my new length too with 3'' of NG all over yay!!
 
11 weeks. I'm just your average stretcher. Nothing hardcore.
I'm 6 wks. post now.
Hopefully I can make it to week 16 this time.
 
I am doing one now from oct until may every year i do it. so far so good it gives me a break in the winter, braids and wigs until may
 
18 months...
I had braids in forever...
& so much breakage..I wouldn't
advise method to anyone
who is trying
to stretch their relaxer...:(
 
My longest stretch was 16 weeks. When I took my braids out I had all of these little knots of hair all over my hair (also tingled in with the new growth):wallbash:. By the time I got done, there was enough hair on the floor to make a human hair lace front wig:lachen:...Never Ever Again.
 
My last stretch was my longest....21 weeks. This time I'm trying to make it to 24 weeks, only 16 weeks to go.
 
gissellr78 said:
16 weeks. unless you are transitioning there in NO need for more than that. Between 12-16 is perfect.
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I disagree. If you have a problem area that is sensitive to chemicals, and you don't want to stop relaxing :look:, the longer the stretch the better.
 
Nine weeks, and every time I do it (like now), I'm like "I won't do that again!" It's easier to do it during the winter months. When I get my normal summer growth spurt, I'll probably relax between 6-8 weeks.
 
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