Texlaxed equals more heat??

I accidentally started texlaxing my hair and now my hair is 40% texlax and the rest is relaxed straight. (not bone)

I would always protect my hair with vaseline & oils then I started using a mild relaxer..the results texlax hair. At first I wasn't keen on how much texture I had left at the roots. I thought I was doing something wrong but now there is more of it...I love it. They increased volume it has given to my hair is crazy.
Not sure I will cope when its all the same texture but hey..I will cross that bridge.

I do find that because I have fully relaxed ends and I am used to wearing my hair down sometimes.. That I am reaching for the flat irons a lot more.
It not major heat, only once a week on wash day.. I normally do the roots mainly the front with one heat pass. I have V fine hair so that is enough to get it super straight.

I do worry that although my texlax hair should be more resistant, that I will start to damage my hair...Am I being counter productive.

Do I just relax properly and keep the heat of my hair, I count on 1 hand how many times I have used heat in two years, but I have already passed that number.

I always rollerset which does most of the straightening work but I need a little more heat I remember years ago I thought you had to flat iron your entire head every day but I found methods to replace that.

I want to hear from texlax ladies and their relationship with direct heat??

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I'm texlaxed because my virgin relaxer last year only straightened me about 50%. In order for me to wear my hair straight, a rollerset was not cutting the mustard. I had to blow dry and flat iron and I had to use a higher temperature than I would have had it been straightened more. But, my hair was definitely stronger and had more body. I'd say I'd rather have texlaxed hair and use direct heat a bit more often than to have bonelaxed hair again. My bonelaxed hair was just fine, but my texlaxed hair feels much better.

After using direct heat this past year, my texture has been reduced quite a bit, but I still have some. I was using heat weekly, and now I'm down to about every 10-14 days.

I use heat on my bangs and keep the rest of my hair in a bun until wash day. This reduces the use of direct heat all over my hair. I'm almost mid-back length, so I don't think it's doing me any harm.

Always deep condition, always use a heat protectant and keep the temperature on the lowest possible setting. I trim my bangs more than any other part of my hair, but I want them to stay around my cheeks and chin, not longer. So I would do that with or without direct heat.

I have considered relaxing my hair completely twice a year instead of texlaxing four times a year. So far I have only texlaxed once in February and I think I'll do it again in a few weeks and again in December.

Watch your hair's health and keep an eye on those ends...I love being texlaxed, but in the end you have to do what is best for your head of hair.

Not for me....I'm texlaxed and haven't used direct heat in a looonng time...almost 7 years. My hair gets straight enough for me with a rollerset, and I enjoy the extra thickness over my relaxed-straight hair. I also like the "bigness" of my twistouts, which I'm sure would diminish somewhat if I were totally relaxed.

I wear curly styles (twist outs, bantu knot outs, the occasional braid out- this permits me to wear my hair down w/o flat ironing) or buns most of the time. To give the bun some character I flat roll a front section of my hair and feed it into the bun. I only use heat after a fresh relaxer to check my length. You can get some gorgeous waves and curls from pincurling or bantu-knoting slightly dampened hair.

I let my hair airdry in these twists, braids or knots. So I have to plan ahead and do them early before I leave the house. Some mornings, I pincurl dry hair and put a shower cap on in the shower. I remove the cap after i'm done getting ready. The steam and elapsed time is genrally sufficient for soft waves I can clip back into a style. Instead of fighting the texture with weekly straightening, i'm finding ways to work with it.

For me, yes. It was one of the reasons why I stopped texlaxing. Now I just relax straight(not bone straight)and rollerset.

I'm texlaxed and LOVE it! I actually have started to stray from using heat. I turned my flatiron down about 20 degrees and notice NO difference in how easy it is to straighten my hair. My flatiron temp is about 305 and I only use it about every other week. I've figured out how to airdry my hair with a tshirt or silk scarf and still end up with straight hair.

Thanks for your posts ladies, seems as though heat usage does increase a lil but not excessively, like one of you I will mainly keep my direct heat on my bangs, as my hair is mainly in a bun.
More importantly I I am not gonna worry about it, cant wait to be fully texlaxed!!

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Direct heat for me has increased since I texlaxed but that wasn't the reason why. Being natural I would always try to straighten my hair and it either end up in a big bouffant mess or I had to use excessive heat to get it straight. My hair ended up thinning...it was terrible. So, knowing my hair does much better stretched and that I needed a less time intensive routine (for my sanity and my hairs health) I broke down mid-last year and texlaxed. What a transformation - my hair is so much more healthy now and is growing at a consistent rate.

Generally speaking I blowdry and flat iron monthly after a henna treatment and DC. In between i MS daily and wear it up 90% of the time (banana clip or bun). Lately I've experimented with co-washing daily and that was just too much. I'm considering doing the blowdry routine every two weeks now only because I want to DC more often. I do use a heat protectant but have wondered if the henna itself was also adding protection.....

Roller sets -tried it but I think I'm done! It takes my hair waaaaayyy to long to dry and my ends end up jacked.

Curlformers - I actually really like them but don't have the patience to do it regularly.

Air drying - i started to try this and if I practiced it might pan out but then asked myself...why fix what's not broken???

For me this routine helps to keep things very simple and my hair is longer than its ever been.

I've always been texlaxed really. I blow dry no more than once a month and I straighten once every 3 months max. in the mean time I do out styles, wear wigs, and braids. But my two most worn styles are buns and just combing it out. You can wear texlaxed hair out. Nothing wrong with the texture.

caliscurls said:

Direct heat for me has increased since I texlaxed but that wasn't the reason why. Being natural I would always try to straighten my hair and it either end up in a big bouffant mess or I had to use excessive heat to get it straight. My hair ended up thinning...it was terrible. So, knowing my hair does much better stretched and that I needed a less time intensive routine (for my sanity and my hairs health) I broke down mid-last year and texlaxed. What a transformation - my hair is so much more healthy now and is growing at a consistent rate.

Generally speaking I blowdry and flat iron monthly after a henna treatment and DC. In between i MS daily and wear it up 90% of the time (banana clip or bun). Lately I've experimented with co-washing daily and that was just too much. I'm considering doing the blowdry routine every two weeks now only because I want to DC more often. I do use a heat protectant but have wondered if the henna itself was also adding protection.....

Roller sets -tried it but I think I'm done! It takes my hair waaaaayyy to long to dry and my ends end up jacked.

Curlformers - I actually really like them but don't have the patience to do it regularly.

Air drying - i started to try this and if I practiced it might pan out but then asked myself...why fix what's not broken???

For me this routine helps to keep things very simple and my hair is longer than its ever been.

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I've learned a great deal since this post experimenting. Air drying is my go to now using the scarf method, a bun, or flat twists. If I want curls I throw some flexi rods in day two or use steam rollers for instant gratification. One day i'll try roller setting again. As with most things it's about getting the technique down.

I used more heat in my texlaxed days, but I had no idea what I was doing. If I decide to end my transition and texlax, I know I will be successful.

I have the same problem, a bone straight ends and mildly relaxed roots ( leave my hair in lose S curls)

Initially I used to blow dry my roots to match texture difference but recently as my roots are getting longer am able to style it with braids and twist
Another issue is the volume difference which improve gradually and becomes less visible

Don't worry its just a matter of time before you can quit the heat completely between washes

I was texlaxed on my most recent touch up. I def have some texture to my more texlaxed areas and decided that I'm going to try and work with more airdryed textured type styles instead of fighting to keep it straight. It's cool now b/c only a few inches are texlaxed but as my texlaxed hair grows out I can see already that it's not going to lay as easily. I'll prob wear lots of buns, big ponytails, experiment more w/ flexi rods and different hair styles. When I want a sleek look then I'll def have to rollerset and follow up w/ the flat iron.