Re: Relaxed Heads: How many weeks post relaxer are you and when is your next touch up
kikisf, if you check my past post history, you'll see that I'm not a stretcher. My hair hates me beyond 10 weeks but somehow, I've managed to make it to 15 weeks this time around with only having a few eventful wash days. For the most part, my wash days have been on point.
The biggest key to stretching (for me) is frame of mind and not allowing my hair to get too dry between wash days.
Frame of mind: I'm taking it one week at a time rather than attempting to stretch to XX weeks. Going about this week to week is manageable. If my hair freaks out, I put it away and leave it alone until my next wash day. Next thing I know, I've made it through yet another week.
Regimen: Washing once weekly just isn't frequent enough. I wash twice weekly. Wash #1 is with shampoo. Wash #2 is not. Typically, I co-cleanse / DC OR dry DC and rinse.
Other: Treating my ng like natural hair and my relaxed hair like relaxed hair has really helped. I've scaled back on the amount of product applied to my relaxed hair to keep it from being weighed down and breaking. My ng need far more attention so I find myself doing something to the ng almost nightly, be it oiling or heavily moisturizing.
HTH