Daughter
UK Blak
...you had your hair chemically treated with a curly perm or relaxer (if ever)?
With all the discussions about relaxing lately, I've been fascinated to read of posters who've had relaxed hair since they were very young. When I was growing up in London, most West Indian girls that I knew didn't have chemically treated hair until 11 or older; my mother never had my hair pressed and my big sister relaxed my hair when I was 14 or 15. Nowadays I do see much younger girls with relaxed hair and even dyed hair... so how old were you when you first had straightened or curly permed hair?
With all the discussions about relaxing lately, I've been fascinated to read of posters who've had relaxed hair since they were very young. When I was growing up in London, most West Indian girls that I knew didn't have chemically treated hair until 11 or older; my mother never had my hair pressed and my big sister relaxed my hair when I was 14 or 15. Nowadays I do see much younger girls with relaxed hair and even dyed hair... so how old were you when you first had straightened or curly permed hair?