Is it Necessary to Transition from Relaxed to Texlaxed?

[Robin41]

Do I really have to go through the transition process by growing out my natural hair and THEN texlaxing or can I just start texturizing my new growth now? I went natural for a few years and then returned to relaxing and now I think I want the best of both worlds by texlaxing but I don't know if I want to transition again. It took a looooong time to grow out my relaxer before. And I really don't want to do anything that's going to hurt my hair!

 

[LatterGlory]

I would say no not it's necassary.

My hair has 6 or so inches that is truly texlaxed the hair following that is bone straight and the ends are pre LHCF texlaxed ( meaning it still has curl but not quite as full as the roots).

So my hair is proof that you do not need to transition to natural to texlax.

 

[Robin41]

My hair looks sort of like that too. It's bone straight on the ends (my stylist got relaxer-happy) but less at the roots where I did my own touchups. Now I want to texlax the roots when I do my next touchup and eventually wind up with a whole head of texlaxed hair.

Thanks!

 

[twinkletoes17]

It isn't necessary but I'm sure it would be more difficult dealing with 3 different hairtypes rather than two, which is why many people transition first.

 

[Kerryann]

I have at least 5 inches of texlax hair and semi straight end and my hair is doing fine

 

[mzsophisticated26]

I just started texlaxing over a year ago, I had no idea u were suppose to transitioning. The textures have not been difficult. My hair looks weird, I have texlaxed roots then 1.5 of straight hair then a few inches of texlaxed then 2 inches of straight. I think my middle was straightened when I started to let my stylist texlax my hair but it straightned. I don't texlax to get WNG hair, I just needed some texture for my very fine strands.

 

[supermodelsonya]

My hair is like that as well. I have at least two inches of relaxed ends and the rest is very textured hair. When I get close to my length goal (past APL), I'd probably cut off my relaxed ends slowly.

 

[Robin41]

Well my hair is gonna look just as weird. My hair is super-fine too and the over-processed ends are especially thin and straggly. I need lots more volume and texture so I'll be texlaxing for now. I'm so glad to know ya'll are dealing with the same issues as me and making it work!

 

[BeautifulESQ]

No its not necessary. My hair has about 5-6 inches of textlaxed hair and the rest of it is a mixture of relaxed straight and slightly textured hair. I just make sure to keep my hair strong with by using protein. I also make sure to detangle properly and most of the time its fine. I slowly trim my ends as needed. I don't want to lose length so I probably won't do any deep cuts until I reach full WL.