cocomochaa
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I used to do it for years. My hair was bsl/mbl bone RULER straight. i used luster's had no burns no breakage. very weird
Obviously i don't do it now
Obviously i don't do it now
I just found out that my partner's sister leaves her relaxer on for up to an hour and a half when she retouches! I'm surprised her hair hasn't fallen out, although it is extremely dry and overprocessed...
I'm so shocked i just had to tell you lot, lol.
Thats funny my hair was the same way as a child...my mom overprocessed the heck outta my head every relaxer, but my hair was still very long and healthy appearing, maybe the hair is alot stronger when you are very youngI can attest to having unhealthy things done to my hair and yet it grew. As a child my mom relaxed my hair from root to tip each touch up every 4 weeks on the dot. I had the longest hair in my family and my mom did not base my scalp.: My hair was MBL. The only thing I did was wash every 2 weeks, blow dry, use sulfur 8, and curl with a curling iron. I did not know how to roller set. I touched up my relaxers the same way and my hair thrived. Only when I tried to relax properly is when my relaxers did not "take" to my hair. To this day, sulfur 8 makes my hair thrive. I'm too afraid to try to do the touch up my mom did, but sometimes it makes me so tempted. The method works for some, I'm just saying. My mother never did leave my relaxers on for an hour, though.
I just found out that my partner's sister leaves her relaxer on for up to an hour and a half when she retouches! I'm surprised her hair hasn't fallen out, although it is extremely dry and overprocessed...
I'm so shocked i just had to tell you lot, lol.
I"m not shocked! This is common! I've seen women roll into the store with relaxer all over their hair- from root to tip!
By any chance, does her hair look like this?
She must have some extra extra extra coarse hair to be able to take that!
By any chance, does her hair look like this?
the longest i go is 40 mins..
I have pretty kinky, relaxer resistant hair. I can see if she based and I mean really based the crap out of her scalp, had product residue on her new growth AND was using a relaxer whose "coarse" strength wasn't that powerful (my hair laughed at Silk Elements in coarse), I could see keeping it on for an hour and not having to go to the ER.
I wouldn't suggest it. And frankly my scalp screams in pain just thinking about it. But I can see it happening without causing complete baldness.
I think that if my hair was THAT relaxer resistant, I would go natural. Its not that serious. I think that if your hair can thrive on relaxers, and you're not having to go to extremes (like using the super strength) then go for it. But having straight hair isn't worth all of the uneccessary risk...IMHO.
I think that if my hair was THAT relaxer resistant, I would go natural. Its not that serious. I think that if your hair can thrive on relaxers, and you're not having to go to extremes (like using the super strength) then go for it. But having straight hair isn't worth all of the uneccessary risk...IMHO.
I agree. My resistant hair and sensitive scalp is why I put away the relaxers. But I think you have a lot of women who are more scared of their natural hair then they are of leaving extra strength relaxer on their heads for an hour.
I'm having traumatic scalp burn flashbacks just thinking about it.