AutobotsAttack
November 27th, 2015, 10:48 PM
For starters, the term "stretching", is widely used by relaxed haired ladies, that refers to prolonging or "stretching" the amount of time between relaxer applications. Usually I relax my hair every two and a half months (just the new growth), not the length because that causes over processing. I usually have about two and a half inches of hair to relax (sometimes nearing 2 and 3/4 inches if I've been keeping up with my daily scalp massages). In most cases many women relax every 4-6 weeks, which is waaaay to often, so I try to make sure I never relax any sooner than two or three months.
Now i used to be natural for about four-five consecutive years, so you'd think I would know what I'm doing, but my mom would help me out a lot in caring for my hair (super young teenage years), and more often than not she would just completely take over. But ever since I began caring for my own hair when I was about 14-15 years old, I started getting relaxers because my natural hair was extremely difficult to manage dispite having read extensive care tips and manuals to gain knowledge. I'm not ignorant about natural hair care at all, and I loved caring for my natural curls and everything....I struggled a whole lot all of the time. Being relaxed is very easy for me and I know my hair very well.
And I enjoy it as much as I enjoyed my natural hair
However, I'm wanting to give my hair a six month break because relaxers are chemical processes that can stress the hair, just like any other chemical hair service. I have been noticing a few more splits at my ends here and there so I figured I would let my hair rest for the next six months.
heres where I'm kind of wavering: I've never stretched for more than three months since beginning to care for my own hair, I will be dealing with two different hair textures, how can I combat my new growth from getting dry?, the longer my new growth gets, will I have to change products or methods? I've only ever been able to go for three months because after that my new growth gets dry and begins to cause my longer lengths to tangle up and get knotted together.
I know now ill need to do these four things as the months go by:
1. Keep tangles at bay
2. Increase moisture in hair
3. Manipulate the hair at the very minimal amount possible
4. Keep Protecting ends
These are the few main things I can think of, but am I missing anything else?
do you guys think this is a good approach? I've never done this before by myself without any help, and I've been able to care for two different hair textures when my new growth comes in, but not at more than 2 and half inches at a time. I get an inch of new growth every month round about, so at 6 months I will have six inches of rather fluffy hair and then straight hair the rest of the way down.
So I'd like any thoughts or opinions you guys have and a vote from you guys on whether or not I should do this:)
and just to give you guys a picture of my hair, it's rather fine but I have a lot of it. It's extremely soft, something equivalent to the feel of plush, it's a darkish sandy brown, it's protein sensitive, and I tend to get dandruff very very easily so I oil my scalp as needed. My natural curl pattern is like stretchy loose coils (think of like a slinky when you hold it at one end and drop the bottom and watch it stretch), my relaxed hair is just a soft wave pattern.
Soooo what do you guys think?
Now i used to be natural for about four-five consecutive years, so you'd think I would know what I'm doing, but my mom would help me out a lot in caring for my hair (super young teenage years), and more often than not she would just completely take over. But ever since I began caring for my own hair when I was about 14-15 years old, I started getting relaxers because my natural hair was extremely difficult to manage dispite having read extensive care tips and manuals to gain knowledge. I'm not ignorant about natural hair care at all, and I loved caring for my natural curls and everything....I struggled a whole lot all of the time. Being relaxed is very easy for me and I know my hair very well.
And I enjoy it as much as I enjoyed my natural hair
However, I'm wanting to give my hair a six month break because relaxers are chemical processes that can stress the hair, just like any other chemical hair service. I have been noticing a few more splits at my ends here and there so I figured I would let my hair rest for the next six months.
heres where I'm kind of wavering: I've never stretched for more than three months since beginning to care for my own hair, I will be dealing with two different hair textures, how can I combat my new growth from getting dry?, the longer my new growth gets, will I have to change products or methods? I've only ever been able to go for three months because after that my new growth gets dry and begins to cause my longer lengths to tangle up and get knotted together.
I know now ill need to do these four things as the months go by:
1. Keep tangles at bay
2. Increase moisture in hair
3. Manipulate the hair at the very minimal amount possible
4. Keep Protecting ends
These are the few main things I can think of, but am I missing anything else?
do you guys think this is a good approach? I've never done this before by myself without any help, and I've been able to care for two different hair textures when my new growth comes in, but not at more than 2 and half inches at a time. I get an inch of new growth every month round about, so at 6 months I will have six inches of rather fluffy hair and then straight hair the rest of the way down.
So I'd like any thoughts or opinions you guys have and a vote from you guys on whether or not I should do this:)
and just to give you guys a picture of my hair, it's rather fine but I have a lot of it. It's extremely soft, something equivalent to the feel of plush, it's a darkish sandy brown, it's protein sensitive, and I tend to get dandruff very very easily so I oil my scalp as needed. My natural curl pattern is like stretchy loose coils (think of like a slinky when you hold it at one end and drop the bottom and watch it stretch), my relaxed hair is just a soft wave pattern.
Soooo what do you guys think?