TheLuckyLurker
April 8th, 2010, 06:11 PM
I just watched the Chris Rock documentary "Good Hair", and it reminded me of something that happened several years ago (like back in the 90's):
I was about 13 or so and my mom took me to a salon because I wanted a haircut. The style I wanted required a relaxer, which I'd never had before (and after one touch-up, never had again). As the stylist was going through my hair to see what he had to work with, he asked if I'd been scratching my scalp a lot -I had- because he could see the redness and irritation. Here's where things get wonky: after he saw AND commented on my irritated scalp, HE SLAPPED A BUNCH OF RELAXER ON MY HEAD ANYWAY.
Now, I do feel a little bad because neither my mom or I caught that at the time, but he was a professional. Or at least, he was supposed to be. That's probably why it didn't register with either of us; we assumed he knew what he was doing, since he had a liscence.
I'm only just starting to realize now how lucky I was not to have gotten serious damage/injuries. And after getting one touch-up -where he slopped it all through my hair and not just the roots, by the way- I decided I would never get my hair relaxed again, and haven't.
Well, feel free to discuss amongst yourselves; I'll be stroking my hair and promising it I'll never do anything like that to it again:D.
I was about 13 or so and my mom took me to a salon because I wanted a haircut. The style I wanted required a relaxer, which I'd never had before (and after one touch-up, never had again). As the stylist was going through my hair to see what he had to work with, he asked if I'd been scratching my scalp a lot -I had- because he could see the redness and irritation. Here's where things get wonky: after he saw AND commented on my irritated scalp, HE SLAPPED A BUNCH OF RELAXER ON MY HEAD ANYWAY.
Now, I do feel a little bad because neither my mom or I caught that at the time, but he was a professional. Or at least, he was supposed to be. That's probably why it didn't register with either of us; we assumed he knew what he was doing, since he had a liscence.
I'm only just starting to realize now how lucky I was not to have gotten serious damage/injuries. And after getting one touch-up -where he slopped it all through my hair and not just the roots, by the way- I decided I would never get my hair relaxed again, and haven't.
Well, feel free to discuss amongst yourselves; I'll be stroking my hair and promising it I'll never do anything like that to it again:D.