Should I Stop Relaxing My Hair?
Should I Stop Relaxing My Hair?
I have been asked this question just as many times as I have asked it, myself.
This is only my opinion, not the gospel, but I think that the decision to relax, straighten, color, or do anything to your hair that is permanent, requires serious thought.
Any process that changes your natural hair structure will require maintenance. And, once you decide to relax, or color your hair it is weakened state. This doesn’t mean it’s damaged, but it needs to be handled gently.
Here are some questions to ask yourself prior to making the pending decision.
- Is your hair in optimal health now?
- Will relaxing your hair make it manageable?
- Are you able to budget time/money that it takes to maintain your relaxer?
- Are you going to follow the recommended plan for conditioning and re-touch?
- Do you have a qualified stylist, one that you are certain, will do a good job?
- Do you have flexibility in styles with your natural hair?
I asked myself all of these questions before deciding NOT to go natural again. While, I love my natural curls, I don’t have much flexibility, when it comes to styling it. I have a lot of hair and there have been times when I have washed it, gone to bed and the next morning it would still be very damp. By the time I got dressed, my hair was a poofy, mad, mess.
Keeping my hair relaxed was a good decision for me, because tight curls prevented my natural oils from falling down the shaft, so relaxing the curls loosened them up enough allow the oils to flow. I also lessened my detangling time, and
There are varying degrees of straightness. Some stylists automatically go for s-t-r-a-i-g-h-t! I made the mistake of letting my stylist, take out too much curl and it took a few years for me to see a decent curl pattern again. You can tell your stylist that you want your hair relaxed, but not bone-straight.
If decide to grow out your relaxer, then it’s important to keep your hair well hydrated, conditioned and you must handle it with kit-gloves. Excess dryness will lead to breakage, starting point being where the hair had initially been relaxed.
It would probably be easier to maintain hair during the transition, if you continue to do your dominican blow outs. This keeps the hair straight, making it easy to comb and continue to get your ends trimmed, preventing frayed ends from getting caught on your comb.
So think about it really well look at all the perspectives before deciding to go natural.Now i’m ok with my relaxed hair that doesn’t mean that i wouldn’t be with my natural hair.But this was a goood decision for me; now i care for my hair better than i was and by God’s grace my mind is clean and pure from all the garbage and stereotypes.I’m unique!Hey la negra i believe & pray that you too will be ok after the operation:)
