[blessedbreasts]

I am curious about how "healthy" hair relaxing, even though, from what I heard about the actual chemicals, I will probably skip it anyway. As I have the curliest hair ever (hehehe, I amaze even black stylists with my African hair), I have tried tons of relaxers, on a couple different continents. After actually burning my scalp & causing damage to my hair follicles, I gotta hear about the healthy way to relax. I stopped relaxing (after over a decade of relaxing and lots of research) when I was thought I might have children one day, due to what I learned about the possible mutagenic effects of relaxers. My scalp is much happier for it anyway. But, anyway, what did I miss?

There's a lot, a loooooooot, that goes into relaxing in a healthful way and keeping relaxed hair healthy. I'll be relaxing mine this Saturday (by the way, mine is so tightly coiled that, in places, there's hardly a definable texture), and might post a picture of it. Like you, I always wound up with chemical burns. Taking over and doing it myself has helped so much. I'd be extremely hesitant to let a stylist touch my hair. They can't do what I can do, and they don't know what I know.

To start you off, I'd say do lots of research on this forum: http://www.longhaircareforum.com/ This is where I started. If you have any specific questions, let me know. I wondered if I'd ever have long hair again, as it was staying around neck length for years. Now it's touching the back strap of my bra when it's fully straightened.