After being natural. I did a year ago and no regrets. I love natural hair but it was too much for me. I don’t like chemicals at the same time so I get a relaxer only once every 3 months so 4 times a year.
Nope. I could never go back to relaxer. My hair had length, but was limp and lifeless. Now, it’s thick, lush and voluminous. The versatility is out of this world. With that being said, I’m not one to police anybody on what they do with their hair. Do what works best for YOU.
I have considered it, but then again I have had some terrible hairdressers since I lost the one who kept my hair laid since my childhood. And at-home box relaxers don't do anything for me.
My hair is really thick so at-home relaxers (or pressing it myself) leads to limp hair. I've only had one hair dresser that was able to relax or press my hair but still retain its thickness, and I haven't talked to her in almost a decade sadly. The other dressers I tried actually ruined my hair when I faltered during my transition, and I haven't fµcked with them since this one horrific experience.
I'm never going back to being texlaxed. After going natural I realized my natural hair looks 1000x better than when it was processed.
The biggest difference being the shrinkage now, but when I stretch it out my coils are more defined and consistent. I prefer the look and feel of super dense coils and curls.
Nope.
I'm never relaxing my hair again lol.
I love the texture of my hair, it has character.
And I hated dealing with the two textures in between relaxers, having to go to the salon, the fear of it burning, the feeling when it actually did burn, etc.
But yes, natural hair is not always easy to care for.
I keep mine braided or twisted up most of the time, just so I'm not having to mess with it every day.
When I have it out for too long, I start losing length because I love to play in it and it gets knots and stuff lol.
I’m not doing relaxers again, but I’m seriously considering keeping my hair short, though. I don’t know. I’ve finally found a true detangler, but wash day is still to long and I dread it every time.
Yup, I love being relaxed. I held off on going back for so long due to the natural hair nazis saying it was self hating to do so and causes fibroids (untrue). I have very coarse thick hair and now my hair is so much more manageable and enjoyable to style - it just looks like beautiful blown out natural hair w/ a yaki like texture. It also has retained its thickness because I use a high quality lye relaxer, touch up every three months, and use olaplex, protein treatments and weekly wash and DC. I can still achieve "natural" styles like braidouts and twist and curls if I don't want a straight look.
I have dreams about it all the time and oddly I'm caught between being devastated and relieved. My sister and I were in it together and she relaxed two weeks ago. She got tired of getting her hair pressed and then returning to curly the second she starts to sweat even a little. I can relate to that in the sense that I hate having to spend almost all day on my damn hair just to lose the style I worked on because of humidity, sweat, or a drop of water. When it was relaxed it was long and healthy so I'm debating on it.
ETA: The moment I get it through my head that my son's beautiful curls are not the same as mine, I'll probably do it.