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Should I relax my hair? I am trying to grow my hair out, but it curls up and stick out. Looks like a Krusty the clown from the Simpsons. My hair is black. Any disadvanatges or advantage of getting it relaxed. I did read the "On Being a Long Hair" website. I tried it, but its too much pain for me. What do you think????
I also want to get my hair relaxed, but not until my bangs reach my chin, meanwhile I'll have the afro look which I don't dislike. I have been making reasearch and there is a new treatment for people like you and me. Is a japanese relaxer they offered me here at my city, there are few salons to get it done, probably you'll just get it in large cities, but its available in most of the "civilized western world, and part of the pacific. Anyway, its a relaxer that instead of drying out hair, improves its condition, it does not burn your scalp and is miracolous. The downside, with my tip of the nose length I'm getting charged 300 dollars, maybe with chin length it'll go worst. I'm already saving for it and meanwhile with Christmas money I also got hair formula 37. If you want a tip on how to find out a salon that has this new treatment, mail me. I'll be glad to get deeper into this. Keep growing.
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$300? Hmm . . . I'd check the list of this stuff's active ingredients. If it's "thio" (short for thioglycolate) what they're selling is a slightly stronger type of perm solution. You can have a local salon use a thio cream straightener for lots less $$$. Um, and though this ammonium thioglycolate can do nothing else than damage hair, some marketers include packets of conditioners to apply after processing, then they say their product improves your hair. Hmm . . . maybe for a day--but as soon as you shampoo, that conditioner is gonna wash out, and you'll be back to dealing with the aftereffects of a simple perm.
Relaxers--the stuff with sodium hydroxide--is more damaging than thio straighteners, and I wouldn't recommend it.
Best,
--Tock
That is exactly what I thought at the begining, in almost every case I'd trust you 100%, but in this case I made a research, no more than 150 stylists around the world are familiar with this new process, nothing to do with those awful chemicals. If, as I think, you make a living out of hair care, find out about this new process. Its totally new, down here only 3 salons carry it, and almost no one knows about it. I think its called bio straightener, I don't remember. Anyway go to the products forum and you'll see what I mean. Thank you for your concern.