QuoteReplyTopic: curly to straight Posted: February 11 2003 at 9:41pm
Hi, i have wavvy/curly hair. I recently got my hair chemically straghtened at one of the top local salons, anyway the results are good but not as good as i expected! i wanted dead straight hair but i still have a bit of a wave in my hair, and it also kinks out at the ends a little :(
Is my hair ment to go dead straight? or should i be complaining?
I have curly hair as well and had it chemically relaxed about a year ago. I was expecting the same stick-straight results as you, but it was still wavy after the 3-hour prodecure was finished! However, the relaxer did take a lot of the curl out and I eventually learned to used a hairdryer so I could style my hair straight when I wanted (or let it air-dry and curl/wave when I was missing my ringlets).
Hope this helps. Good luck!
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Chemical relaxers cannot give you bone straight hair but they can help you to be able to straighten it out better yourself.
Important note, some relaxers used in salons cantain lye and other harsh chemicals. The new thermal reconditioning or aka japanese hair straightning will staighten without alot of damage.
Check your yellow pages for a salon that offers this service. At bit of warning though it can cost any where between 200-400 dollars.
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I have myself wavy/curly hair and I have had it chemically straightened many times in the last three years. The results were different from one treatment to another even in the same saloon. The very fist time I had it done was dead straight and I just couldn’t believe it was my hair it was healthy looking and I did not even have to style it after the shower, towel dry and it was like WOW, is this my hair Had it done again in a different place but did not work as good as the first time so I went to the same saloon that I had it done for the first time but again it was NOT like the first time!! After that I had it done once again and in a friend’s cousin’s saloon and it was dead straight. Now I cannot go to this saloon again because I no longer live in the same country. So, I don’t know what is the myth here with the hair but I know that my wavy/curly hair can be dead straight. Once you tried it you never want to have it any other way, that is what I think. And it can defiantly go dead straight. Hope it helps too.
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This might help you guys out... I have porker staight hair and my grandma decided to perm it... OMG I want my straight hair back I have nothing but cry since then.... Any suggestions?
I recently have had the japanese straightener at a salon. It took 5-6 hours. I had frizzy curly hair and now it is poker straight with just 5-10 minutes of easy blowdrying and no product. I would highly recommend it. I just spent 4 days in humid Florida and my hair did not frizz at all. And when it rains, it doesn't move either. It's a miracle. However it was pretty expensive, about $600 plus tip.
I had my hair relaxed by my other half a week ago at home with PHYTOSPECIFIC Relaxer. I left it 15 minutes longer than the instructions suggest and I was so afraid it might break off so I was prepared to have it cut off but it came out really, really, really straight and so healthy. I would not recommend it unless you are prepared to cut it off if it goes bad. And of course if have the gut for it . Orc (previously known as Gaga )
I have been researching the Thermal straighting world and I ahve decided on Bio-onics. There system, although expensive, appears to cause less damage.
For straightning a perm, you should just use another perm. Thermal hair straightners are for naturally curly hair, which is a whole different animal.
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i have a perm as well that i hate!! you mentioned (Lilbeach) to use another perm to straighten it. How does that work, does it damage the hair and does it matter that my hair was colored the beginning of May and permed the beginning of April?
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