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    Posted: February 02 2004 at 8:41am
How long do you wait between relaxers?
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I get mine relaxed about every 3 to 4 months.

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I do the 8-10 week rule. I don't think you need less than eight.
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Every 11-12 weeks this works wonderes with retaining length oh the nape only gets relaxed every other time hope this helps
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I usually go about 12 weeks, but last time I went about 6 months.  My hair was dying for a taste of the chemical. 
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Last Relaxer: 11 June 08
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When I was getting my hair relaxed, I did it every 6-8 weeks.
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i usually do 3-4 months also cuz my hair is always done, and i must say my hair has grown a lot since i started getting it done and leaving it alone for about 3 yrs now.
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Originally posted by diamondprincess diamondprincess wrote:

How long do you wait between relaxers?
 
I usually wait at least 12-14 weeks.
Before my last relaxer, which I got a week ago,....I stretched for 20 weeks. It was hard, but worth it, for the health of my hair.
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I did every 4 to 6 months.
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I stretched for 10 weeks the last time.  This time I am aiming for 12 weeks.

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I relax every 12 weeks. This combined with all that i ve learned on these sites has worked WONDERS
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Whooooa I 'm looking at the times that many of u gurls have posted that u take between relaxers.. and I'm thinking that u must do something in between because I wait 6 weeks bewtween relaxers, 7 at the most and by that time my hiar is soo nappy its unmanageabke.. so whats u guy's secret!!!
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Originally posted by MinnyMiss16 MinnyMiss16 wrote:

Whooooa I 'm looking at the times that many of u gurls have posted that u take between relaxers.. and I'm thinking that u must do something in between because I wait 6 weeks bewtween relaxers, 7 at the most and by that time my hiar is soo nappy its unmanageabke.. so whats u guy's secret!!!


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When I stretched I had no knowledge of hair forums.

I usually  just watched what many hairstylist did which is style the hair while wet and put you under a blow dryer. However, I didn't have a blow dryer, so I would wash my hair at night and style it and let it air dry ...usually a bun.  Also, If i had my hair in a bun, then if I wanted to use heat I would pin a weft of hair to make a pony tail and style that however i wanted because I was not damaging my own hair.
 
Other times, I let my hair air dry crinkly.  Also I did styles like frech rolls or  cornrows to to hide my ends.  If I had  A  Lot of new growth that wouldn't lay down I would 2-strand twist the front and ponytail the back with a weft.
I never really thought about it until now, also I never really cared about new growth either...stretching is what probably made  my transition alot easier than if I hadn't.
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I get my hair relaxed every 6-8 weeks. I heard if you wait longer, your hair starts to break off at the point on the strand where the straight and curly meet.

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Lately I've been able to go 8weeks at the most, but my hair is only ear length and my layering are still growing out.  I'm hoping to soon be able to wait 10-12 weeks, but that's a reall stretch.
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I relax every 6-8 weeks
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Usually about three months or four.  This time around I waited 5 months and I looked kind of stupid.    
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