Time between relaxers
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Printed Date: August 03 2025 at 9:03pm
Topic: Time between relaxers
Posted By: diamondprincess
Subject: Time between relaxers
Date Posted: February 02 2004 at 8:41am
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How long do you wait between relaxers? ------------- DiamondPrincess 
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Posted By: Isis1017
Date Posted: February 02 2004 at 5:38pm
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I get mine relaxed about every 3 to 4 months. Isis ------------- Current length: tailbone Hopefully classic length by September 2004 ~_^ |
Posted By: tbizy
Date Posted: March 25 2004 at 9:44am
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I do the 8-10 week rule. I don't think you need less than eight. ------------- |
Posted By: blackblondegrl
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 9:10pm
| Every 11-12 weeks this works wonderes with retaining length oh the nape only gets relaxed every other time hope this helps |
Posted By: julyllove
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 9:17pm
I usually go about 12 weeks, but last time I went about 6 months. My hair was dying for a taste of the chemical.  ------------- Hair Type: 3C/4A Relaxed Last Relaxer: 11 June 08 Current length: SL Goal: APL Well beyond the importance of I... focused on the significance of we. |
Posted By: soon2b
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 5:56pm
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When I was getting my hair relaxed, I did it every 6-8 weeks.
------------- hairtype:3C-4A Tranistioning:last perm 1/29/06 Learning to embrace my true beauty and loving it |
Posted By: taggi
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 8:45pm
| 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. |
Posted By: Jamgurl
Date Posted: August 10 2006 at 12:43pm
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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diamondprincess wrote:Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: August 10 2006 at 7:46pm
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I did every 4 to 6 months. ------------- Natural BC May 9, 2004 |
Posted By: Claudie
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 3:48am
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I stretched for 10 weeks the last time. This time I am aiming for 12 weeks. ------------- |
Posted By: blackblondegrl
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 1:28pm
| I relax every 12 weeks. This combined with all that i ve learned on these sites has worked WONDERS |
Posted By: MinnyMiss16
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 6:35pm
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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!!! ------------- Love makes the world Go Round... |
Posted By: stillinlove63
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 8:48pm
cowashing, baggie method and s-curl ------------- Current: SL Goal: APL by '07 3B/3C thick |
Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 10:22pm
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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. ------------- Natural BC May 9, 2004 |
Posted By: lamisha
Date Posted: August 17 2006 at 8:20pm
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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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Posted By: Tennsley
Date Posted: August 20 2006 at 5:47pm
| 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. |
Posted By: longhairgrower
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:36am
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I relax every 6-8 weeks ------------- longhairgrower |
Posted By: Champagne_Wishe
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 3:24pm
Usually about three months or four. This time around I waited 5 months and I looked kind of stupid. 
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