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relaxers and pressing

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Topic: relaxers and pressing
Posted By: mtownprincess23
Subject: relaxers and pressing
Date Posted: February 19 2007 at 10:22am

I have realaxed hair and I'll be coming out of my braids in mid-March. I haven't had chemicals on my hair and I'm almost 10weeks without having one. I wanted to know if you all thought it would be a good idea to start pressing my hair from now on.



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Posted By: Jamgurl
Date Posted: February 19 2007 at 1:28pm
If you are going to do that, I'd suggest that you allow the relaxer to grow out completely first. Pressing your already relaxed hair will cause breakage since pressing is such a heat intense process.

Posted By: ladyflash
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 7:59pm
if you are going to do that make sure you are protecting your hair with plenty of deep conditioning treatments and annual protein treatments. But pressing may be to harsh on your fragile relaxed hair. Why don't you try a more gentle way of straightening like roller sets?

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Posted By: diversiti
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 8:00pm
I kept my braids in until the relaxer was just centimeters on the end, then i chopped those off. In the meantime, I had braids for two years straight to transition my hair, I retained a lot of length by doing this. Hope it helps.


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