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Damaged Relaxed and Bleached Hair

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Topic: Damaged Relaxed and Bleached Hair
Posted By: servechilled88
Subject: Damaged Relaxed and Bleached Hair
Date Posted: December 04 2008 at 5:56am
Dont know if anyone has any tips?
i've been bleaching my hair since i can remember and decided to try a relaxer on it. i tried the loreal one and the results were amazing and then the next time round tried a different one and my hair is a wreck! lots of breakage, and now a dull brown/brassy colour.
 
dont know what the best thing is to do! i miss being a nice blonde but too scared to go back to my hair dresser to get her to highlight it as she'd see the mess my hair is in! :(
 
how do you repair hair from a bad relaxer? and is there any way i can put bleach in it?
 
 


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Posted By: _Princess_
Date Posted: December 04 2008 at 9:57am
I think bleach will make it worse, I've read that it's very dangerous to apply other chemicals (ie relaxers) ontop of bleach. I'm not a relaxer pro but I believe tha best thing to do would be to let your hair heal/repair, keep it moisturized (try Humectress Con) and let it grow out and depending on the amount of damage, you may have to cut it off once it grows out, but I could be wrong.

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Posted By: PrettyFace
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 1:21pm

Don't lift any more color right now............you need intensive treatments (protein and moisture) to save that hair.  Did you do your own relaxer on the day you posted?  If so, wash your hair again with neutralizing poo, and DC with a protein/moisture combo (sebastian 2 + 1, ORS Replenishing pak, etc) with heat.  Protect with a product like infusium leave in, and set, cool dry.  How long is your hair right now?  How do you usually style it?

Until you get your hair back on track, you may need to embrace your "inner brunette diva", because you really should not lift any color right now. 
 


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Current: 4A Relaxed(next relaxer-Phyto index 1)
Length: Between APL & BSL
Goal: MBL by December 2009

Posted By: Gldspoon
Date Posted: December 15 2008 at 11:42am
I agree with the ladies OP. Do not do anymore chemicals in your hair for a while. You need to undergo some serious hair therapy for at least 2-3 months to get your hair back from the trauma.

Only a very few people's hair can survive double processing. I know you love the blonde look but you might seriously have to consider trying something else.

One thing I used to do is put in track of a different color to shake things up. You ever tried it?


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Posted By: servechilled88
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 1:49am
yeah i've come to terms that i wont be able to be a  blonde for quite a while! but im too scared to go brunette because my hair has no natural shine in it and when blonde it appeared more so because the colour caught the light a bit?
 
what do you mean track of a different color?
 
also can you ladies reccommend a way i can get my hair back to looking nice? it seems to get better but then when i blow dry it straight it looks broken again

Posted By: servechilled88
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 1:52am
my hair right now is just below shoulder but im not too sure how long it will stay like that! it looks ready to snap off!
i usually just blow dry it and flat iron it straight but now when i do it looks really dry

Posted By: _Princess_
Date Posted: December 18 2008 at 8:14pm
What type of products do you use on your hair?
 
When you blow dry it and flat iron it, do you use any heat protectants?


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