Comments on: Flat Iron or Relaxing – Which Damages Your Hair More

By: Cath

Cath — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:21:47 +0000

My black-colored hair is just like actress Julianne Margulies when she had her hair naturally curly back then. Anyway, relaxing my hair 10 years ago was an epic fail. My hair was breaking off AND it caused me to go bald in an area of my head near my temples. It is a little larger than a quarter. The hair never grew back. I never got another relaxer since. I have accepted my curly hair and now when I want to wear it straight sometimes, I flat iron it with the Sedu flat iron. I LOVE confusing people. I just love wearing my natural boticelli curls for 2-3 days at a time, THEN wearing it straight for 2 days at a time, etc. Then I do some other change in the pattern. lol. I get amused at how people get confused about me and they think I get curly haired perms alot.

By: Esther

Esther — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:45:26 +0000

I have tight thick thick thick curly hair. I have had relaxers but they have always been far in between. I am 28 and I have had about 6 relaxers. They are usually years apart. I like to wear my hari both naturally curly and straight. But I cam only wear it curly after a mild relazer (or no lye relaxer). Because it tames the curl and its not so puffy. But after it grows out I go back to blow dry and flat iron. I go back and forth. My main concern is keeping my hair healthy. I am not one to want to put style above whats best for my hair. I would love to know some products for curly hair that could help me along with shampoos and conditioners that any of you would recommend…??? I know i should deep condition but I never get recomendations from anyone? what do you use???

By: Heidi

Heidi — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:37:46 +0000

I used to have naturally curl/wave to my hair when i was younger. I got a perm when i was 16 im 19 now and my hairdresser did a good job with it and it looked good. I got a second perm before this past summer and it was horrible! She left it in too long and had to cut of 3 inches, and i cut off 2 more after due to the damage. I have thin fine hair so its held the perm very well..unfortunately thats not what I want, the perm didnt turn out so i look like a wet dog if i dont blow dry and re-curl my hair. Im sick if my hair getting curly in the humidity and always having to blow dry and curl my hair everyday. Would it be a good idea to try getting a very mild relaxer? I dont want my hair to be completely straight, i would like a bit of a wave i just want the perm loosened a lot!

By: Ava

Ava — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:19:21 +0000

Its a shame all the stories that I’m hearing. I am a licensed cosmetologist and i believe that a lot of what im reading is overprocessed hair in all forms (breakage, balding, etc). I myself have stopped relaxing my own hair just because over time its not as coarse as it used to be when I was younger, I am 39 now, and I can maintain it with just a wrap, or blow dry and flat iron. My hair is past my shoulders, always has been. I am into hair care as well as style. When I do my hair as well as my clients before I do anything I give them a hot oil treatment, with natural oils, coconut oil and extra virgin olive oil, being the foundation of all of the oils that I use. Message it into the scalp, distribute it over the entire hair shaft and sit under the dryer for a half hour then wash out with a mild shampoo, if your experiencing hair breakage, I would suggest a moisturizing shampoo, at this point you can’t really worry about style too much until you get your hair into a healthy state again. That doesn’t mean you have to walk around looking tack headed or with a mushroom, but you have to be more proactive with haircare than the style until your hair gets back in order. Try styles that will eliminate a lot of heat, wraps, roller sets, rod sets, Dominican salons are ok, but not for long term usage with the high content of heat and that roller brush and blow dryer up on your scalp definitely is not good, especially after long term usage, just like anything else. You can keep it wrapped if you flat iron, use a heat protectant always, drink plenty of water, take vitamins, eat right, exercise a little if you can as healthy hair starts from the inside out, try to eliminate stress in your life.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:59:11 +0000

I just relaxed my hair last saturday..and today is monday.. after being relaxed, i noticed that my hair is not that good.. the end is starting to be curly..my hair is better before it gets relaxed.. ugh! i just wish that i didn”t relax my hair.. sigh