Anonymous wrote:Yuko or Liscio - japanese hair straightening. I've done it forever - every 4 months. I love it.

Can you pls share where you get it done? I stupidly had it done at a place in Fairfax and my hair fell out.

Look into Magic Sleek! It’s a relaxer that lasts for months. I have 2c hair, and it’s great to give me sleek, straight hair with very little effort. I’ve been getting it done every 6 months for the past 2 years. My hair has gotten so long because I hardly ever put heat on it.

White person here, I get a 'black' relaxer; my hair is coarse and wavy (and is still wavy when wet even though it's relaxed).
No reputable stylist will recommend a relaxer every 6 weeks, closer to 12 weeks...for the sake of your hair.
Also do not attempt to do a relaxer at home.

After paying salon prices ($800+) for years, I now do Japanese straightening at home—the chemicals are around $60 on Amazon. Watch a few YouTube videos and you’re set.

Yuko or Liscio - japanese hair straightening. I've done it forever - every 4 months. I love it.

Hair texture IS NOT determined by race but rather by genetics. I am Black & Spanish and the Black side has more curly/wavy hair than the Spanish side. So again your hair texture/ curl pattern comes from anywhere in your gene pool. If the white lady wants to straighten her thick curly hair or you want to Jheri curl your black hair DO IT. And Jesus was Jewish and had hair like wool so why can’t she⁉️

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Anonymous wrote:Relaxers have health issues for Black women, google for the research. Also if you also color, relaxing will likely break your hair off and ruin it.

I color and relax mine no issues. I am white so apparently the health issues don’t apply to me.

The point is they are known to increase fibroids and other uterine cancers in Black women and there is likely to be a similar impact to other women if they start using them more. But die then since you want to be an asshole

Anonymous wrote:Relaxers have health issues for Black women, google for the research. Also if you also color, relaxing will likely break your hair off and ruin it.

I color and relax mine no issues. I am white so apparently the health issues don’t apply to me.

Anonymous wrote:I used to have my hair straightened in a salon twice a year. It lasted a long time. I would, of course, have to straighten the new growth but it was doable until I had another straightening treatment.

I’m questioning why women are posting needing to have the treatment every 6 to 8 weeks.

Can one use a relaxer on color treated hair? How well do relaxers work on gray/white hair?

If your hair grows quickly, 6-8 weeks is long enough to reveal visible hair growth. I’m sure you can imagine that an inch or so of curly textured hair at the roots of a very straight hairstyle might not be the look that someone is aiming for. Also, as others have said, the hair is fragile at the point where it shifts from natural to relaxed, and breakage might be even more likely when people try various methods to manage the new growth with heat and multiple products.

One way around this is to do a texturizer — which leaves some curl in the hair, so the difference in the textures is not as abrupt.

Relaxers have health issues for Black women, google for the research. Also if you also color, relaxing will likely break your hair off and ruin it.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to have my hair straightened in a salon twice a year. It lasted a long time. I would, of course, have to straighten the new growth but it was doable until I had another straightening treatment.

I’m questioning why women are posting needing to have the treatment every 6 to 8 weeks.

Can one use a relaxer on color treated hair? How well do relaxers work on gray/white hair?

Breakage is more likely the longer you stretch a relaxer. In high school, my mom couldn’t afford every 6-8 weeks and made me wait 3 months. Between freshman and sophomore year, I lost 6 inches. Once I started working, I could go more often and my hair broke off less. 4a/b thick, coarse hair.

This makes no sense. More harsh chemicals more frequently resulted in less breakage?

“As you stretch your relaxer, the line of demarcation (that point where your relaxed hair meets your newgrowth) will become increasingly fragile which means doing your hair everyday or playing in it can lead to breakage.” https://blackhairinformation.com/by-type/relaxed-hair/stretching-relaxers-dos-dont/


If you have very fast growing hair, you hit that point more quickly. The kinkier your new growth, the more likely you will put tension on the line of demarcation while styling.

Thank you PP for explaining why there is more breakage with less treatments.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to have my hair straightened in a salon twice a year. It lasted a long time. I would, of course, have to straighten the new growth but it was doable until I had another straightening treatment.

I’m questioning why women are posting needing to have the treatment every 6 to 8 weeks.

Can one use a relaxer on color treated hair? How well do relaxers work on gray/white hair?

Breakage is more likely the longer you stretch a relaxer. In high school, my mom couldn’t afford every 6-8 weeks and made me wait 3 months. Between freshman and sophomore year, I lost 6 inches. Once I started working, I could go more often and my hair broke off less. 4a/b thick, coarse hair.

This makes no sense. More harsh chemicals more frequently resulted in less breakage?

“As you stretch your relaxer, the line of demarcation (that point where your relaxed hair meets your newgrowth) will become increasingly fragile which means doing your hair everyday or playing in it can lead to breakage.” https://blackhairinformation.com/by-type/relaxed-hair/stretching-relaxers-dos-dont/


If you have very fast growing hair, you hit that point more quickly. The kinkier your new growth, the more likely you will put tension on the line of demarcation while styling.

Michelle wolf comes to mind as at least a 3a and she’s often misidentified as part-AA. She’s not. It’s just her hair texture.

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Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt you have 3C coils as a white woman.

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FWIW, this chart seems to learn much more curly than others I’ve seen.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to have my hair straightened in a salon twice a year. It lasted a long time. I would, of course, have to straighten the new growth but it was doable until I had another straightening treatment.

I’m questioning why women are posting needing to have the treatment every 6 to 8 weeks.

Can one use a relaxer on color treated hair? How well do relaxers work on gray/white hair?

Breakage is more likely the longer you stretch a relaxer. In high school, my mom couldn’t afford every 6-8 weeks and made me wait 3 months. Between freshman and sophomore year, I lost 6 inches. Once I started working, I could go more often and my hair broke off less. 4a/b thick, coarse hair.

This makes no sense. More harsh chemicals more frequently resulted in less breakage?

You clearly don't have 4a/b hair.

No, I don’t. OP’s question was for “white woman” hair.

Ok but sweetie the PP mentioned 4a/b. Maybe then if you know nothing about that hair type then don't question their experience with it. Sheesh. You weren't discussing the whole thread or even OPs question you were addressing PP.