rinygirl6 said:
I had planned to stretch to six months, but my roots are thicky thick and my ends are splitty split. For some reason this stretch has been murder on my ends. Oh well, I'll try for six months next time.
Anyway, I'm about to go relax my hair now, I'll be back with pics.
:scratchch I wonder how much length I retained.....wish me luck!
Yeah, this is the problem. If you stretch to long, your hair breaks and
your ends get thin.
This is a true sign of breakage or hair fallout.
The purpose of stretching is to gain thickness while maintaining length. You don't want to defeat the purpose.
Your goal should be to find out the right length of time to stretch (and the products to prevent breakage) such that you are NOT losing hair.
I've reached a determination: 2 months stretch.
I texlax, which means, I'm already underprocessed. And my hair tangles a lot more.
Sooooo,
2 mos FOR ME, is the max to keep my hair thick but not breaking. Especially since it's already underprocessed. This way, my ends don't thin out.