Because my hair has several textures there is no health perm for me. For many years I believed the milder or, the more expensive the perm, or salon , perhaps someone would finally get my perms right . Then 1-3 weeks later the shedding , breaking , the balding would remind me I was wrong. Being natural is not an alternative for me , its the only way to have health hair, for me . Even with all that I know from this board, I would still have lifeless, fragile hair. Hair dressers use to try to get mild perms in my hair in less than 5-10 minuets, or used kiddie perms, hoping it would not damage my hair, no matter what my hair came out lifeless and flyaway. If there is such a thing I believe my hair is just allergic to perms
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I learned to stop fighting things and go with what my hair knows and wants. In the past(permed) I achieved just below shoulder length, dead life less hair .
I'm now have APL stretched, health hair and with a little heat I can have the best of both worlds.
So to answer the question...there is no other way for me.