YES! 2 friends of mine. One has long mbl relaxed hair and she will
not under any circumstances even so much as make an attempt to do her own hair. She will go on vacation and not get her hair wet and she vacays pretty frequently. She said she makes sure her hair doesn't get wet and if it gets a little frizzy she'll use her Instyler. She goes every 2 weeks for a wash, set and blow. There was a time she didn't get to go for one month and she still refused to even touch it herself. She said she can't manage her own hair, and she just likes the feel of someone else doing it for her. I must say, her hair is always laid. It's long, thick, healthy, and
always silky. She uses the same products - Biolage poo and conditioner, and will spray some serum on her hair when she wraps it up. She's even begun to work out and when I saw her, her damn hair was still laid. You would not think she was sweating up a storm. I'm thinking maybe her hair is trained by years of getting wash n sets, that it always manages to remain silky - idk. It's amazing.
Another friend of mine was natural for a few years and she would be in the shop every 2 wks getting it washed, blow out, and flat ironed. She went back to relaxing and even back in the day when she had a relaxer she refused to do her own hair, b/c she said it just wouldn't come out right. I kinda don't blame her, she has hair that looks best when it's done professionally and her hair has never been longer than neck length and seems to look best when she gets it done. It's just expensive for her, so I feel for her.
A lot of women outside of the boards don't wash or do their own hair, especially up here w/ Dominican salons everywhere, there's really no need to. I can do a pretty darn good rollerset, but its still not as tight and nice as when they do it. And I get them to blow my roots for me or I can get pin curls. I personally don't like the styling of my hair. The only thing I'm anal about doing myself is literally the washing, conditioning, and detangling of my hair. To get my hair styled I'd have no problem w/ letting someone else do it for me. I don't like the labor and I'm not skilled in that area. If I were natural, I don't see myself doing a bunch of these styles that I see done. For example, I've seen some really nice flexi rod sets - I'd easily pay someone to do that for me
. I just don't have the patience or the inclination at all. I'd probably be a twist out and bun queen. Shoot, even flat ironing my own hair is a pain and it never comes out right. I've kinda given up on that too
. I'll stick to rollersets or airdrying.