Ever had an "edge up"?

[melodee]

Ever had an \"edge up\"?

My old stylist use to do this procedure, which was to touch up only the edges. I used to get it done when I'd want a fresh look but wasn't quite ready for a full touch up. I figure it can help me stretch out a relaxer, b/c my edges are the nappier areas. The rest of my hair has a looser curl.Anyone know a stylist who does this, or does it themselves?

 

[Barbi]

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Is that healthy? I don't think it is because you're relaxing already relaxed hair. Did you have any problems aftewards?

 

[Taliah]

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i've done this several times in the past myself, and by stylist. i only leave it on for about 5 min or so. it's great for stretching and i have all my edges...

 

[MizAvalon]

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I used to do this when I wore weaves and only had the edges of my real hair out. Never any problems.

 

[Britt]

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Taliah said:
i've done this several times in the past myself, and by stylist. i only leave it on for about 5 min or so. it's great for stretching and i have all my edges...

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same here, i think it actually helps to prolong the length of time in which you perm b/c if the edges are straight you are less likely to perm the inside too soon. I use to do this all the time in h.s when I would relax my whole head every 16 weeks. I would perm my edges around week 8-10.

 

[Tracy]

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I used to do when my hair was short. It worked well. Never lost my edges either. But my edges are always the last things stylists perm in a full touch up, so the likelihood of overprocessing was probably reduced.

 

[aikaa71]

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i do, esp when my edges look really rough.

 

[melodee]

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When I had it done, the stylist only applied the perm to the new growth of the edges. Back then I wasn't so intrested in stretching out my relaxers, but now I think an edge up would help me not to cave in too soon. I don't like fuzzy edges.

 

[dontspeakdefeat]

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Used to do it all the time!

 

[oregonchick97266]

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I use to do it when I had a weave

 

[Falon]

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I did this night before last. I just mixed up a little relaxer and put it on my edges for five minutes then washed it out. It came out fine and now I feel a bit better about stretching my relaxer. This is week 7, I usually relax at 6 but after I did this I was running my fingers through my new growth and I really don't feel like I need a relaxer at all now. You can't even see the rest of my new growth because my braid out hides it.

 

[foxybronx]

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I am going to do this!!
This might sound silly but i have never relaxed my OWN hair before..so i am a little nervous *even though i am just going to do my edges). Do you have to use the neutralizing shampoo a million times like a relaxer? Do you have to base you edges or is that defeating the purpose? When rinsing out the relaxer does it get on your hair? Lastly, do ya'll do your nape too?

 

[melodee]

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bump!

 

[calbear]

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I have quite a few friends who get hairline touchups on a regular in order to stretch out their relaxers. They never lost any hair and it was only on the new growth. ( I never did it cause I was cheap and if I was gonna go to the shop to get something done I might was well wait and pay once and get everything done)

 

[alliyah4eva203]

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i've never done it but iive heard about it.. it's also known as a perimeter touch up

 

[Guest]

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I do relaxer touch ups on my edges and it's ok...just oil it well.

 

[JenniferMD]

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I use to do this a while ago, but wouldn't do it now. It's too easy to overlap when you just "touch up the edges". Then you have to worry about overprocessing if you're getting a relaxer in a few more weeks.

 

[Poohbear]

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Never had an edge up... my edges are hardly ever nappy..so mines the opposite...the rest of my hair is nappier than my edges.

 

[missjoey]

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Hey ladies, I am trying to strech my relaxer for atleast 12 weeks. I have 4b hair and my edges are no joke after about the 6th week.lol I don't think that there is any way that I can strech that long with out touching up my edges. Does anyone do this? Any suggestions or advice regarding this would be greatly appreciated? TIA

 

[ChocalateDiva]

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I used to do this all the time and my edges had major damage. I guess every is different but, be careful.

 

[ChocalateDiva]

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I used to do this all the time and my edges had major damage. I guess every is different but, be careful.

 

[ChocalateDiva]

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I used to do this all the time and my edges had major damage. I guess every is different but, be careful.

 

[InquiringMind]

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I've had my sew in about a month now but, i just got the edges touched up last week. I went to the hairdresser and she charged me $10 but, I think I could've did this myself. She also left the relaxer on for 10 minutes which I thought was a little extreme. I don't think it's harmful as long as ur not overprocessing. I haven't had a perm since february and I'm hoping to stretch it out til beginning of june.

 

[scorpio]

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My hairstylist sometimes recommends this, but since I have been trying to stretch my relaxers, I choose not to because my edges tend to be quite fragile and I am trying to nurse that hair back to health. It is very tempting, though.