I haven't but just off the top of my head, I recall Mdwezi saying that's how she transitioned...on a trip to Africa one year. She didn't relax her hair, she just kept pressing the new growth. I believe by the time she left Africa, the relaxer was gone. I would PM her for more on her reggie during that time.
Yep
I don't know if I can give any tips, though, because it was so long ago and I wasn't really into hair care then, so I didn't pay attention. Also, it was not unusual for me to "stretch" relaxers (didn't know the concept back then) by just pressing rather than getting a touch up.
Let's see. I barely have a real regimen now. Really not sure I had one back then. I always pressed with a pressing comb. I would press the new growth myself in between getting it professionally done (i.e. done by my aunt in her kitchen
she was licensed!). When someone else did it, they usually pressed the whole length of my hair
, but that wasn't more than once every couple months or so. When I did it myself, I'd wash, blow dry the length, and press the roots. I might do a really quick pass over the length with a warm comb. I washed every couple of weeks.
I don't know when I got my last relaxer, some time in the year '95 I guess?? But for whatever reason I just pressed more and more, got braids, got cornrows, and eventually was natural. I only got a couple of trims; probably the relaxed hair all broke off. But by mid-96, I was all natural.