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CutiePie0Five said:
SO Oshuncurls, u have relaxed hair? Do I have to use a specific type of relaxer or can I just keeping using the relaxer i use now? my hair is pretty healthy right now, but I dont want to mess anything up by changing to something else. I'm trying to grow my hair, so I don't want to have to worry about breakage cuz I think I've just gotten over that.
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Yes, my hair is relaxed, CutiePie
It has just been relaxed for a relatively short period of time (6-7 minutes in most sections instead of the 12-15 that it would probably take to get it bone straight).
If you are having good results with the relaxer you have now, you might want to stick with it. However, from the little I know of relaxers, I think Affirm Lye is a good one to try and texturize with because (according to my stylist) you do not have to really comb it through the hair in order for it to do its job of straightening the hair. You can apply it with just your hands (no combing), which enables you to put it in and take it out very quickly. Also, the strength of the formula will impact how long you leave it in your hair (shorter time for a stronger formula).
I'm not quite sure how it works to go from relaxed to texturized hair because I went from natural to texturized. I'm guessing that it would just be a matter of the hair you texturize having more curl/wave than your straight ends, if your hair is relaxed bone straight now.
I hope all of this makes sense
If you are having success keeping your relaxed hair healthy, you could really use most of the same products and practices to keep texturized hair healthy