Stretching relaxers: flat ironed hair at 21 weeks post relaxer

January 03, 2013



Straightened hair at 21 weeks post relaxer
I was really not planning to stretch my relaxer this long but somehow I have managed to do so, I will be relaxing/ “Texlaxing” my hair at the end of January so stay tuned for my relaxer preparations for the next few weeks. 

I decided to flat iron my hair on Sunday 31st of December 2012 after months of air drying. After clarifying and deep conditioning I decided not to blow dry my hair before flat ironing it, I air dried it instead and to my surprise there was actually no difference to flat ironing air dried hair as compared to blow dried hair. I guess I will stick to air drying in the future. 
My ends are still not as thick as I would like them to be but I am working on that, I will keep trimming off the thin ends until I am satisfied with the thickness.




I did however lose a lot of hair because my hair still had some tangles from the mini twists I had done the previous week. So 2012 practically ended in a second setback. However I still keep convincing myself that it will grow back and that every little setback is an opportunity for me to learn something new about my hair. I have come to the conclusion that my hair likes being left alone, so this year the only protective styles I will be doing are buns, braid outs and twist outs.

 It is really nice to be able to pass a comb through my hair.


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18 comments

  1. LYDZ3 January 2013 at 22:49

    Your hair is beautiful!

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  2. Anonymous4 January 2013 at 14:18

    are you 100% African?

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  3. Anonymous4 January 2013 at 14:36

    Tht hair is gorgeous gal

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  4. tierra8 January 2013 at 11:42

    your hair looks great. I did the six month stretch but my hairstylist is scissor happy

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    1. Grow African hair long(GAHL)8 January 2013 at 15:01

      Thank you, sorry to hear about your scissor happy stylist. Next Time Watch her/ him like a hawk and no worries your hair will grow back.

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  5. Unknown9 January 2013 at 07:22

    Amaizing! hope this blog will help me to maintain my hair. beautiful hair, really...

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  6. Grow African hair long(GAHL)16 January 2013 at 12:57

    We will definitely help where we can. Thank you for stopping by :)

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  7. Emprezz Abena19 January 2013 at 17:48

    beautiful length!

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  8. Grow African hair long(GAHL)19 January 2013 at 23:39

    Thank you, i will definitely check it out.

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  9. GHlonghair21 January 2013 at 14:48

    Amazing.....!! Look at those coils and curls! Woooooooooooooooooooooow!!

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  10. Obat Penyakit Asam Urat26 January 2013 at 01:38

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  11. diana phiri8 February 2013 at 20:11

    lovely hair

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  12. Unknown19 December 2013 at 11:06

    I'm from south africa. I am 150% black no mixed blood line in my family at all. I went 5months post relaxer and my hair only grew literally like half an inch? Please help! Nomaswazi.madi@gmail.com

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  13. Anonymous27 December 2013 at 03:04

    My hair is really thick the last perm i had was 4 months ago what should i do to keep my hair straight

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