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The Pros And Cons Of Hair Relaxing
By fthomas | May 2, 2009
Having curly or naturally wavy hair is hard. It is hard to manage it because it tends to be unruly most of the time. Unlike when you have straight hair when all you need to do is run a comb or your fingers through your hair once and it would seem like you have been combing for a couple of hours already.
This is very much different with wavy hair because even if you spent the whole morning brushing your hair, after 30 minutes it gets unruly again.
This is precisely the reason why women go through hair relaxing. Even if they know that it will take a lot from them to keep their hair from getting damaged. There are actually two ways you can have your hair relaxed. The first one is by letting a professional do it for you.
The second one is buying the chemical solution at a nearby drugstore and doing it by yourself at home. Of course, the latter option is by far the cheapest option.
Before you go off speeding to the nearest drugstore you can find, there are a lot of disadvantages when you want to go through the hair relaxing process: One, is getting retouches. Hair eventually grows and so you need to get it relaxed again when it does and that usually takes a maximum of 3 months.
That is if you still want relaxed hair. So it could be very costly for you especially if it is a professional who does your hair. Second is hair damage. Thus, you can expect hair loss or hair breakage. Sometimes when the chemical gets into your scalp, you can also experience minor scalp irritation. Third is you need to take care of your hair more because of what it has been through. Thus, it needs to be conditioned, moisturized and hydrated. It can be done with conditioners, hot oil treatments and others.
Last but not the least, if you already have chemically treated hair such as hair coloring it is best to do away with hair relaxing or vice versa first to prevent more damage to the air. If you have considered all this and you are still decided to get that hair relaxing treatment, go for it! Now, you can look forward to having a “wash and wear” hair and flexibility because you can do more styles now that you have relaxed hair.
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