Relaxed hair is more susceptible to breakage due to the constant contact with chemicals. The key to growing out relaxed hair is to protect the ends. There are a few different methods of growing your relaxed hair longer, and they all require a consistent commitment. You cannot do these things sporadically. They must become a part of your regular hair regimen in order for the process to work.
Instructions
1. Use a shampoo and conditioner combination that moisturizes and strengthens your hair cuticles. Good brands include Pantene Relaxed and Natural, Crème of Nature, and Mizani moisturizing shampoo and conditioner.
2. Use a leave-in conditioner spray like Infusium after you finish washing, and before you roll or dry your hair.
3. Either roller-set your hair and sit under a bonnet blow dryer, or let your hair air dry. Then use a flat ceramic iron to straighten. Apply as little heat to your ends as possible when drying after a wash.
4. Wear a silk scarf on your head every time you lay down. Laying on your relaxed hair without a protective covering is very damaging to your ends.
5. Use a conditioning cream like Keracare every day applied to the ends and scalp to help keep your hair strands strong.
6. Untangle your hair from the ends first, and then work your way back to the ends and down. Don't ever rip your comb through your hair, as this causes a lot of breakage. You should not have any seams or snags on the tooth of the comb, as this can rip at your hair and cause it to break. Breakage equals no growth.
7. Massage your scalp daily to stimulate growth every night before sleeping. Take hair vitamins daily---you can find vitamin supplements made especially for hair at your local vitamin store or online (see Resources below).
8. Relax your hair every 4 to 8 weeks, or longer if you can stretch it. When you do re-relax your hair, be sure to only touch up the scalp, never the already-relaxed portion, and don't leave the relaxer in too long.
9. Wear your hair in a bun or large loose braids whenever you are not going out. You want your hair ends to have as little exposure to the elements (including weather, clothing, couches when you lay back, and even you playing with it) as possible. The key to growing your hair out is to protect your ends when you're between relaxers, even when it is difficult to manage. So keep it wrapped up whenever possible.
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