The TRUTH About Hair Relaxers

Hey GlamFam! So I get questions about hair all the time, but one of th things that I see common misconceptions about is relaxers. They get a bad wrap, and I can see why, but part of the damage done is due to them being done incorrectly. I commonly see people doing relaxers too frequently, selecting the wrong strength of relaxers, not properly basing the scalp, leaving the relaxer on too long, among a plethora of other issues and misconceptions.

This video is to help dispel the myths, give proper information, and ensure that people have healthier hair as a result. If you found this video to be informative or helpful, please let me know in the comment box below!

Be blessed, stay Glam, have a wonderful day, and you know I love you boo!
Linwood

How to get healthy relaxed hair | myths about relaxers | healthy hair tips for women of color | healthy hair tips for woc

[aminamelancon]

I'm so glad hair professionals are making their mark on YouTube. There are so many random people doing hair videos giving bad advice. It would be good for everyone if YouTube did something to incentivize licensed/working professionals across all fields to make video content.

[MsAeijaBlu]

EXACTLY! say it with is meant to RELAX the curl NOT REMOVE the

[MunahBoss]

How do you not have more followers. This channel is the bible for hair. Thanks for this video, I am a mother of 3 girls. I need this!!!

[nickynicki]

“If you remove all of the curl, you have removed all of the hairs strength” 🙌🏾

[jaidaln]

Yes, finally someone who gets the purpose of a relaxer! I always used to put relaxers on my hair religiously (Every 6 months), before I let my hair go natural in 2013, and my purpose was to relax my kinky curly 3c-4b pattern in the root of my hair. Due to the hard process of detangling my hair and frizz, I put relaxers on my root because it helped a ton with shrinkage and a whole load of other thing's. As someone who has learned to deal with my own natural state of my hair now, I would never sit here and bash relaxers, because relaxers helped me when I didn’t know how to manage my hair before 2013. Thank you for explaining what the real purpose of relaxers are for😆 BTW I love your channel and have learned a lot from your tutorials and informative video's. Keep up the great work!

[jomibleau]

Dude, you know your stuff! I stopped relaxing my hair and my kids 12 years ago, that burn, ouch!

[faysam]

Thank you thank you thank you! I started relaxing my hair when I was 14 until I was 53 until illness made my hair fall out. I decided to go natural once the illness was under control and I now have healthy hair within the confines of my medications. I'm not judging anyone who uses relaxers but for me personally, I will never relax or dye my hair ever again. I'm grey and loving it!!! Thank you for all you do on this channel. Blessings x

[asandayoung]

Damn so Informative 🧐.. Where I'm from (South Africa) "Beauty is Suffered for", "the relaxer is ready to be washed off only when it begins to burn" and being uneducated about our own African hair after apartheid oppression is normal 😣😓... Your videos are changing lives ✨🌼

[HWTMPH]

I use petroleum to protect my scalp, use coconut oil on the already relaxed hair before applying a touch up, I stretch for 16 weeks minimum, and only leave the relaxer on for 5-7 minutes - I'm not a hair stylist but I feel like this is all common sense... I'm so shocked to hear some people do it every 4wks and re-relax the ends that were already relaxed. Yikes.

[homehere]

Disulfide bonds! Converts to lanthanide bond! You go boy!!! I have my biology and nursing degrees! So I hear you! You are on point!!

[rej]

Can't understand why someone would thumbsdown this video. This is so informative and helpful. Take care and have a blessed day! Thanks for the info👍👍

[blkstang]

Oh wow 😮. Thank you so much. I’m one of those people who thinks it’s not working unless it burns a little, but I knew better. Now I know what is actually happening to my hair when I do that, no more burn for me. When you know better you do better. Thank you again.

[danawilliams]

I am natural, but I wish I knew you when I was relaxing my hair . You are a wealth of knowledge and of saved me a lot of pain and heartache .

[darceyderosa]

Yes, I had healthy relaxed hair. I stretched every 6 months. I wish my natural hair was as healthy. I'm still learning about how to care for my natural hair. This video is very informative. Thank you!

[rahinatibrahim]

I got my hair relaxed about 3 months ago and to be honest I don't regret it and I hope I won't later. I didn't let d relaxer stay more than 5 minutes on my head and I won't be relaxing until at least every six months. My cousin started relaxing her hair 2016 after going natural for about 4 years and believe me her hair has grew really longer than before and more healthy. I have asked her how she cares for her hair. She said she doesn't use heat frequently and massages d hair alot with avocado oil and coconut oil, castor oil and most importantly she relax every 6 months or even more. There is so much more she does but can't start typing it lol but I do know she really do take care of her hair alot. Wish me luck and if this relaxer doesn't work for me, am not afraid to start from the beginning again.

[LG-kxxl]

The kiddie relaxer...there's a child's face on the Lol. Thank you for explaining "No base". Not a curl Remover! I would think pulling the relaxer all the way through is over processing &;Jesus....more than 6 wks. W/o, as soon as a cm of new growth shows seems to be a sin.
THANK YOU FOR PROPER EDUCATION! #TEAMGLAM

[madebymidnite]

This information was was gold. I love that you take time to educate ppl on hair care instead of "just styling."
In hair school my instructor used to call calcium hydroxide relaxers the "no lye" lie. I agree with relaxer getting a bad rap. Mainly because they are being applied incorrectly. For my relaxed clients and myself. I've always used a mild "lye" relaxer. I've always found that I had beautiful results without that "hard" calcium buildup on the hair. I don't recommend ppl doing relaxers themselves because it's hard to see overlapping, especially in the back. One tip I would like to add if you don't mind. Someone taught me to add a heavy conditioner to the length on the relaxed hair before doing a touch up. This doesn't completely stop the damage if overlapping happens, but it buys a few minutes to get to the sink if a small amount is accidentally overlapped.
Lastly, would you please do a video on relaxing, snatching edges in tight braid, adding tight weaves to small children? I see so many kids with no edges or over-processed/heat damaged hair at such young ages.
Keep the vids coming!

[qianamarie]

Thanks for the caffeine tip. Never heard that before.

[diamondmind]

Totally took me back to Betty Steven’s School of Cosmetology here in Florence SC. I love learning about hair. I love everything about hair.

[FallnAngel]

This video makes so much sense, all of the relaxer videos I've seen involve bone straight hair and they think that's what is supposed to look like. I need to show this to all relaxed people in my family, hair is bone straight, short and damaged.