Stopping relaxers? Hair breakage?

I'm a sixteen year old African American girl and I've been thinking about stopping my relaxers. One of my friends has stopped her relaxer and it has been about a month. Her hair looks a lot healthier and thicker. I want to grow out my natural hair and cut my relaxed ends later when my hair is at the desired length. Is that possible? I really don't want to cut off all of my hair and start over right now, but everyone keeps telling me that is the only way to go natural. Is that true? Will discontinuing my relaxers cause my hair to break? Helpful answers are greatly appreciated, thanks a lot.Stopping relaxers? Hair breakage?
Nah, you can grow it out. If you want to hold on to those relaxed ends then you need to put your hair in protective styles. Protective styles are hair styles that keep you from combing, brushing, using heat, and styling you hair on a daily basis. Styles such as braids, cornrows, weave, wigs, buns, and super curly styles like rod sets are all examples. Braids are probably the most common transitioning style.





If you do style your hair regularly then your hair will begin to break off at the new growth, which is what you don't want. Some people transition for a few months, while others transition for a few years. How long you transition is completely up to you as long as you take good care of your hair. Yes, not relaxing can break off - it can break off at the new growth because your relaxed hair will be very weak, so be sure to keep it protective styled. But, not relaxing won't make your natural hair break off unless you're mishandling your hair.





Good luck and congrats for making the decision.





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Yes it takes a lot of work and dedication to keep the length while you transition. One way to strengthen your hair between the transition is to try a keratine treatment. It is sealed in with a flat iron so it will give new growth a level of straightness, and the keratine will strengthen relaxed portion on the ends.


Brazilian keratine lasts longer 2-3 months, but is a pricey process $150+, then store bought versions last only a month but $60.
Yes, you can definitely grow out your natural hair and cut the relaxed ends, my friend is actually transitioning from relaxed to natural and she's doing the same thing. You don't have to cut out all your hair, (it would be would be a lot faster and easier though). But if you want to have some hair on your head I say just grow out the perm. You will experience breakage though, because the section where your natural hair meets the permed hair is very weak. Here is one cute hair style you could do while you are transitioning from permed to natural hair.





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Initially upon stopping your relaxers there will be a lot of shedding but not necessarily breakage. you don't have to cut it all off now. what you should do is let your roots grow out and slowly start to clip your relaxed ends off. eventually you should be all natural! hope this helps :-)))))