Taken from The Anti Hair Slave.com

My hair has been relaxed for many many many years now. I have memories of hot combs, cornrows, and beads but for the most part I remember having relaxed hair. I remember begging my mom to relax my hair because I knew it meant the end of getting the tops of my ears burned (for all of you who have experienced a hot comb, I know you feel me!) Anyway, getting back on track, since it is time for my relaxer I decided I would do a little research and try...

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Here is an old post from my personal blog

I have noticed that a lot of women on the hair boards participate in what is called relaxer stretches. A relaxer stretch is when you strreeeetttcccchhhhh the amount of time between relaxers. So for example, if you relaxer every 6 weeks and you decide you are not going to relax your hair until 10 weeks that is a relaxer stretch. The theory behind doing it is that if you stretch the time between relaxers you will have more growth therefore lessening...

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