Can i get braids after a relaxer

Powered by EpperSoft. Post Reply. Topic: how long after a relaxer can you get braids? Posted: Sep 06 at pm. We often forget to take the general hair care tips and tricks into consideration when we have been braiding our hair. Maintenance and styling are super easy when our hair is braided and it sometimes leaves us in a bit of a lazy place for hair care thereafter. Try to remember to watch your hair and its overall health. Make sure that you get your regular trims and take care of it even when your intention is to re-braid or relax.

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So have I! This is why I have decided to research this topic to the bottom of this. Keep reading to find I have used my experience and that of my friends to give you the answers The chemicals weaken your hair and break their bonds. If your hair is already fragile, relaxing might damage your strands further. Set your relaxing date a week after you remove your braids.

It is important to not wear any elaborate hairstyles for a week before your relaxing date. Combing and brushing can cause small scratches and cuts in your scalp which will cause severe irritation once the relaxers are applied.

It is also important to not wash your hair a few days before relaxing to prevent any scratches and scabs on your scalp. The steps or rungs are the bonds that hold the two side rails or, in this case, protein together. The shape and strength of hair is partly controlled by chemical bridges rungs in the ladder called disulfide bonds S - S that connect protein fibrils together. Relaxers break these disulphide bonds and stretches the elasticity of the hair to get the straight look that you're looking for.

When you get a relaxer before getting braids, remember that your hair is not as strong anymore and the weight of the braids will pull and [cause] breakage at the root. I usually recommend waiting for about 3 -6 weeks after a relaxer before getting braids so that you will have at least half an inch of strong new growth.