3 Tips for Healthy Relaxed Hair & More

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3 Tips for Healthy Relaxed Hair

Relaxing your hair for the first time can bring on mixed emotions.

On one hand, you might be excited about your soon-to-be new look.

On the other, you might worry about just what you’ll need to do to keep your newly relaxed hair healthy and looking great.

The good news is that relaxed hair is not as complicated to take care of as you might think: you just have to make sure you follow the right steps.

The process of relaxing hair has been around for over a century—the first documented relaxer cream having been discovered in 1909—and has been widely embraced by many.

Maintaining relaxed hair requires a bit of time and effort but, when done right, you’ll get incredible results that will make you the envy of all.

Here are 5 tips that will help you on your journey to flawless relaxed hair.

Tips for Healthy Relaxed Hair #1: Leave It to the Pros

When relaxing your hair for the first time, I’d recommend that you visit a hair salon.

Why?

Because, among other things, you can’t see all the different sections of your head, and yet it’s important that your hair be equally and uniformly relaxed.

Make sure the person relaxing your hair is a professional so as to avoid hair damage as much as possible.

Tips for Healthy Relaxed Hair #2: Retouch Your Hair Every 8-16 Weeks

Don’t relax your hair too often. This might damage both your hair and scalp.

Not allowing enough time between retouches will weaken your hair and can lead to breakage.

Retouching the growth of your relaxed hair

Instead, retouch your hair every 8-16 weeks so that you have enough virgin hair growth on which to apply relaxer cream, without having to process already relaxed hair further.

Tips for Healthy Relaxed Hair #3: Use a Hair Mask for Relaxed Hair

Hair masks are deep conditioning treatments that are applied to the hair and left in for a while so as to impart shine, help with manageability, and nourish the hair cuticle.

Hair masks can be store-bought or homemade.

In the case of homemade hair masks, you can easily whip one up, from the comfort of your kitchen, using simple ingredients that you probably already have in your fridge or pantry.

It’s a good idea to use hair masks regularly in order to prevent damage and reduce hair breakage that may result from everyday styling.

Hair masks aren’t all one-size-fits-all, though. Different types of hair masks fulfill different hair needs.

For instance, you can use a conditioning hair mask, a moisturizing hair mask, a softening hair mask, or a protein mask.

DIY Hair Masks for Relaxed Hair

Here is a hair mask recipe for you to try at home. You can find another one here.

Conditioning Hair Mask Recipe for Healthy Relaxed Hair

Mix 2 tablespoons of virgin coconut oil with one cup of warm water.
Massage this mixture into your hair and scalp.
Cover your hair with a plastic cap and leave it in for at least 2 hours.
Shampoo and condition your hair as usual.

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