There’s a lot of talk about over-processed relaxed hair, but under-processed hair also poses a problem for women with relaxed hair (especially those who prefer the bone straight look). Under-processed hair is easily straightened with a flat iron but very noticeable when your hair is wet or dry; and if you’re one of those women who obsesses over your hair, the lack of uniformity will irk you, and the damage under-processed hair can cause will have you a bit worried as well. But don’t fret. Here are a few tips to help you identify under-processed hair, find out what causes it, and to do something about it.
How to Spot Under-Processed Hair
- The under-processed parts will have a looser curl or wave similar to the results that a texlaxer would give.
- Your hair dries frizzy.
- You may notice more tangling in those areas.
- It will feel drier and more brittle than the rest of your hair.
- It will revert when water or water-based products are used.
Causes of Under-Processed Hair
- Using a weaker relaxer for your hair type.
- Rinsing your relaxer out way too early.
- Not smoothing the relaxer through your new growth.
- Coating your hair with too much product before you relax.
- Changing the relaxer you normally use.
How to Correct It
Attempting to do a corrective relaxer yourself can result in you over-processing parts of your hair that were perfectly fine. Now, if it’s just a little patch of hair in the front that needs correcting, that can easily be done at home. Unfortunately, this isn’t usually the case.
I highly recommend consulting a professional stylist that you trust to aid in the process. Before you schedule your appointment, meet with your stylist to show him/her the specific parts that are under-processed so they will know what they are working with. The goal is to get all your strands in sync with each other to prevent unnecessary breakage, and at the end of the day, everyone should be happy–especially your hair.
Have you ever had under-processed hair and had to go through the corrective relaxer process? What was the outcome?
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