Don’t Believe Everything You Hear: Popular Misconceptions About Afro-Textured Hair And Haircare

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Relaxed Hair is Damaged Hair

While relaxers do break down the structural integrity of the hair shaft by permanently rearranging the hydrogen bonds to make hair straight, this doesn’t automatically mean that relaxers are a death sentence for your hair. Your hair may be compromised more so than healthy virgin hair, but by taking proper care of chemically processed hair, ladies with relaxed hair can have radiant, lively tresses. There are some people whose hair cannot take relaxers at all, but for most of those who have struggled with relaxed hair, more often than not, the real culprits are from overlap damage, not waiting enough time in between relaxers (or stretching) and/or using a relaxer that is too strong for our hair.

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