Hair relaxer Problem. Please help!?

My sister (she is caucasian) she tried to relax her hair with box relaxer for African American's hair.. After she did it, it looks strange, so she kept trying to moisturize it. Now its Completely horrible, it feels really weird, and the strands break off in your hand %26amp; from a brush or comb.


She had med-long hair and i cut it off above her shoulders but it still feels horrible. I dunno what to do. She had it bleached and then she had dyed it black about 2 weeks ago. Shes naturally blond. If that helps at all. Any ideas?!Hair relaxer Problem. Please help!?
because that hair relaxer was made for African-Americans ..NOT..Caucasian hair it reacted differently.


i would advice you to go to a hair salon or to a doctor.








also, she is putting way to many chemicals in her hair and that could also be why her hair is falling out!!


try to lay off on the dye for a while!!Hair relaxer Problem. Please help!?
I'm a hairdresser and I see this quite often. Your sister already had very damaged hair b4 she straightened it. Once the hair has been bleached and colored it no longer has enough integrity left to the hair shaft to withstand the hair straightener. THese products are very harsh. Frankly, the only thing you can do is cut it short and wait until she has all new growth. At that point she can go to a professional for a chemical straightening. I recommend researching the chinese method. It's expensive but i've seen some really great results. Good luck!
it doesn't matter what your race is you should never put a chemicial relaxer on previously colored or highlighted hair. and be very very careful when coloring or highlighting after one also. My advice is that she is lucky to have any hair left. leave it alone or go to a hair salon that you really trust and pray as for conditioning i would recomend redken antisnap as a leave-in or maybe joico k-pack reconstruct split end mender and for a treatment try saturating your hair with any type of conditioner and covering with a shower cap and using a blow dryer to heat it up for atleast 15 min. or longer


Unfortunatly when it is fried its fried usually theres nothing that can be done ecept buying some hair growth vitimians and grow the crap out so you came get that short pixy youv'e always wondered about... good luck
Basically her hair is excessively dry and damaged from the bleaching and relaxing. Bleach and relaxers never mix-whether you wait 1-2-3-4-5 weeks between. When you see african americans with blonde hair it is either natural texture, a weave/wig, or they went thru several processing steps to achieve the level of lightness as caucasions. She can try some of the deep conditioning and reconstructing treatments suggested by previous posters to halt the breakage, but weak hair will continue to be combed/brushed/fall out for weeks to come. She also shouldn't wash her hair everyday - which would be more drying, and she'll need to use a daily moisturizer to her regimen as well.


But generally with the type of damage you describe, and how the damaged was achieved with bleach over a relaxer, most people just call it a loss and go for the pixie cut. Hair as you describe is no fun to try and style and rarely looks good on a daily basis.


Sorry for her loss...
NEVER GET A RELAXOR FOR THE WRONG HAIRTYPE OVER THE COUNTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have one and I'm African American but I got it done by a stylist, which would've helped although it is expensive it is the best way. It's breaking off because she's not taking proper care of it, trust me, it happened to my mom and friends of mine! She needs to maintaine the relaxor and from a time period ranging from a month to eight weeks. ONLY ADD WHAT THE STYLIST SAYS TO ADD! She has to have strong hair to begin with before she gets the relaxor, or else it's pointless. She needs to wrap her hair EVERY NIGHT before she goes to bed and wear special hair ties. She should wash her hair every other week unless she's an athlete and she can wash it weekly. Heat can only be used when washed. before renewing her relaxor, she can't use a bristle brush for a week or wash. She also shouldn't scratch. Keep it as dry as possible. Right now, there is not much to do but let it all fall out, but this is advice for the future, when it will be helpful. See a hair stylist for farther advice on how to save the hair, by using hair mayonaise to build strenghth in her hair.
You'll need to go to a hair place (like Sally's hair supply) and buy a hot oil treatment. There isn't much you can do for the breakage at the ends, but an oil treatment will seal the hair follicle and make the scalp healthy so that healthy hair can grow from the scalp. You'll also need to buy an intense moisturizing shampoo, moisturizing conditioner, and leave-in conditioner. As for everything else, try not to put anymore stress on the hair. No more dye for a while. Find a creme or spray moisturizer that is best for her hair type and apply it liberally all over the hair every day. At night, wrap her hair and tie it up. You can do this buy parting the hair in the middle or on either side, and brushing it around and around until all of her hair is wrapped around her head. After this, tie it up with a silk or soft scarf. It looks silly, but it gives the hair a chance to rest and her hair won't dry out again while she sleeps. Sorry about the hair mishap, and good luck!