Your attitude towards keeping your hair healthy is one of the most important elements to your whole journey because it takes time to see results and it also takes time to learn what your hair likes and dislikes.
With that said, you also have to be diligent with your regimen, no excuses, if you decide to deep condition every week, then find ways to accomplish that goal weekly.
If your hair requires a ton of protein to keep things balanced then try not to slack on your treatments, make it a priority until you see the results you desire.
Life After a Big Chop
So now you have done it, you are well on your way to healthy relaxed hair. It might be tempting to do length checks every week or just sit around waiting for your hair to get healthy again. We are here to tell you that at this time is when you should have the most fun.
I have said it before, short hair is sexy because it shows off your facial features to their best advantage. There are also lots of cute styles you can achieve with short hair so now that you have chopped why not enjoy it to the fullest? You will be surprised how fast the time flies and how quickly your hair will grow out.
In addition to enjoying your cut, protect your hair from you (HIH Syndrome anyone?) and the environment, give it some rest time to recuperate especially after a relaxer and of course leading up to your next relaxer when you have two textures to maintain.
You might not be a wig* kind of girl but if you try it and like it, it can be one of the easiest protective styles you can do when taking a hair break. If wigs* are just not your thing then try roller sets or rod sets that do not require much heat or manipulation on a weekly basis, just fluff and go.
Either way, know that doing a big chop can be great for your relaxed hair and that you are doing the best thing for it on your healthy hair journey.
How many of you have done a big chop while using a relaxer, comment below!
Journey to Waist Length says
ive had to start over a few times, when i was fully relaxed
Kerimah Rogers says
Big chop!!! Uhhhhh NO! Not me! I don’t want to look like a man!
Candi Ballard-Zolicoffer says
Even when I went natural 10yrs ago I never bc I just grew it out and gradually cut my hair until there was no more relaxed hair I wasn’t down with having hair that short cause its only so much you can do to it
Joyce Hellaclassyandsassy Williams says
Your hair is bang’n! Journey to Waist Length
Krista Kinchen says
Yep, it sucks
Jenny JackJack says
Ive been relaxed 21 years and ive never had to big chop at all…..
Andrea says
I cut my hair very short once while relaxed because of heat damage. a Halle Berry pixie. When I went natural I cut my relaxed hair off after four months. in my opinion the first cut was nothing like learning to handle an entirely different curly hair texture you’ve never dealt with before. That is what bc means to me. Not going from long relaxed to short relaxed. I just consider my relaxed cut a hair cut. I like short and long hair.. At times think I’d like to go back to twa. I think they’re cute sassy sexy but I like big hair too so haven’t decided. I didn’t think any time I decided on a short hair it was that big of a deal because if I didn’t like it I grew it out. A lot of people in my family are cut off and then grow out their hair long again.