Hi everyone. I recently got my hair thermally reconditioned, and I'm not very
pleased with the results. I got it done with a lady who has been doing this for
almost 4 years, and is very experienced. My hair is really fine, and it is
virgin hair. And it wasn't even that wavy in the first place, so I thought it
would turn out great -- but my hair did not turn out totally straight. I did
all the stuff you're supposed to afterwards -- I didn't wash it or put it
behind my ears, etc. But it has multiple places where it still has wave. I
asked the lady about this, and she said that because my hair is so fragile (it
already had some breakage), she didn't want to damage it or break it more, so
she didn't leave the stuff on there a really long time. Well, I guess it wasn't
long enough, because it's not totally straight. She said that I could blow dry
my hair sooner instead of waiting until it was 80% dry, but the whole point of
doing this was to cut back on my prep time, you know? Plus, I don't think that
would take out all of these waves. It still just needs a good old fashioned
straightening iron.
Anyways, I said all that to ask this -- apparently the thermal reconditioning
thing isn't going to work for my hair. Since my hair is naturally semi-wavy,
it's a pain to do anything with, because I have to put forth a lot of effort to
make it either wavy or straight. So here's the question -- could I get a perm
now? I really don't care whether my hair is wavy or straight -- I just want it
to pick one, you know? I probably should have just gotten a perm to begin with,
because that would have been a lot cheaper. But could I get one now? Or would
it not even work because my hair has been thermally reconditioned and is
considered to be "permanently straight." If I did, would it cause a ton of
damage? I don't want to do that, but I'm really frustrated with this whole
situation. I feel like I've wasted $600. Please help! And TIA!
Jessica
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