Things You'll Need:
- Chemical relaxer
- Non-chemical relaxer
- Flat iron
- Conditioner
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Step 1
Relax the kink or curl. African-American women and women of other ethnic groups use chemical relaxers such as Dark and Lovely No-Lye relaxers to permanently alter the natural curl of their hair. Apply relaxers every six to eight weeks to new hair growth to maintain the straight look.
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Step 2
Use a non-chemical relaxer option such as BodipHier. BodipHier softens the bonds that cause the hair to curl and provides a less drastic straightening than chemical relaxers. Blow drying the hair causes the hair texture to further straighten.
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Step 3
Apply heat to straighten the hair using a pressing comb or a flat iron like a CHI ceramic iron. Sweating and humidity quickly reverse the straight effect of this technique.
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Step 4
Maintain hair's health by using conditioners no matter what hair straightening method you use. Both chemicals and heat damage and strip the hair making it more susceptible to weathering, the wearing away of the hair's outer layer. Carol's Daughter sells natural hair conditioning products.
