Woman Shows What Happened After Applying Relaxer on Baby Hairs in Viral TikTok Video

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• Social media users shared their thoughts in a thread of over 2.3K comments, where they expressed their outrage 

A young South African woman on TikTok, Rethabile, shared a snippet of how horribly her morning started yesterday.

The young lady garnered over a million views in 24 hours. She posted a video of herself trying to style her hair, but things went south.

She applied relaxer on her baby hairs and realised that something was off. Rethabile wiped off her hairline with toilet paper.

Woman applies relaxer on baby hairs and regrets it

A young South African woman who loves experimenting with her hair learned more about hair the hard way. The youngster applied relaxer to her bleached baby hairs.

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Rethabile wanted to revamp her short blonde hair by adding wavy baby hairs. She applied relaxer to straighten her curly hairline, but things went south fast.

She took a piece of toilet paper to remove the relaxer and exposed a bald hairline. Rethabile was stunned by what had happened and captioned her now-viral video with over a million views:

“I swear, I felt like dying this morning.”

Dangers of bleaching hair

Bleach is notoriously known for being one of the biggest things that damage hair. Here are five effects of bleaching hair by Zala Hair:

Bleaching hurts the scalp

Bleaching hair only takes a couple of hours. Depending on one’s pain tolerance and skin, bleach could hurt the scalp. The substance is a really strong chemical, so it’s not uncommon for it to give burning or tingling sensations if you make contact with it. The bleach is to be removed immediately if it gets really painful or itchy, as one might be having an allergic reaction or a chemical burn, neither of which is good. 

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Your hair will get really dry

The biggest concern for people is that bleached hair tends to get really dry due to the process of oxidation.  Make sure that your hair is done after an extra-long period of rest and relaxation before bleaching.

You might get discoloured hair

Discoloured hair is a very common side effect of bleached hair. The hair could look quite ugly, and it may even give the impression that you don’t care about your hair or your appearance.

Your hair will be more prone to damage

Frizzy hair and split-end riddled hair are also common. Sadly, bleaching can make things so much worse. Bleached hair can be really brittle and prone to damage if done poorly. It takes very little to completely ruin badly damaged bleached hair.

Bleached hair is high maintenance

Bleached hair is so weak and prone to damage, and it also requires a lot of aftercare. Maintaining a regular haircare routine, using protective hair products every day, and remembering not to be rough with it are essential.

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Watch the TikTok video below:

SA wowed by woman applying relaxer to bleached hair 

Social media users shared their thoughts about the woman’s bad hair day in a thread of comments:

@Gorj0105 wondered:

“What were you trying to do?”

@Savvyy urged:

“Where are you going? Come back, we need to see the results.”

@palesandox asked:

“But why wipe it with a tissue? Wouldn’t you wash the relaxer off?

@Tshepi commented:

“Guys, how many times do we say that relaxer doesn’t go with bleach?!”

@Talya 🇿🇦 highlighted:

“Never bleach relaxed hair!”

@Sisoe💕 said:

“You are too composed for what was happening.”

@Susan was puzzled:

“Why would you relax bleached hair?!”

@Amanda said:

“Girl, we experimented on this during lockdown in 2020, and we agreed never to relax bleached hair. What are you doing?”

@SeonghwasSnatchedwaist🫦 was amazed:

“Not you wiping away your hair.”

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Source: Briefly News