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Relaxer for Caucasian hair help?

I have been thinking about relaxing my hair with this product: http://www.sallybeauty.com/Silk-Elements-Relaxer/SILKEL28,default,pd.html?cgid=Hair07 It has five star reviews and it seems to be the only relaxer that does. This will be the first time ever relaxing my hair, so I'm trying to find out as much information as possible. A little about my hair: My hair hasn't been dyed in some time, has never been relaxed, is curly and wavy, sort of poofy if I don't put a lot of product in, and is prone to being quite dry sometimes. Also it gets really frizzy and poofy in humid weather. I have a few questions about it. Would it work for Caucasian hair? Would I need a neutralizer to go with it? (It doesn't state whether one is needed or not) Is it safe for at home? Would I be able to dye my hair after the relaxer? Anything else you can tell me about relaxing Caucasian hair would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :]

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1. Yes it will work on caucasian hair. Read this article. http://www.ehow.com/about_4674397_athome-hair-relaxer-white-hair.html When I used box kit relaxers, the neutralizer normally came with the no-lye relaxers. Which is pretty much all box relaxers sold today, are no-lye. If you know what you are doing it is safe, but remember relaxers will damage the hair and petroleum jelly should be used to protect the scalp from getting damaged as well. Also, when you relax the hair, the hair is permanently straight. If you want to get rid of it, you will either have to cut the hair or wait until your "new growth" is what we call it, or natural hair grows in and then cut as that hair grows hair. When you get your next relaxer which can be from 4 to 6 weeks or even 6 months to a year apart you will only relax your new growth and not the previously relaxed hair. And yes, you can dye your hair 2 weeks after you put in a relaxer and vise versa.