Haha yeah, thankfully I no longer detangle like that! I'm super gentle with my hair now

I guess I didn't know any better back then but you live and you learn

And thanks for the suggestion! I've actually seen a few of Shima's vids, but I only saw one where she was stretching a relaxer (I think she was stretching 9 months or something crazy like that). I'll go see the other vids she has though, hopefully I'll be able to learn lots of new techniques to make the process easier.