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<p>Three days ago, a TikTok was posted of a mother perming her three-year-old daughter&#8217;s hair in a beauty salon. The video was shared by user <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@flambingo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@flambingo</a>, who listed her identity as a 23-year-old mother-of-one in her account&#8217;s bio.</p>
<p>The video was shared on Saturday and has garnered over 468,000 views. As well as 22.3 likes.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">The TikTok Video</h3>
<p>The video begins with the mother showing the three-year-old girl sitting in a styling chair at the salon. The hairstylist can be seen applying the chemical relaxer to the child&#8217;s hair.</p>
<p>The video then shows the relaxer being washed and shampooed out of the child&#8217;s hair. From there, the child returns to the styling chair. And the hairstylist seems to apply another product, which could be a conditioner, to the three-year-old&#8217;s hair.</p>
<p>Then, the stylist proceeds to part her hair into sections and styles the girl&#8217;s hair into braids.</p>
<p>The video then cuts to the three-year-old showing off her braids, which look to have added length, to another woman. The video ends with the child waving at the camera.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">TikTok Users Are Split In Their Reactions</h3>
<p>The clip has garnered over 3,000 comments. And undeniably left viewers split in their stance. Some users have questioned why the mother would decide to perm her daughter&#8217;s hair at such a young age. While others have shared their understanding of her decision.</p>
<blockquote><p>lol i got my 1st perm at 3! My hair is still long &; healthy permed hair</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>As long as the child is happy, and it&#8217;s taken care of then I don&#8217;t see no wrong</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>Easier to maintain w/o crying i did it to my daughter hair I regret it buttt i can maintain her hair w/o hassle</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>Awww baby&#8217;s happy and mama&#8217;s happy!! That&#8217;s all that matters</p></blockquote>
<p>Other users replied voicing their disagreement with the mother&#8217;s decision.</p>
<blockquote><p>Do you worry about fibroids/cancer risk with the relaxer?</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>I did this to my daughter.. worse decision I made!!! She&#8217;s 21 now and her hair still ain&#8217;t right smh</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m surprised the stylist did it, more than anything. Stylists should be educating along with styling but it&#8217;s your kid so it&#8217;s your decision</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m surprised though that they give relaxers that young</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>Just know that relaxing doesn&#8217;t stop maintenance. It needs even more now bc the hair is in a more fragile state and the bonds are broken.</p></blockquote>
<p>Some were confused why the mother decided to perm the girl&#8217;s hair, only to follow up by styling it in braids.</p>
<blockquote><p>She didn&#8217;t have to relax her hair for that style &#8230;. I thought she was trying to give her some finger waves or summ</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>She put a relaxer in and rubber bands</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>Relaxed it to just put braids in</p></blockquote>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">The Girl&#8217;s Mother Responds To TikTok Users</h3>
<p>The 23-year-old mother took the time to respond to some comments. And defended her decision to perm her three-year-old daughter&#8217;s hair. She replied to one comment saying that is 23 years old with a &#8220;head full of RELAXED hair.&#8221; And another, saying that her decision was a &#8220;last resort.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>this was last resort type stuff honestly, it&#8217;s not damaging if you going to the right person and know how to maintain it</p></blockquote>
<p>She also followed up with a few videos making light of the situation.</p>
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<p>Then continued to defend her decision.</p>
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<p>The 23-year-old&#8217;s mother also shared a TikTok, defending her daughter&#8217;s decision.</p>
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<p>Roommates, what do you think of the mother and grandmother&#8217;s decision?</p>
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