QuoteReplyTopic: Tangles!!!! HELP! Posted: April 28 2005 at 7:26pm
I have been using the same hair growth friendly, no cone/sulfate shampoo/conditionar for a while now and I have been happy with the results. But earlier this month i just it and it gave me the worst tangles I have ever had. I ended up ripping tons of hair out just trying to comb through it all - and I had even combed my hair before washing!
I am now afraid to use this again and have been using the same shampoo but with a Pantene (ultra damaging) conditionar that I know wont tangle my hair.
Is this normal? Should I finish off my shampoo/conditionar??
Hair is BSL+ as of 9/15/05
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Also, don't rip out your tangles. Doing so causes the hair to become stretched and damaged, which will cause tangles in the future until you trim the damaged part off. Detangling should be done from the bottom up. It's safer to clip a tangle than rip it, but it's not much of an improvement.
Did you shampoo your hair down, or did you pile the hair on your head? Did you wash it upside-down? Do you towel-dry by scrubbing your hair with a towel?
Do you comb conditioner through your hair while rinsing it out?
I think you're going to need a trim to get rid of some of the damage.
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Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?
Also a good idea I find is to use one of those turbans. I can't
remember what they're called, but they're like shaped towels with an
elastic bit on and you wrap it round your head and your hair stays nice
and protected and doesn't get tangled like it does if you 'squeeze' it
dry.
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Well they're two seperate shampoo/conditionars and are not the same type (ie; not a pair to be used together specially). My method before was CSC (condition, shampoo, condition) with my original products I had just described, my current routine is CSC, the first C and S with my original products and the last C with Pantene.
I don't pile my hair on top of my head when washing, I was right-side up, and I didn't really scrub with the towel, I just sort of pat dried. I didn't use a comb in the shower when rinsing. I do have to say though, I just pulled the tangles out. Since then my hair has been fine except the fact that I'm now using Pantene.
Hair is BSL+ as of 9/15/05
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I don't believe the shampoo and conditioner need to match. If a
mix-n-match combo works well, there is no reason not to use it.
It sounds like your routine should not induce bad tangles. If you
remember that day, do you think you can pinpoint something in the
process which varied from normal that might have caused the
tangles? Maybe it was just an isolated incident.
Whenever I get bad tangles, I pick them apart with my fingers. Even a wide-tooth comb just won't do.
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