Tying back damp hair: good, bad, or indifferent?

I think tying your hair back when damp is fine, as long as it's not too tight. Might I suggest a nice ribbon in a burgundy or wine color to match your features? Of course, just kidding. And I can attest to the fact that my hair sometimes breaks when I glare at it in the wrong manner.

Really, I think if you can find a loose clip/tieback, it would be fine. Actually, not blowing it dry with a hairdryer would seem to help it retain its' health. My husband used to have long hair, and would tie it back sometimes and never have any problems with breakage, as long as it was loose.

Kris

Hi everyone - long time.....

Anyway, Gollan - tying your hair back when it is damp will not harm it. Be gentle, use elastics with NO METAL, and put your hair inside the collar of your coat this winter. Trust me. I'm in the Rochester NY area and I won't go outside with wet hair anymore this year.

Another suggestion - and I apologise for the repeat should someone have already mentioned this in your drying thread - get an Acquis towel or equivalent superabsorbent towel. They are wonderful for drying hair quickly.

Cheers!
Gren

Okay, forgive me, Im going to laugh at you all! Sorry, but really Im empathizeing, lolololol!

Okay, I am a native Buffaloinian (from Buffalo NY). Right now Im liveing in Florida but my home is Buffalo and Ive spent many many frozen cold mornings with just washed wet hair up in Buffalo becasue i refused to blow dry my hair. Sometimes Id wash it at night and then end up going out in the frosty air with friends or family. usualy I washed it in the morning and met the school bus outside with it still very wet. My mom would get so mad at me!

In college i used to shower and then (for anyone who knows the University of Buffalo and its vast size) i would walk from the dorms to the campus and then from class to class with wet or damp hair. Even in the snow. Now I just visit Buffalo when I go home to see my parents but still its usualy in the winter and I still wont blow my hair dry.

Okay, so why am I laughing? Somehow I managed to deal with the cold and my hair never froze. Once my dads goatee got iceicles from his morning jog, but never once did my hair become a popsicle. maybe i just learned how to keep it warm enough.

So Im laughing at your stories and wondering why i never got a story of my own =)

wow. I've never heard of hair freeze, but now I know it's possible. I'll definitely be careful when visitng the East Coast.

Personally, I don't tie my hair when it's damp or wet. I find it gets tangled easily, and is hard to deal with when it is dry.

I must adress this hair freezing issue. I live in a cold clime and people, your hair breaking is the least of your worries going out with damp hair in minus degrees! I know two, no three, people with cronic halfside paralyzes in their faces, nerve damage from being outside with wet hair in the winter. Every hairdresser in town that I have ever been to, have always been extremely careful to blowdry my hair before I leave the store - who wants to risk loosing their face?

Never, ever leave your house with wet, even damp, hair when it´s below zero. Blowdry it if it must be washed in the morning - after all, hair grows back, nerves do not!

My hair is braided/bunned damp or wet every single day of the world.
I would advise you to wash your hair at night if you work in the mornings or get up pretty early if you must wash in the mornings when it's cold. Frozen cold hair does NOT feel good on the ears!