fiber moisturization imbalance dry hair
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Topic: fiber moisturization imbalance dry hair
Posted By: jean32
Subject: fiber moisturization imbalance dry hair
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 10:50pm
| Over or under moisturizing hair can cause what dermatologists call fiber moisturization imbalane which can cause dry,unmanagable,dull,brittle hair.I don't know how you would know if your overmoisturizing or undermoisturizing because the symptons are the same. |
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Posted By: VeeDubGirl
Date Posted: April 03 2005 at 11:42pm
Interesting, I actually did not know you could over-moisturize! Oops, I hope I haven't been doing that. 
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Posted By: amytmcg
Date Posted: April 05 2005 at 3:45pm
| so how do you know if you are over moisturizing, or need more moisturizing if the symptoms are the same??? |
Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: April 05 2005 at 7:45pm
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I googled on this. I found exactly 8 sites, all of which were plugging Dove products. No other mention. They actually claim that half of American women are "suffering" from this condition which can only be cured by the purchase of Dove product. Right.
Caveat emptor. |
Posted By: amytmcg
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 10:16am
| interesting, well then, i guess i will still condition away cause im trying to heal my damaged broken hair, and got scared that maybe i was conditioning too much. when did hair get so complicated???? |
Posted By: Layla
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 1:24pm
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I think when you condition your hair too much it gets gummy or something. I've never had this problem because my hair is dry though. ------------- Type: 3c/4a Natural Current Length: 6" Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair. BC: 02/08/06 |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 6:45pm
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Layla used a perfect word: gummy. Oh, and gooey. sticky. or crunchy. But really, you'd know if you overconditioned. ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com">  my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: April 06 2005 at 7:46pm
Agreed, Anais. And sometimes, the symptoms of overconditioning
can mimic the symptoms of under-conditioning -- dry and tangly.
Repeated applications of that acidic rinse (one after each S&C) can
help discern the difference. 
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Posted By: Tainted
Date Posted: April 08 2005 at 11:42am
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Wow ... I was not aware that you could actually over condition your hair. I put my hair through hell with blow dryers, flat irons and hair dye so I condition my hair every single day with "intensive restoration" conditioners. I hope I'm not ruining my hair with all of the conditioning I'm doing...but I feel as though its necessary because of what I put my hair through. So far my hair seems to be in OK condition ... ughhh, this is so confusing!!! ------------- "What does 'friend' mean to you? A word so wrongfully abused." -Layne Staley (AiC) |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: April 08 2005 at 5:49pm
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Oh yes, hair can be overconditioned. But given the "hell" you put
yours through, your hair likely has a higher threshold for the
condition.
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Posted By: Tainted
Date Posted: April 08 2005 at 6:44pm
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lol...yes for the time being it seems that way. But just to clarify ... the "hell" I put my hair through is not nearly as "hellish" as it sounds. I never used to used ANY heat or chemicals on my hair and now that I've started pretty much ANYTHING I do to my hair I think is "hellish." I should have never started ... ::sigh:: ------------- "What does 'friend' mean to you? A word so wrongfully abused." -Layne Staley (AiC) |
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