heavy hair
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Topic: heavy hair
Posted By: LadyFrog
Subject: heavy hair
Date Posted: November 14 2005 at 3:29pm
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my hair is really heavy, esp when wet. it's not that thick or anything
but when I'm in the shower etc, it becomes so heavy my neck sometimes
actually hurts and I have to hold it up. Is this normal or does my hair
just absorb a LOT of water?
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: November 14 2005 at 3:51pm
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I get a lot of "shower-weight" too. I am seriously reconsidering my own hair goal for this reason, that it would be too heavy at fingertip length and would cause me wash problems or headaches. If it bothers you then maybe you can split your hair in two portions when washing, wetting each side one at a time and then squeezing the excess water out. You could also try scalp-washing more often than washing the full length. What about dry weight, does it bother you? Do you get headaches from hair weight? Anais ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com">  my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 3:33am
Well I don't have this problem right now....but would some neck-strengthening exercises help? I'm sure that there are some good ones out there....Google it and see. I think it'd be a good idea to improve your strength to accomodate your hair, not reduce your hair to accomodate a weak neck!  But then again....I'm just really into long hair right now (it's "hair envy" made worse by seeing that FANTASTIC pic of Ladyfrog's hair)  ------------- 
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 10:09am
ahhhh, thank you missrini good idea
about splitting hair Anais! No, I don't get headaches from dry hair
weight but it is quite heavy, I never really noticed because I was so
used to it but when I noticed it being so heavy in the shower I tried
lifting it up when dry and it is actually heavy. How do people with
REALLY long hair manage? Dave...
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 7:28pm
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Center part down to the nape, and comb forward of shoulders, before
washing. Just before applying shampoo, I grab each section, lift
several inches, and place (rest) it on my shoulders. Takes all
the weight off, allowing me to easily apply shampoo to scalp &
lather w/fingertips. "Release" to rinse. Sure it weights more when wet but I've never felt that it was so much that it hurt my neck. I'd agree with Missrini that it's better to strength weak neck muscles. How? Try stretching the neck -- gently at first, no hands! ... and then doing neck calisthenics with the opposing hand for resistance. Works for me, it'll work for you!  ------------- |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: November 17 2005 at 7:40am
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Another compliment on LadyFrog's beeeaUTIFUL hair picture!
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Posted By: laststar
Date Posted: November 17 2005 at 9:01am
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Yea Ladyfrog your hair looks really shiny, straight and
long, just beautiful. ------------- 1b-M-ii type, 29.5 inches long as of 07/11/06, goal for now waist |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: November 17 2005 at 10:18am
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ahhhhhhhh, thank you I tried splitting my hair and washing each half seperately and that was better. Still HEAVY but it wasn't baaaaaaaaaaaaad heavy. So thank you for that particular piece of hair wisdom. It made me joyous-------------
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Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: November 17 2005 at 2:51pm
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I have heavy hair (when it's dry) and I get a headache when I have my
hair tucked behind my ears. Never had a big problem with it being to
heavy when it's wet. I agree with the others, your sig looks great, is that your own haircolor Ladyfrog? |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: November 17 2005 at 4:12pm
Yup. It's all mine. Never dyed it/straightened it/curled it/extensionised it
it used to be blonde but grew in darker as I got older. Eventually
it'll turn really dark blacky/brown. (I know this because my hair
colour has been the same as my brothers at his age all the time. That
doesn't make sense but oh well... ) What
I was trying to say is when i was little I had blond hair and so did
he. When I got older it went brown. And his. He is older than me and
has got black/brown hair. So it's about 99.9% certain that I will too.
lol, I bet you were really interested in that
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: November 17 2005 at 5:57pm
Superb! So glad to hear you are joyous.
Vicky -- I get that too... sometimes... I think it's the pressure of the hair pushing the ears forward. Try "loosening" the hair before you tuck it. It helps a little bit.
Actually, yes I was! It's motivated me to start a new thread.. so thank you! ------------- |
LadyFrog wrote:Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: November 18 2005 at 9:27am
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ooh yay!
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Posted By: Vicky
Date Posted: November 18 2005 at 9:29am
I know what you mean Dave 
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Posted By: Hellfrozeover
Date Posted: November 18 2005 at 10:49am
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I agree. Gorgeous hair! ------------- |
Posted By: tdouty
Date Posted: November 18 2005 at 11:10am
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More compliments to add to the list. Awesome hair, Ladyfrog!
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Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: November 18 2005 at 12:19pm
ahhhhhhhhhh, I'm feeling all warm inside Thank you!
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Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: November 23 2005 at 1:38pm
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Ladyfrog, I understand what you said about heavy hair when
you wash it. when I as a kid I use to have waist length hair and when I had a
shower it weighed more then I did lol |
Posted By: letmecount123
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 4:24pm
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My hair is definitely not that long at all, but I have the occasional problem when I braid wet hair and twist it into a bun. I can definitely tell that I'm using more energy than usual to keep my head up, haha. No major problems when washing... so I can't help there... except that flinging wet/heavy braids at people can be kind of fun at times. ------------- |
Posted By: LadyFrog
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 12:10pm
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lol, I used to enjoy doing that...what do I mean 'used to'!
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