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Topic: Detangling long hair
Posted By: R2D2inoz
Subject: Detangling long hair
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 10:40pm

Hi all,

My natural hair is thick armpit length when stretched.  I am a daily detangler because if I don't I get knots.  When detangling it I section with bands and then use a pick starting from bottom to top.  My question is that could I use a better tool?  I've heard about K-cutter combs and denman brushes and am wondering if I would go better with them now.  I usually do get some hairs come away with the pick - not too many but enough for me to want to find ways of cutting down the breakage.  Not all of the hairs that come away are full length so I assume it's a little breakage.

What do others with long natural hair do?

Thanks!



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Natural 10 years
3b/4a armpit length hair



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Posted By: Sweet_Ambrosia
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 11:05pm
I think a wide tooth comb or a K-cutter comb would be better to use than a pick. I detangle with a wide tooth comb.

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*Transitioned Successfully (7-20-05~7-20-07)
*100 Natural~3c/4a
*Hair Goal: WSL *stretched/straighten* '08


Posted By: BeautyWitch
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 12:49am
You get less breakage if you use a finishing comb. Also you could try using a detangler, Infusium is very good. http://growafrohairlong.com/combbrush.html - http://growafrohairlong.com/combbrush.html  


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http://www.fotki.com/beautywitch - My Pics


Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 8:44am
I detangle w/ a wide tooth Conair shower comb using Elucence MB conditioner.  Elucence is the best detangler I've used by far.  It also helps to detangle while your hair is under the stream of the water, the tangles just slip right out.

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Posted By: Renata22
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 6:00pm

Unless you wash nearly every day, you should do double strand twists. Not necessarily very thin ones, just enough to keep your hair from tangling. Or, if your personality fits it, you can wear headwraps. My hair used to be long and natural and I loved it. I only got it texturized because it was too long for me to handle, and I wanted to keep it long.



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Hair type: who knows?
Length: 23 inches as of 3/10/06
MY HAIR IS OFFICIALLY BRA STRAP LENGTH!!
Goal: Waist Length, which is only 30 inches so
ADVISE ME ON HOW TO GET JUST 7 MORE INCHES OF GROWTH!


Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 6:23pm

Do you ear your hair out alot? Usually, when I wear my hair out ( which is in the summer months) on the regular I get tangles too.   Sometimes I use awide tooth comb, but usually I use a shower detangling comb. A shower detangling comb has 2 rows of teeth that slightly cross each other. It looks scary but it's not and it traps the shedd hair in it.

 

Some people use a denman brush...I used it but didn't care for it much. Rock whatever style you like...usualy braids and twists ( which I wear in the winter months) do cut down on the tangles but that is up to you.



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Natural
BC May 9, 2004



Posted By: R2D2inoz
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 7:12pm

Thanks everyone - it sounds like it is time to invest in a nice wide shower comb. 

I've tried twists but my hair doesn't seem to hold them very well.  My hair is very strange, it's nappy at the top but quite loose the lower down it gets.  So all my twists unravel unless I put a band at the end of them.

So most days I wear my hair in a puff.  I wrap the puff part of it to stop it from tangling because I have noticed my hair tangles more if I don't!  I sometimes braid as well, maybe I need to do that more often.



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Natural 10 years
3b/4a armpit length hair


Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 12:20am
I know what you mean about twists unraveling... the twists in the crown of my hair unravel especially if they get wet. The strands also feel finger and looser in that area.

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Natural
BC May 9, 2004



Posted By: Renata22
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 4:47pm

If you want to put a band on them, buy those tiny black bands (you can get like 500 for 1.50 or so). I used to do that, and I would also trim my hair that way....twist, put the bands on, and cut whatever was still sticking out of the ends.

It will be worth it to use bands: you can wear it for an entire week (2 if you keep it wrapped), and it's a great way to ensure you clip all of your hair if you use that way to clip. Also, because the bands are on the very ends, it doesn't pull your hair out.



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Hair type: who knows?
Length: 23 inches as of 3/10/06
MY HAIR IS OFFICIALLY BRA STRAP LENGTH!!
Goal: Waist Length, which is only 30 inches so
ADVISE ME ON HOW TO GET JUST 7 MORE INCHES OF GROWTH!


Posted By: Renata22
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 4:48pm
It's also easier that way to ensure that EVERY STRAND of your hair is moisturized.

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Hair type: who knows?
Length: 23 inches as of 3/10/06
MY HAIR IS OFFICIALLY BRA STRAP LENGTH!!
Goal: Waist Length, which is only 30 inches so
ADVISE ME ON HOW TO GET JUST 7 MORE INCHES OF GROWTH!



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