How to detangle hair?
Posted by Remi on August 11, 2002 at 23:12:03: Previous Next
My hair is not that long (I am a four-monther), but I have problem at my work. I work in a very disgusting environment. I must wear a net on my head. I constantly receive water, mud, dirt abd other disgusting stuff on my head. I also sweat so it doesnt help. When I come home after working, my hair is always in a tangled mess! Are there any tips to detangle hair without pulling out half of my hair each time?
Re: How to detangle hair?
Posted by The Rev on August 12, 2002 at 11:41:53: Previous Next
In Reply to: How to detangle hair? posted by Remi on August 11, 2002 at 23:12:03:
I don't have disgusting stuff on my head all day, but it is VERY fine, and tends to tangle whenever touched. The way I detangle is to start brushing from the bottom (when hair is dry ONLY). I hit the bottom inch, never tugging or pulling, just gently running the brush over my hair until it is completely tangle free. Then I move up to the next inch, and so on, until all my hair is bent to my will.
When my hair is wet, especially after shampooing, it tangles bad. Since brushing causes damage to wet hair, I take about a nickel sized glob of Paul Mitchell's Detangler (available at a beauty supply store) and work it in from the back, making sure to give extra attention to the tips. I do this by leaning over and flipping my hair forward. I then gently "comb" in the detangler, which is already smeared in my hair, with my fingers, starting at the tips and working back upward (same principle as above). Once the tangles are mostly out, I then flip my hair back to normal, and gently comb from the bottom with a wide tooth comb (check the beauty supply for a shower comb, or a wide tooth comb made without sharp molding seams. Alot of combs have them and they trash your hair).
Hope that helps :)
The Rev
Re: How to detangle hair?
Posted by Hair Religion on August 12, 2002 at 12:09:21: Previous Next
In Reply to: How to detangle hair? posted by Remi on August 11, 2002 at 23:12:03:
Plan ahead. If you can braid it before putting it up in the net then you will avoid the tangles. If you cannot do that then one good tip to try is using a laminate. You only need a little which you work through your hair with your hands before you go to work (wet or dry) and then brush out. This will help keep your hair slick and less likely to stick to each other and knot up.
As for detangling conditioners, I use Aussie Slip with good results.
With tangles you should try and work the knots out with your fingers first. It may take a bit of patient work (no tearing) but it really works an you will get good at it after awhile. I've had some great big knots that looked like they would have to be cut off but the fingers did the trick.
Re: How to detangle hair?
Posted by Treyn on August 12, 2002 at 19:55:04: Previous Next
In Reply to: How to detangle hair? posted by Remi on August 11, 2002 at 23:12:03:
You say you wear a net on your head at work. Obviously with all the mess and grime you aren't particularly worried about how you look at work, right? So, instead of a net, could you possibly wear something waterproof like a shower cap of some sort to where all this grime and junk won't get to your hair and tangle it all up? Just a suggestion. PEACE!!!!!
Re: How to detangle hair?
Posted by Remi on August 16, 2002 at 06:41:00: Previous Next
In Reply to: How to detangle hair? posted by Remi on August 11, 2002 at 23:12:03:
I just finished working today, and I had a least one inch of mud in my hair. It was disgusting! I brought a comb at my job and used it in every break. But I had so much sand in my hair that it was almost impossible to comb it. Not only that, but my comb is useless now, because of all the mud on it. I don't know if wetting my hair is a good solution, but after I took a shower, it was easy to comb it normally. Maybe I should simply take a shower and detangle it after? I kinda worried about this, because I am afraid of thinning. If my hair is constantly tangled, then I will constantly pull out many hairs each time I try to detangle them. Anyway, for now I think I will try the following thing : I won't touch my hair at all during the day, then I will take a shower and comb it after that. Maybe the shower will clean my hair from all the sand, thus eliminating the tangling problem. Also I wonder if sweat alone can make hair tangle. I am not very experienced with long hair; I am a four-monther and I rarely had my hair this long.
Re: How to detangle hair?
Posted by Hair Religion on August 16, 2002 at 12:01:55: Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: How to detangle hair? posted by Remi on August 16, 2002 at 06:41:00:
What exactly do you do?
I would let it be during the day then get in the shower, let the water wash away all the dirt, etc. and then apply detangler or other conditioner, wash it out and that should pretty much do it. Your hair isn't long enough that this shouldn't work.
Re: How to detangle hair?
Posted by Remi on August 17, 2002 at 06:18:35: Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: How to detangle hair? posted by Hair Religion on August 16, 2002 at 12:01:55:
I work in a frozen vegetables factory. There are plenty of vegetables in conveyors everywhere. Today, I was lucky, the job I had was clean and my hair was almost not tangled at all. But the trick of wetting the hair for detangling it definitively works. Goodbye.
Re: How to detangle hair?
Posted by Victor on August 16, 2002 at 12:06:05: Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: How to detangle hair? posted by Remi on August 16, 2002 at 06:41:00:
What in the world kind of job do you have where you get an inch of mud in your hair?
BTW, the rule to not comb your hair when wet applies even more so to soiled hair. Better to rinse, then wash, then rinse, then dry, then comb, in my opinion. But I would also look into protecting the hair during the job.