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So, I have okay length hair. It;s about 13, 14 months in. Bangs reach a few inches underneath if straightened, sides go to the collar bone, and the back reaches a bit underneath the tip of my shoulder blades. My hair is also pretty thick and a bit wavy. Thus, my problem.
See, I love headbanging. It's my number one pastime next to the intarwebz. But, if I do it, it's really hard to try and comb out. My hair gets into this gnarly mess and it just plain hurts when I try to even finger comb it, let alone a regular wide toothed one.
Basically, will this get worse as it gets longer? Or better? Just curious, really.
I headbang too, and well you sweat..your hair gets sticky and obviously hard to comb even with your fingers. What I make sure to do is just throw it all back and not worry about it..no matter how big or messy it gets and just take a shower and usually I won't have any knots. My hair is not that long..but I'm assuming this won't change..your going to have the same problems quite possibly on a larger scale.
-animosity
Haha. That's okay then. It's worth it. I might just do that shower thing. Thanks.
I have fine hair that tangles easily, so headbanging leaves it somewhat of a mess. I used to do the finger combing thing too, but seeing as it sucked so much I followed the advice of another MLHHer - forget about the comb, hop in the shower, slop conditioner on, leave it a little while, then gently detangle while rinsing it out. The conditioner makes detangling much easier than with dry hair. To be honest, most times I don't even manually detangle - I just let the conditioner and flow of water work the knots out for me.
Matt
Ah. Thanks. I should try that as well. I just got in from being an air-guitar master in the garage. I just put up my hair for now. Perhaps in the future I will try out your technique.
Yeah this is a problem for me too. I know exactly what you mean.
When my hair was like shoulder length, it wasn't too bad, just a few minor tangles. When it was past my shoulders, it got worse. Now.. it's just bad. If I headbang for 5 minutes it'll be a mess. So I hate to say it, but yeah it'll probably get worse, unless your hair straightens out when it's longer maybe. My hair isn't totally straight, but kind of wavy. I suspect that's from the hairties though, since my sisters have straight hair.
But anyway, I agree with the others, just don't bother with it until it's soaked in water and covered in conditioner!