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I know this has been discussed multiple times but I wanted to ask for some tips if anyone knows. I didn't use to have any problems till last month. And now it's like all the time. (except when I wash my hair) I get static electricity mostly when I detangle my hair no matter if it's my fingers, comb or brush.
Also I wanted to ask those who own wooden brushes, like Ken, if it's okay to wash them with water cuz I used to have a plastic one and now I replaced it with a wooden one. It feels much better but it would be nice if I could wet it sometimes to get rid of the hairs and to fight the static electricity. :D
Hey grrrrr,
Zzzzzapp!!! (Just testing out the static electricity in my apartment - lol)....
When I used to live in a very cold-winter climate (I'm originally from the Chicago, Illinois area, --- born & raised very near to the Wisconsin border, the state to the North), I remember a lot of problems with static electricity. That part of the USA gets very cold winters, --- as cold as 20 degrees below zero in extreme cases. Now that I live in a very mild-winter climate, I rarely, if ever, experience static electricity anymore. It's extremely rare for any place in California near the Pacific Coast to experience even overnight frosts. What I remember people doing back in the Midwest or the Eastern half of the US was to buy a humidifier. That will probably help the most, as I think your climate over in Eastern Europe I imagine gets a lot of days well below freezing temperatures... and in order to keep the insides of people's houses warm enough, the heater is constantly going, --- which makes it dry (resulting in static electricity),
Re. your question about washing your wooden brush...
Well, I forget to do that, --- until it gets so gross-looking I finally notice it (lol)!! Usually all I do to "wash" it is to stick the brush under very hot running water for a few seconds, or max., maybe even as long as a minute. Then I do the final rinse under cold running water (don't ask me why, --- I have no clue - lol).... Worst-case-scenario, if my hair brush looks REALLY gross, then I squirt a little bit of shampoo on my brush as well as run it under hot water.
I have absolutely NO clue whatsoever whether or not the company that makes these wooden brushes recommends even cleaning it at all with hot water; so, I rarely clean mine. But, so-far my brush still looks to be in fine condition, --- so my guess is that it's probably OK.
Don't I sound just like one of those commercials with more disclaimers tacked on at the end than any sort of sound & secure encouragement (lol)?? Hey, that's an American for you, --- always worried about a lawsuit (lol)!!
Take care, grrrrr, --- and good luck!
Yours in Longhaired Sparks-a-flyin' Static-Electricity Hairdo Comraderie,
Ken
PS - Try adding a little benenficial oil to the ends of your hair before dry-brushing, and see if that might help cut down on the static, --- it's worth a try, anyway.
Thank you very much for the quick reply, Ken! Yeah, I thought it'd be because of the season. Exactly today we got our first big snow and it's the beginning of November (wtf? lol) Well, we usually have central heating but it stopped working a few days ago (exactly when the bitter coldness began, makes logic doesn't it ha)
I'll probably do the same as you, wash the brush if it gets really gross :D I suppose you wash it with both hot and cold water because you think of it as hair, don't you? :D
Thanks again!
Hi Ken, I think the coldest we had last winter was -18F. I really don't like humidity much and kind of enjoy super low humidity indoors in winter. hair dries out in no time : ) Once, years ago I got it in my head that I needed a humidifier in winter. I went out and got one of those big things on wheels, set it up and blasted it. I didn't know what I was doing and was running this thing for a space about 4 times bigger than my house. In an hour, I had water all over the windows, doors, it was a mess. I turned it off, cleaned up and that was the end of my humidifier experiment. I learned to love dryness and lotions.
but to the original question, yes, while long hair is really comfortable in cold weather, there is a downside. As the day goes on, the ends of my hair build up a static charge from moving back and forth across my back. this makes them cling and tangle and by mid-day the hairs hanging down closest to my neck are clinging to it which is kind of annoying. I don't have a solution except to tie it back and flip it out over a shirt collar.
ok so i know i dont have long hair, and im not a man
but hae had much experiance of static hair, as my hair is quite thin everytime i brushed my hair it would just stick to stuff!!!
i found it got worse with central heating etc, and also the main factor ( which means i no longer have static hair) is i changed my shampoo
i bought a really nice one, used it for a while, it seemed to get rid of it,
than i used a cheap brand when i ran out and it went static almost instantly!
now i have found a good shampoo and i stick to it and i never get static anymore
so i would suggest trying some different shampoos
hope i helped
I have seen products on the shelves of my local drug store for anti-static in hair. I haven't used any, so I can't vouch for them. Using a dryer fabric softener sheet on your hair can help, but it can put other things on your hair, you'll need to experiment. Wearing and using natural fibers/products (no plastic) will help. Let your hair air-dry or towel dry, do NOT use a hair dryer, the super-dryness will only make the static worse.
Hi Grrrrr,
I know from my own experience that dry winter weather is usually
when I see this. Many living in the colder parts of the US have humidifiers in our homes to bring up the humidity to more pleasant levels this reduces the static electricity one encounters.
I'm not saying this is your problem or solution but my experience. Besides the worst of winter isn't here yet and I doubt it's that cold and dry in Bulgaria at the moment.
As for the brush issue I use a plastic with Nylon bristles brush
which works for me.
Kevin