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I was wondering what are most of the board members preferences in terms of wearing their hair while sleeping. I sometimes leave it flowing (most of the time actually) and sometimes tie it in a loose ponytail. I remember my greatgrandmother religiously brushing her hair the requisite 100 times and then braiding it before going to sleep. She had straight hair, but constant brading had made it look softly wavy. I've slept with braids before, but didn't particularly liked it. I wonder if sleeping with your hair tied can propiciate brakage. Well, feel free to coment. I want to hear what people think and do.
I've always worn it free. 'Never had a problem.
With a name like yours, I'd hope not :)
LOL
Usually, I can't stand it loose. Most of the time, I'll just pull it back into a loose, like French Twist, I guess is the best definition and clip it. Otherwise, brives me buggy!
Propiciate? Do you mean propitiate? Actually, that word doesn't really fit either: "I wonder if sleeping with your hair tied can appease/make peace with/atone breakage." How about diminish? OK. Enough of my nit picking.
I vary the way I sleep on my hair. Sometimes I'll put it in a loose braid (keeps down tangles). Sometimes I simply throw it over the end of the bed. I usually sleep with my head under the pillow, so sometimes I'll put my hair on top of the pillow. Sometimes I'll let my hair drape across the sheet and then roll sideways over it, wrapping my head (including my face) in my hair. Depending on my mood this is either annoying or pleasurable. Sometimes I'll just lie on my back and let my hair rest on my chest/abdomen. This helps to keep me warm on a cold night. If I sleep on a hard surface or lean back in a theater chair or something, I'll carefully wrap up my hair into a small pillow to cushion my head. I keep experimenting....
As far as breakage goes, I think the material that your sheets/pillowcases are made of is more important than how you wear your hair. Get satin if you can afford it. It'll reduce breakage and cut down on tangles.
I'm curious why you don't like sleeping with a braid. If it's because of the lump at the back of your head, make it a high braid instead, coming out the top of your head. You don't lie down on that part, so the lump won't be an issue.
Well, you found me out. English is not my native tounge, plus I'm a terrible speller also, in case you have further nit picking attacks! ;-)) Propitiate was used as a translation that doesn't really work. What I was after was if sleeping with your hair tied makes it easier for your hair to brake.
Probably. Making a high braid would be a good alternative. My hair is just getting to be long enough (mid back) where things like this become considerations, so I thought to seek the knowledge of my fellow lonhairs. Thanks.
I thought you meant "precipitate", for which one meaning (not it's primary meaning) is "to cause to happen" (American Heritage Dictionary).
But I must say, hair would have to be remarkably long (let's not get "Oh Please" started) for it to "brake" -- at least in my car, where the brake pedal is on the floor near the feet -- and you'd have to swat the brake pedal quite hard to have any effect! (Swish! Swish! Damn, ran a red light again!) ;-)
8-)
Greg
I slept in curlers often in my youth--one of those guys whose mum started setting their hair at a tender age. These days I'm not up for putting it up in curlers every night, but I do use a couple of methods to keep it out of my face while sleeping, and so that I can just brush it out in the morning. One is just a high, loose ponytail--it leaves your hair full and out of your face when you take it down. For more curl I tie the ponytail tighter and then either braid it or put it on 3 big curlers. That way it stays out of the way and I have a wavy set the next day.
Sometimes I leave my hair tied into a ponytail when I sleep. Most of the times when I sleep I leave it loose. It usually accumulates behind my back and neck. Sometimes it gets caught under my shoulder and pulled when I move my head. Sometimes I gather it together and put it between the front of my shoulder and neck or put it beside me. Sometimes on cold nights I let it fall in front of my face to keep my face warm.
I usually leave it in a bun to sleep now...otherwise it trys to choke me. However every so often I leave it absolutly loose. It quite a nice feeling.
> I want to hear what people think and do.
I usually sleep with it loose, but when I get comfortable and settled, I usually sweep it all back on one direction.
I tend not to move much either, so that helps.
Sometimes I'll take a cotton scrunchy, (ponytail holder), and do a ponythail, but have it coming off the back of the top of my head, which when lying down means my hair goes off the pillow above me. (My bed's in the middle of my room with only one of the longer sides up against a surface.).
Tigg
well....i sometimes tie my hair back because during night it brushes against my face and that can cause skin problems. but usually, i don't.