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Guys; I have been using Google the search engine to find Long Hairs who have tricks that they use as their hair grows ever longer. I got over the hump with the first year doing very little to my locks, like just leaving it alone and not messing with it,I have really fine hair with a lot of body, and lose curling waves. I really didn't know how long my hair was getting so even at 2 years when I had a picture taken my hair didn't look that long but proud of it I certainly was. I was fortunate enough to catch up an online "How to" and found early on that the person I was reading about indicated that he didn't really think that trimming at all was necessary split ends are just split ends according to this one fellow. I was really exclusively hooked up 24/7 with my Long Haired Leatherman as well for the entire time that we were together. He never spoke of trimming either and I never asked. I would guess now I even managed to keep my beard trimming barber and her shears out of my nest and that took some doing. You would not believe how she can up with subtle suggestions that told me she wanted into it more than once. Now that is so over she even volunteers to wet her hands after the beard trim and scrunch my hair to get the curls back and more even. Now that I have been using Coconut Oil (Organic for cooking)and Virgin Olive Oil the tightness of my hair has relaxed a great deal. My hair really feels much softer too. Now for the question on conditioning at the scalp? Just how are you supposed to get natural oils onto the scalp without getting it all over my hair. I have lowered the temperature of the water, cut back on soap to shampooing once every 2 weeks or more and putting body temperature oil on the longer hair (like bunching up the back)starting at ponytail length but never putting it in a tail. Also simply using a good conditioner on wet hair that missed the shampooing. I like it loose and that is the way I wear my long hair. I have tried doing a conditioner only during a workout with a shower cap for a couple of hours that makes my scalp really sweaty and that seems to help but I am wondering if anyone knows how to just get the oils to the scalp and try to miss the hair I don't know if this is possible but I thought that I would ask. Thanks to anyone for your input this long hair thing has really taken off so now I know that I can do it. Silverthorne AKA Daniel
Daniel, I'll take a stab at it...
I don't think you need to worry about getting oil in your scalp. The scalp usually produces plenty of oil, and it eventually gets to the ends of the hair, but when you wash the hair you wash the oil right out. So the 'problem' is not a scalp that lacks oil, but how to replenish the oil at the ends of your hair after shampooing. The problem often comes when you apply too much oil, making your hair...well, oily, and then making you wash it again. So you need to keep the ends moist and oiled (slightly) until you can get the natural oils from the scalp out to the ends. Brushing helps in that area, distributing the oil from the roots to the ends, but brushing is not necessarily good for all hair types. (When I brush, I find my hair turns 'pouffy,' so I do it sparingly.
I hope this helps...onward and downward, keep it growing and flowing!
Don
I agree with Don. I have waves in my hair, and brushing will do more damage than good. I use a large tooth comb and my fingers. Start from the bottom of your hair and work your way up. This goes for combing and detangling too.
Darrin
Thanks Don for stepping up to the plate so to speak on my managing great hair question. Yes, I agree the scalp does usually produce plenty of oil; but from what I have been reading the oil that is there most times is not the oil that would have the effect of stimulating healthy strong hair growth and this is what I was asking mostly in my original question. The article that I recently found on Google states that Natural Oils such as Almond, Coconut, and Extra Virgin cold processed Olive oil need to be introduced to the scalp deep inside where the roots of hair are formed that will stimulate new hair or wake up some that are sleeping. The gist was to help really fine hair like I have to be stronger naturally. So I was trying to find the most expedient way that I could make this happen. I can get both the Coconut and the Olive Oils on my hair and I have several ways that I do it now. I think that the answer to my question will see the production of results in 3 to 6 months. I am changing my diet to include these oils as I ingest other foods. The ingesting idea came from remedies to problem hair, not necessarily growing long hair, so I incorporated the idea to get results and I hope that they should be positive. Don't know if this will really have any effect so I am just going to have to play this one by ear. Yesterday I used body temperature Coconut Oil on my hands and I worked it into the hair of what would be a pony tail if I wore a pony tail that is. Coconut comes solid in a jar so carefully warming it using the hands is the way I do it.
Darrin: The only time that I use a comb is right out of the shower and mostly it is just with my fingers. Brushing makes my hair go poof and the great wave and curl looks more like fingers in a light socket. This morning about 6:00 AM PDT. I just used a veggie sack over my hair and locked in the sweat produced from riding my inside trainer bike for nearly 2 hours I had sweat dripping off my head by the time I was finished then I just towel dried after a shower still wearing the sack. I even tried a couple of spoons of Olive Oil for breakfast (half of an ounce) taste wasn't to exciting but it went down.