Do You Sleep on Wet Hair?

[LaidBak]

I've decided that my hair care regimine should include wetting my hair about every 3 days (be it washing or co-washing, and always DCing). The thing is that in order to do it I have to reserve like 2-3 hours out of a given morning to allow for the entire process to include sitting under my dryer. I am often hindered because I just dont have 2-3 hours of my morning to spend on my hair. I'd like to wash it before bed sometimes.

My question for you is this: is there anything wrong with sleeping on wet hair? I've done it once or twice. I've just wrapped it in my same ol' satin scarf and gone to bed. Am I damaging it by doing this? It doesn't dry completely, I would either have to style it damp or blow dry it a bit.

Any thoughts? Oh, I am relaxed, not natural.

 

[mj11051]

I co wash at night all the time, doesn't seem to bother my hair.

 

[nichole21]

I don't use any heat on my hair, so everything I do is air dried... which often means washing or cowashing before bed. I normally wrap it, braid it, band it, twist it or bun it and let it dry overnight. I've been doing this about 2 years and I think my hair benefited from it (having other alternatives to using heat).

I think some things to be considered would be climate and your specific hair.

 

[Shay72]

I sleep with wet hair all of the time. I also dc overnight 1x week which is not an issue. I am relaxed.

 

[Simply_Kelz]

I'm relaxed and do this all the time. I usually never finish it off with heat, I just let it airdry overnight and then take the scarf off in the morning.

 

[Cleve_gryl]

I'm a big nighttime co-washer. I'll take a shower around 9pm, then braid it or bun it with a scarf on top.

Its still a little damp in the morning, but I'll take it down while I'm getting ready and shake it out...I sometimes hit it with a diffuser before rebunning. Works great for me.

 

[godzooki]

Yep. I usually end up washing my hair at night time and by the time I go to bed it's still wet. I just scarf it and forget it. There have been a few times it's been so wet that when I shift my head on my pillow it's all damp and I end up flipping the pillow for a dry spoterplexed. Usually from my damp bun or braids.

 

[Iluvsmuhgrass]

Yup sure do. I tie it down with a satin scarf after adding leave ins and sealing. You can also roller set and air dry!

 

[Toy]

I Do this all the time,never have had any problems.

 

[SmilingElephant]

Glad I found this thread! I've been rethinking some things about my regimen and after watching so many YouTube videos saying to never sleep with wet hair, I'm going to keep doing what I did in the past.

Before when I had long hair, I would sleep on wet hair and it never gave me any problems. I'm going to keep doing it

 

[Lylddlebit]

It works for me too. I sleep on wet hair whenever I want to overnight condition and whenever I airdry. I have never had issues doing it. The caveat is that I never have scalp issues so it's comfortable for me. I just put on a shower cap then cover that with a bonnet so my pillows don't get wet.