Heat cap cause natural hair to tangle

[Miosy]

I just read on "growafrohairlong"
"unprocessed afro textured hair, (natural) the electric heating cap will make combing the hair out a task because the heat from the cap draws the hair up tighter- which can lead to a tighter coil and breakage."

I find this interesting because I have my hair texturized and I stop using heat with my deep conditioners because it would tangle up badly and even worst when my new growth comes in. I just put a cap and leave it on for an hour or more. I thought this was interesting stuff because this explains the reason my hair tangled up whenever I applied heat to my conditioner

 

[sassygirl125]

The same thing happened to me. I condition under a hard bonnet dryer now.

 

[cutebajangirl]

This happens to me as well. I only use it for the first few weeks after my relaxer.

 

[zoya_j]

I've deep conditioned with and without heat with little or no tangles and breakage. I wash, condition and rinse my hair in sections. When I do this, I don't have to comb my hair at all. I only use the tail end to section my hair for twists.

 

[beana3]

I found this to be true a long time ago, I just stopped using heat with my condits. (for the occassional hard core protein treatment i use heat). I found that the heat drew my hair back into itself causing taNgles.

 

[kalia]

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I've deep conditioned with and without heat with little or no tangles and breakage. I wash, condition and rinse my hair in sections. When I do this, I don't have to comb my hair at all. I only use the tail end to section my hair for twists.

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Ditto, ditto! I use heat, sometime a heat cap and my hair is really soft and detangled and I never comb or brush - fingercomb only. Maybe it depends how slippery the conditioner is.

 

[aqualung]

I've noticed that my tangly new growth and underprocessed hair are easier to comb when I condition wash in 4+ braided sections with just 1 product like Elucence MB conditioner and then comb out.

A shampoo before, or 30-60 minutes under the bonnet dryer, or using a protein conditioner after the Elucence often reduces the slip and increases the tangles.

Less is more?

 

[babyblue]

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beana3 said:
I found this to be true a long time ago, I just stopped using heat with my condits. (for the occassional hard core protein treatment i use heat). I found that the heat drew my hair back into itself causing taNgles.

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Same here

 

[Mahalialee4]

I only use the heat on warm instead of quite warm and this seems to solve the problem as well as give some warmth to the conditioner.

HTH Bonjour

 

[nivea]

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Miosy said:
I just read on "growafrohairlong"
"unprocessed afro textured hair, (natural) the electric heating cap will make combing the hair out a task because the heat from the cap draws the hair up tighter- which can lead to a tighter coil and breakage."

I find this interesting because I have my hair texturized and I stop using heat with my deep conditioners because it would tangle up badly and even worst when my new growth comes in. I just put a cap and leave it on for an hour or more. I thought this was interesting stuff because this explains the reason my hair tangled up whenever I applied heat to my conditioner

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Have you tried doing a cold water rinse to closed the cuticles?

 

[SherryLove]

Hi Mahalialee.......

I find this very interesting--sometimes my deep conditioner works better w/o heat.....