NATURALS * Mushy Hair?????

[Mook's hair]

I was co-washing last night and a question came to me.

Does mushy/over-moisturized hair ever happen to naturals?
OR
Is mushy/over-moisturized hair only a problem when you are relaxed?

Can you over moisturize natural HAIR? or is is mainly a biproduct of the raised cuticle from the process of relaxing?

 

[carib_n_curly]

i've over moisturised my hair before i remember when i first heard of over moisturising i was like what ever but i did.

my was just too soft ,mushy and wasn't strong like it usually is all i did to fix it was i just didn't moisturise for a few days and it was back to normal

oh yeah i'm natural

 

[ladylibra]

it happened to me when i did the baggy method. i didn't realize it was possible either. at first i blamed the baggy method too, then later realized i just needed to up my protein treatments.

 

[tinkat]

When I first started wearing my hair out natural and getting used to it, I did overmoisturize my hair bc it became mushy. I backed off on the moisture for a while and my hair was fine.

 

[morehairplease]

wow, I did not know that natural hair could be over moisturized?!?! Hopefully, I will find the right moisture/protein balance to safe guard this.

 

[wheezy807]

wow, I did not know that natural hair could be over moisturized?!?! Hopefully, I will find the right moisture/protein balance to safe guard this.

Yeah, hair period can be overmoisturized. Natural, relaxed, texlaxed hair, whatever the type...

 

[LunadeMiel]

I wish I could have this problem. My hair is a moisture whore...It can't get enough...

 

[backtonature]

what will the hair feel and look like if over moisturized.

 

[JustKiya]

Yeah, I did it once, when I was baggying overnight, every night, for like 3 weeks straight - my hair started complaining and my scalp started itching. I dropped the baggying down to twice a week, and my hair was happy with that and returned to 'normal' in about a week.
It feels - gooey, almost, to me. SUPER soft and - mushy - somehow. Only when wet, though, at least for me. When it was dry - it felt - extra fragile? I don't know - it was oddfeeling though - it definitely didn't feel like my hair.

I don't think that naturals need a protein treatment to recover from overmoisture the way relaxed heads do. I think if we just ramp down whatever moisture treatments we were doing to get our head that way, it'll reach a good equilibrium pretty quickly.

 

[Mook's hair]

Hello ladies, thank you for your educational responses. I'm trying to learn more about my hair's moisture needs. Lately my hair seems to dry very fast and I think I have porosity issues.

 

[Irresistible]

I wish I could have this problem. My hair is a moisture whore...It can't get enough...

same here ,its never happened to me

 

[ladylibra]

I don't think that naturals need a protein treatment to recover from overmoisture the way relaxed heads do. I think if we just ramp down whatever moisture treatments we were doing to get our head that way, it'll reach a good equilibrium pretty quickly.

eh. i'm also a co-washing addict, i'm sure that did nothing but accelerate the over-moisturization. so i just incorporated protein in cuz i'm not about to stop co-washing!

***also wanted to add, i NEVER had over-moisturized hair when i was relaxed. i rarely did protein treatments back then either, i think i just wasn't up on my moisturization.

 

[JustKiya]

eh. i'm also a co-washing addict, i'm sure that did nothing but accelerate the over-moisturization. so i just incorporated protein in cuz i'm not about to stop co-washing!

***also wanted to add, i NEVER had over-moisturized hair when i was relaxed. i rarely did protein treatments back then either, i think i just wasn't up on my moisturization.

True, true!!! Yeah, if you aren't going to stop what's causing the overmoisture, you definitely need to add in protein - it's kind of an either/or situation - either slow down the moisture, or add in the protein. Good point.

 

[loulou82]

Hey Mook. I'm also having porosity issues. I bought Roux Porosity Control Conditioner to see if that helps me.

 

[michaela]

When i did the baggy method my hair was all mushy and soft.
so i dont do the baggy method anymore.

 

[sydwrites]

I didnt think it was possible either because i was having serious dry hair issues, but when I joined the DC challenge to try to get a handle on the dry hair part, I got overmoisturized. I bought the Joico kpack and it was all good.

 

[MonPetite]

I have to wear a shower cap with conditioner for a full 24-36 hours before my hair even begins to somewhat THINK about approaching being over-moisturized. It never feels dry to the touch...but never revolts against extra moisture.... It's weird.

 

[morehairplease]

Hey Mook. I'm also having porosity issues. I bought Roux Porosity Control Conditioner to see if that helps me.

hi there,

could you let me know how this works for you, please? After reading Sisters' porosity articles, I found out that my hair is porous.

 

[remnant]

Yes I had overmoisturised problem because of cowashing and moisturising every 2 days!
I started to cowash once a week and never had it again!

 

[lilsparkle825]

when i DC'd 3x a week...and that time i whole head baggied. now i DC 2x a week and baggy maybe 1x a week (just the ends) and its all good. i didnt know what mushy was till i took the plastic cap off and felt it.

 

[glamazon386]

I wish I could have this problem. My hair is a moisture whore...It can't get enough...

Mine was like that maybe the first 6 months I was natural then it changed.