Preshampoo treatment = pre-combout shedding???

[NubianAngel]

OK I need to calm down I think I''m worrying too much, BUT, I noticed that now that I pre-treat my hair with oil and a heat cap, I shed ALOT before even combing. Now, on one hand, I always seem to shed alot of hair. I chalk it up to my hair being thick, and I seem to be shedding LESS hair when I comb it out. And the pre-shampoo treating seems to give my hair nice elasticty AND I am getting less breakage - them knots slip right out. On the other hand, it has me thinking *what if the oil is making my hair fall out

* Yeah I know it sounds strange, but I KNOW that pre-treating seems to facilitate hair shedding for me, before I comb. If my hair were falling out how the heck would I know it?

Has this happened to anyone else?

For reference, I'm natural. I need to make up a siggy with my hair type and routine

 

[TigerLily]

What type of oil are you using?

 

[Isis]

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NubianAngel said:
If my hair were falling out how the heck would I know it?

Has this happened to anyone else?

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Why do you feel your hair is falling out? Are you basing that on your fears that it may fall out?

 

[NubianAngel]

It's dudley's stimulating growth oil. Ingredients = mineral oil, sweet almond oil, medowfoam seed oil, shea butter, retinil, vitamin D, vitamin E, goldenseed extract, a bunch of other extracts, wheat germ oil, etc LOL

I feel a little better now, because now that im finishing detangling I haven't lost much hair OVERALL, in fact I think i'm starting to lose less now that I detangle more carefully.

It's just strange to see most of the hair come out before I even brush it!

 

[TigerLily]

Maybe your hair is reacting to the mineral oil? (I say this because it is the first ingredient) I know my hair doesn't take to kindly to mineral oil.

 

[NubianAngel]

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Isis said:
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NubianAngel said:
If my hair were falling out how the heck would I know it?

Has this happened to anyone else?

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Why do you feel your hair is falling out? Are you basing that on your fears that it may fall out?

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I don't think that my hair is falling out, it just scared me to see it shed on it's own with minimal manipulation, so I was wondering, what if I did have a bad reaction to something in my products or diet, how would I tell the difference between normal shedding vs. bad shedding.

@Tigerlily, next time, maybe I will try EVOO before shampooing to see how my hair reacts to it.

Thank you ladies for replying. I finished my hair and it came out looking really thick and supple (and gorgeous i'm so glad I did it today

), so perhaps hot oil treatments make my hair shed. I'm gonna be on the lookout next time

OT: I cant believe I just spent 3 hours on my hair

 

[Cassie28]

You know what,you're not crazy. I am so glad to hear someone else say this. I tried use some olive oil (from the grocery store, extra virgin) as a pre-shampoo treatment. I don't know what it was, but it sure did act funny afterwards. It even seemed to tangle more, and I thought that would be the complete opposite. Weird!