Wrapping ur hair at nite w/ silk breaks it off?

[Plenty]

WTH

I have been told a million times that you should wrap your hair at nite with a silk/satin scarf

This girl I meet with pretty nice hair suggested that I get this wrap made of spandex and cause the 100% silk scarfs I had would break my hair off.

Do u ladies wrap ur hair with silk/satin? Does anyone know what this girl is refering to?

thanks w/b

 

[karezone]

I have no idea what she was refering too, but spandex on your head does not sound very good.

 

[SweetNic_JA]

I'm not sure what she's talking about either. I always use a silk scarf when I wrap and that's because my hair doesn't get caught in the silk fabric. When I wrap with any other fabrics (i.e fake silk, stocking cap, etc.), bits and pieces of my hair would get caught and ripped off.

I think wrapping in general is not always best for you. People experience thinning from prolonged wrapping.

 

[karezone]

I'm not sure what she's talking about either. I always use a silk scarf when I wrap and that's because my hair doesn't get caught in the silk fabric. When I wrap with any other fabrics (i.e fake silk, stocking cap, etc.), bits and pieces of my hair would get caught and ripped off.

I think wrapping in general is not always best for you. People experience thinning from prolonged wrapping.

yeah it can really ruin your ends

 

[SweetNic_JA]

yeah it can really ruin your ends

That's so true. I used to see my ends thinning away and couldn't pin point it. Because of that I was always trimming until I found out what the culprit was.
Another problem it causes is thin edges. This happened to me too! I had no idea that wrapping, something that I thought was extremely safe, was damaging my tresses...

 

[sylver2]

I'm not sure what she's talking about either. I always use a silk scarf when I wrap and that's because my hair doesn't get caught in the silk fabric. When I wrap with any other fabrics (i.e fake silk, stocking cap, etc.), bits and pieces of my hair would get caught and ripped off.

I think wrapping in general is not always best for you. People experience thinning from prolonged wrapping.

I hear that has happened to some people , but never to me and I've been wrapping for over 15 years now, so have most of my friends and family.
I use a satin or silk scarf.

 

[blackbarbie]

What's the other alternative to wrapping? I like my hair straight (don't mind about a few "big" waves) but what else is there besides wrapping where you won't put too much stress on the hair at night. I have always wrapped too without adverse affects.

 

[hairmaster]

I don't think it the scarf, how do you wrap hair comb or brush? Do you use a product to help hold it? Spritz, gel or oil? Do you wrap in the same direction each night?
You do lose upto / around 100 straids of hair a day normaly so you will find strainds in the scarf, you see more than 100, then start crying

 

[tryn2growmyhair]

What's the other alternative to wrapping? I like my hair straight (don't mind about a few "big" waves) but what else is there besides wrapping where you won't put too much stress on the hair at night. I have always wrapped too without adverse affects.

See Reniece's album. She has a bun and scarf technique that works well. I fine hair and since I have stopped wrapping it, my hair has really improved.

 

[lexi08]

See Reniece's album. She has a bun and scarf technique that works well. I fine hair and since I have stopped wrapping it, my hair has really improved.

I have been using this technique as well. It works! My hair is fine also, and my ends/edges were suffering from wrapping.

 

[Plenty]

Whatttttttttttttt?

I use hot 6 oil on my ends.

The only time I have to keep trimming my ends is when I was brushing hair to smooth wrap, I know, stupid.

But other that that, I never had a problem or heard of this before

I usually wrap in same direction.

I have always been told to wrap your hair with silk satin scarf.

 

[sylver2]

What's the other alternative to wrapping? I like my hair straight (don't mind about a few "big" waves) but what else is there besides wrapping where you won't put too much stress on the hair at night. I have always wrapped too without adverse affects.

I have been able to wear it straight lately by leaving hair out in the style I want. Put on scarf with hair hanging out back, then put a satin bonnet over that part. when I wake up, hair is straight and smooth.

 

[blackbarbie]

Sylver2, I will be trying your scarf method when my hair gets past my 8 or 9 week stage and gets too thick to roller set. (I am going to try to stretch to 12 weeks) In the meantime, I am going to enjoy the straight roots and roller set and just wrap nightly. I will try the "hair out the back" method sometimes for nightly wrapping too. Can anyone tell me how I can find Reniece's album? Is she no longer a member? I tried looking under the member's list, but couldn't find her.

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[Cincysweetie]

Wrapping caused me thinning around my edges. I had a friend tell me about it and I used the method for awhile until I discovered it was causing thinning. I always wondered why her hair was broken and thin in the front around the edges...it's from wrapping.

 

[NewYorkgyrl]

This is very good to know. I would really like it if someone can please provide a link to Reniece's album, or give other alternatives to wrapping but still maintaining the wrapping effect in the morning (no bumps from rollers or too wavy from braids).

 

[Bees]

For the last month or so, I have been wrapping my hair...putting mango butter or either woojee cream then covering it with a plastic cap, then wrapping with a satin scarf. When I wake up, my hair is really moist...I then put a little mango butter on the ends and put a few large rollers in it...shower...and drive to work and take my hair out of the rollers right before I turn into the parking lot. In this short time...my hair is set to perfection and my hair is smooth and it lasts all day. I know everyone does not have the same type of hair...but this has worked wonders for mine. I sure hope this doesn't have a negative effect on my hair cuz I sure like the way it looks and feels.

 

[ProseChild]

Reniece's technique:

http://public.fotki.com/Reniece20/hair_growth_challenges/my_hair_growth_challenge/my_satin_scarf_method/

 

[PrettyBrownEyes]

I use a Satin Scarf. I have about 3 that I bought at Sally's,the brand name is Cristina. For some reason my hair doesn't like silk scarves . It stays and looks moisturized by a.m. when I take the satin scarf off as opposed to using silk.

 

[NewYorkgyrl]

Thanks for posting the link ProseChild

 

[meia]

im just curious..lol and a little hair naive..but when yall say wrapping, you mean the way they do it at the salon with the metal clips and then they wrap it up with a scarf, a turban style headwrap like a gele, or do you mean like when you take the scarf and wrap it around the head and the hair like in a low bun?

i hope that just made sense..lol