What happens when you wet tangled hair?

[vtoodler]

Is that the point when dreads might start to form?

 

[krissyhair]

Maybe if you have severely tangled, matted hair wetting it might make the matting worse.

For everyday, run of the mill tangles, water melts my knots away.

 

[Dayjoy]

Is that the point when dreads might start to form?

Yes. IME. Especially if there are shed hairs in the mix. To answer the first question: breakage/haircut. erplexed

 

[beauti]

a disaster happens! At least, with my hair

 

[ManeStreet]

It detangles my hair. I can only detangle my hair wet. Whether it's matted or tangled , I have to wet it and add conditioner then detangle it.

 

[koolkittychick]

Depends on what you wet it with. With the proper detangler, a lot of time and more patience you can end up with detangled hair none the worse for wear. I found one by Pantene many years ago that worked wonders for me, but it has long since been discontinued. I have been in search of a comparable one ever since, but haven't found much success.

 

[Straighthoodtea]

LOL I don't get wet tangled hair. Never.

 

[Channy31]

Just did it now, I had matted roots. The matt was probably half the size of a fist maybe.

Coated in conditioner and it slid out

 

[divachyk]

matting >> dreads >> chop chop is what happened to me.

 

[southerncitygirl]

Nope I am able to detangle better with wet hair and conditioner...I would get tons of breakage trying to detangle dry hair. It also would take a long period of time for my hair to mat to the point it would loc due to my texture and curl pattern.

 

[vtoodler]

matting >> dreads >> chop chop is what happened to me.

divachyk

Why do you suppose that moisture would make it easier for the hair to mat/dread?

 

[Aviah]

I think it can depend on the hair texture and how matted it is. If your hair is a looser curl the water will elongate the curl and allow knots to come out more easily. If its a tighter curl it may shrink up more and compact the knotting/ matting.

 

[divachyk]

divachyk

Why do you suppose that moisture would make it easier for the hair to mat/dread?

I think it can depend on the hair texture and how matted it is. If your hair is a looser curl the water will elongate the curl and allow knots to come out more easily. If its a tighter curl it may shrink up more and compact the knotting/ matting.

vtoodler, I agree with Aviah. In addition, the tangles got tighter and shed hairs coiled around other strands to create dreads. Wasn't pretty.

 

[Evolving78]

Yes. IME. Especially if there are shed hairs in the mix. To answer the first question: breakage/haircut. erplexed

I get horrible knots that have to be cut out. I have a lot of shed hairs.