Certain styles, more shedding?

[krissyhair]

Do certain hair styles cause your hair to shed more than others?

I'll be brief with this one. If my hair is in neatly parted natural hair twists, I will hardly have any shed hair when it's time to take them down. It may be that I took the time to thoroughly remove all the shed hairs before hand, but over the course of a night or a few days, I don't accumulate too many.

When my hair is out and in a combed out afro style, one or two hours can pass and when it's time to comb again (for bed or a change of style) there is hair fall galore.

I don't believe that these long stands are broken hairs. If they are, then it's time to pray to wooly haired Jesus. But I don't have any other insight on this. Could someone else share experience?

Next time I wear my hair combed out and frod out I will post a picture of the shed hair.

 

[virtuenow]

I think breakage is the proper word. Certain styles = more BREAKAGE. Shedding is a natural process of your head releasing hairs that have ran their course. I don't believe a hairstyle can change the course of your body's natural cycle of releasing hairs.

 

[krissyhair]

Okay. That is what I was worried about. I'd like to think that I am gentle enough that these humungous fur balls that come after wearing a loose style aren't 10 and 12 inch long broken hairs. But if there's no way to outwardly influence hair shedding, then that must be the case.

 

[DoDo]

Okay. That is what I was worried about. I'd like to think that I am gentle enough that these humungous fur balls that come after wearing a loose style aren't 10 and 12 inch long broken hairs. But if there's no way to outwardly influence hair shedding, then that must be the case.

When your hair is out your shed had hair can work its way down your hair strands due to gravity. It may just be easier to thoroughly clear out your shed hair when you leave your hair loose. This manifests in me with shorter detangling sessions when my hair is loose. Ironically. You would think it would be harder for me due to my tight texture but my hair likes to be out.It could be that when you twist and then untwist and gently detangle you are not removing everything.

 

[krissyhair]

Okay. If this is the case DoDo, then tomorrow when I take my hair out of this bun, I will see a comparable amount of shed hair if I do a really thorough detangling.