cowashing A LOT= overly moist hair! protein not working...help

[Dposh167]

**update**

so I washed my hair last nite with:
poo: motions cpr
con: Joico Kpak cond. (3 mins)
dc: aphogee 2min reconstructor (5-10 mins)

my hair was somewhat stronger. I did the wet assessment test on a couple of strands, and they still have a lot of elasticity (more than i want). they didn't really snap off like before...but I still think it can be stronger...

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Oh yeah...I experienced this early on in my journey when I was following the co-washing crew and didn't know a thing about my hair. My hair got sooooo mushy and then began to shed like crazy....I'm mean falling out everywhere. I did the hardcore aphogee (where you sit under the dryer until it hardens)....regular reconstructors and light protein can't handle that situation. I followed the aphogee with porosity control conditioner for 15 minutes no heat and then a DC. I saw improvement immediately but I had to do it a few times before I saw complete reversal of the situation. You may not be too far gone where one treatment can do the trick. HTH!

yes...i think im in agreement with u on the bolded. I may have to do this once more in order to see full improvement. I was hoping what i did last nite would do the trick...but i need more. i'm scared of doing another reconstructor treatment. so im not sure what im gonna do now

 

[Crystalicequeen123]

***UPDATE***

Well, on Saturday I:

-shampooed w/Nexxus Botanoil
-Did an emergencee treatment (10 min. under dryer no cap)
-Rinsed hair in shower---shampooed w/a little Keracare Hydrating shampoo
-Conditioned lightly with a little Nexxus humectress & HE Hello Hydration for about 2-3 min.

One thing I noticed immediately after rinsing the emergencee protein treatment out of my hair is that my hair automatically felt soo much stronger!! It was not as "soft", but more so a little stronger. My hair wasn't tangled either!

I liked the feeling, but I was nervous about my hair feeling TOO hard. I thought the protein treatment was going to leave my hair feeling too hard/a tangled mess, but it didn't!! I got nervous though, so that's why I followed up with a moisturizing shampoo to wash the protein out (kera care), and conditioned lightly with Humectress & Hello hydration.

I think I will do another protein treatment in another 4 weeks. I think I may need more protein than I think!

I too made the mistake (when I was new to my hair regimen) of co-washing and shampooing every 3 days, and not really replenishing the protein-moisture balance. I ended up with hair that was albeit soft, but very very mushy, easily tangled, frizzy, breaking, dull & lifeless.

Now I know that it's okay to add a little protein!

 

[locabouthair]

Good for you! Glad you go the problem solved. I have the opposite problem

 

[KizzieNapps]

**update**

so I washed my hair last nite with:
poo: motions cpr
con: Joico Kpak cond. (3 mins)
dc: aphogee 2min reconstructor (5-10 mins)

my hair was somewhat stronger. I did the wet assessment test on a couple of strands, and they still have a lot of elasticity (more than i want). they didn't really snap off like before...but I still think it can be stronger...

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yes...i think im in agreement with u on the bolded. I may have to do this once more in order to see full improvement. I was hoping what i did last nite would do the trick...but i need more. i'm scared of doing another reconstructor treatment. so im not sure what im gonna do now

Glad to hear its a little better. Let us know how it goes once you try again. The Joico Kpak has a good amount of protein in it. That may be enough when you wash again w/o having to do a reconstructor.

 

[Dposh167]

2nd UPDATE:......I used aphogee 2 min for a second say straight. I kept it on for 10-15 with heat. As i washed this out, my hair was hard like...so i dc'ed with miss keys 10 en 1..with hairveda strinilah conditioner mixed in. My hair felt 90% better. As i detangled the amount of hairs i saw had decreased. Aphogee def. works better with heat. i always hated this conditioner but it'll do for now. I plan on picking up the rest of the joico kpak line. I like the conditioner...but in the long run i think it will work better with the rest of them

 

[BillyJay]

That's good progress.
I know you're somewhat relieved.
Now you have to figure out how often to use the Aphogee to avoid either extremes i.e excessive moisture or protein overload.

 

[Newtogrow]

Clarify your hair with baking soda and water then do the two step Aphogee treatment, follow with a deep conditioner.

Rotate with moisturing conditioner and protein conditioners when cowashing.