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Leslie_C said:
Audra, have u tried Pantene light spray detangler/leave in? If I saturate my hair with this, it makes combing a breeze as long as Im gentle,start from the ends up, and take my time. Also, I find I lose less hair when I dont try to detangle on soaking wet hair because when its just been rinsed and blotted its extra fragile. I usually put in some leave in and let it dry a little before secioning in 4 sections to detangle. I also find I lose less hair when Im not in a rush...
Im gonna have to get a rinse too...I heard one trick was to mix in a conditioning rinse with your shampoo and it helps to reduce tangles.
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Your method sounds just like mine except I ran out of Pantene a while back. Right now I'm impressed with Surge as a detangler
The technique you use is just as important (if not more) than what product you use. I'm transitioning so detangling is quite an event for me. I detangle in 4 sections, using Surge and sometimes a serum to add slip. I start at the ends and work my way up. The one thing I learned that really helps is not to let your ends fly free while you comb. Especially when you're up to the root. Hold onto the ends firmly and pull straight so the hair isn't swinging or flailing around. Use the comb like a pick, not actually combing down the lock of hair.
And if hair starts to bunch up as you're working your way down, forming a knot, immediately start combing BELOW the knot. I think what happens is that hair that isn't actually in the tangle gets sort of curled or ruffed up from the motion of the comb, and APPEARS to be knotted. But if you just keep on with the same motion it eventually becomes part of the tangle. If you comb below the knot as soon as you see it, any hairs that aren't actually tangled in the knot will straighten out and you can see where the real problem is.
Does that make any sense? Are you getting a visual? It's kind of hard to explain. Anyway once I started detangling like this I lost a lot less hair.