do you ladies detangle on wet, damp or dry hair?

[krissyhair]

The best way to detangle my hair is with my fingers, wet with conditioner on it.

I don't play around and detangle under the shower head. I am not about to be pulling shed hair out the drain.

 

[Lilmama1011]

Soaking wet under running water with conditioner on (slippery one)

 

[317537]

Soaking wet under the shower head with Pantene beautiful lengths conditioner rinsing thru. Tangles melt out with this conditioner. It is hands down the best detangler I have ever used. 1-15 wks post. I use aphogee 2min afterwards I'm about WL relaxed.

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[Misseyl]

I detangle dry. Can't do anything with it when it's wet so I apply my leave in and wait until it's dried before using a pick to comb.

 

[AnjelLuvs]

At this stage. I usually Lightly finger detangle dry in 4 sections with oil as a pre poo/HotOil Treatment, shampoo, then fully detangle after deep con.

 

[HanaKuroi]

I know this may be weird but i JUST recently figured out hw to detangle my natural hair w minimal shedding and breakage....

in the shower I...
1. detangle with a wide tooth comb while rinsing out my shampoo
2. Detangle w a paddle brush while rinsing out deep conditioner
3. Detangle w a bristle brush while rinsing out detangling conditioner

I wash my hair 1x a week. This method has significantly decreased my ssk, tangling, matting, and shedding on wash days...

Its probably a combination of products and technique

Wow! I would have no hair. You have strong hair. My hair would pack her bags and leave.

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[Wanderland]

Finger detangle on dry oiled hair to remove shed hair and tangles
Add lots of conditioner (damp) and detangle with large comb
Allow conditioner to sit and then with denman/paddle under running water .

 

[Rozlewis]

I detangle on damp hair with a wide tooth seamless comb.

After washing hair I let it sit for 30 mins then apply my leave-ins and let it sit another 30 mins before detangling.

 

[Babygrowth]

I detangle after prepooing with a thick conditioner and tea while its rinsing out under the shower. Minimal shed and my hair stays detangled.

 

[Fenaxa]

Dry with oil. No more detangling under or even near water for me; the knots become stronger as my hair is wet in its weakest state lolol. I can only do this dry or damp with a slippery product so my hair doesn't feel like it's drying out too much.

 

[Angel of the North]

I detangle my wet hair with conditioner on it

 

[Victoria44]

Damp with coconut oil

 

[spellinto]

I voted dry hair but it's more like "almost" dry hair. I detangle mainly on wash/cowash days, and I always wait until my hair's at least 80-90% dry to start detangling. It's not as dry as my hair is on a regular basis, but it's dry enough so that my hair doesn't snap from being wet. I have relaxed porous hair though.

 

[onesoulsista]

I always detangle on damp hair with a thick conditioner such as Aussie Moist. I make sure I get all the shed hair out

 

[beauti]

Mannn if I detangled under running water I would be bald I detangle on damp hair

 

[sharifeh]

Mannn if I detangled under running water I would be bald I detangle on damp hair

beauti
See I didn't know that. I'm transitioning too, I feel like de tangling under water makes a lot of hair come out hmmph it was good for my relaxed hair
Jeez

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[loulou82]

I finger-detangle with oil and then damp with slippery conditioner.

 

[Lia3257]

Dry with conditioner usually.

With this post partum shedding, dry detangling is best.

 

[Kindheart]

Wet hair after I applied leave in or detangler .

 

[HanaKuroi]

I think we should have included in our posts whether we were natural, relaxed or stretching.

I am going to edit my post.

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[beauti]

sharifeh girl even when I was relaxed my hair didn't play that I tried it a few different ways: hair drenched with conditioner, standing under shower head, using different combs. Nope. So now I just wait for my hair to be almost dry, with product. Of course, if your hair is already matted to begin with, don't get it wet...

 

[ScorpioBeauty09]

I find that if I detangle my hair wet with conditioner it will just get tangled again when I rinse out the conditioner. So I always detangle my hair when it's damp after I towel dry it.

 

[jasmyne14]

Damp hair after spraying on leaveins

 

[PeaceFlow]

Oh my. I've had a breakthrough.

I just detangled my natural hair dry with vatika oil and a medium toothed comb. I haven't de tangled for 3 weeks and only lost a small amount of hair in the process.

Now I know the amount of hair I've lost doing it other ways was way too much erplexed

I have very fine, tangly hair and it's looking like this is the best way for me.

 

[DoDo]

Oh my. I've had a breakthrough.

I just detangled my natural hair dry with vatika oil and a medium toothed comb. I haven't de tangled for 3 weeks and only lost a small amount of hair in the process.

Now I know the amount of hair I've lost doing it other ways was way too much erplexed

I have very fine, tangly hair and it's looking like this is the best way for me.

Woop Woop!!

I am about to ditch finger detangling. That does NOT detangle my hair. I'm done with it. Thank you Sumra and thanks to the OP for this thread. I am keeping a very close eye on it.

 

[MileHighDiva]

DoDo

Have you tried finger detangling hair that's oil with EVCO, then following up with a seamless comb to remove shedded hair & remaining tangles?

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[DoDo]

DoDo

Have you tried finger detangling hair that's oil with EVCO, then following up with a seamless comb to remove shedded hair & remaining tangles?

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MileHighDiva

I finger detangled for the last 2 years I have been on this journey. I do think it did serve a purpose in the past because it minimized breakage and I am reaping the benefits as well as the extra 3 hours on my wash session now.

What I have noted lately is that no matter how thoroughly I finger detangle my hair is not detangled anymore. Only a comb seems to make a dent in all of the shed hair I have.

I will still finger detangle lightly to remove major knots before combing however I will not try to thoroughly finger detangle anymore because the last time I tried it it took me all day. Then the following day my hair was still chock full of shed hair when I broke down and took to it with a comb. Combing carefully in small sections on hair damp with conditioner probably only took me a couple hours total. Yes I just said two hours detangling on my hair is an improvement because I am comparing it to the to 4 to 7 hours I would spend finger detangling only to still have tangles and difficulty parting my hair.

I won't comb my hair every day, but with this much hair and how dense it is it has become very difficult to rely on finger detangling.

Oh and I oil my hair with coconut oil about three times a week so when I finger detangle my hair is always oiled with coconut oil.

 

[MileHighDiva]

DoDo

I'm jelly! High density, long hair issues...you know what'll give you best ROI, regarding your sheds, tangles, and time,

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[DoDo]

MileHighDiva

Thank you for your encouragement. You don't know how much it means to me. You are helping me to keep going.

 

[PeaceFlow]

Woop Woop!!

I am about to ditch finger detangling. That does NOT detangle my hair. I'm done with it. Thank you Sumra and thanks to the OP for this thread. I am keeping a very close eye on it.

Just finger de tangling doesn't work for me either lol. All it does is make me think I have de tangled my hair, then a few months later my hair kicks me in the *** like "don't do that to me again". I end up with more tangles, knots down the line from shed hair I missed. My coil pattern is very small though which might affect it.

I use a mixed method now. Saturate with oil, separate obvious clumps with fingers then go in with the comb. When I hit a rough spot with the comb I seperate the knots with fingers, add more oil then comb again. Sounds long written like that, but I got through my fro quite quickly this way.