Does anyone else pull their own hair?

[FluffyRed]

I'm texlaxed and failure to detangle before washing/cowashing, etc. can cause mats, but I findmyself constantly running my hands through my hair, to the point that it may be obsessive.

I don't think I'm really pulling anything out from the root, erplexed but if nothing else, I think it's taking too much time. Checking for the root bulb on hairs all day long!!!

 

[BostonMaria]

Do you mean pulling so hard that you pull your hair out? Because that's OCD.

I twirl my hair all day like a school girl (I'm 38 mind you) and its caused one side to be shorter than the other. Ugh! Yeah I am trying to stop. If this is what you have then its HIAD (Hair in Afro Disease LOL )

 

[FluffyRed]

Do you mean pulling so hard that you pull your hair out? Because that's OCD.

I twirl my hair all day like a school girl (I'm 38 mind you) and its caused one side to be shorter than the other. Ugh! Yeah I am trying to stop. If this is what you have then its HIAD (Hair in Afro Disease LOL )

yeah! i never did this when I was bonelaxed.

It's kind of a mix of clearing shed strands and feeling up the natural roots!!! I love napps!

 

[BostonMaria]

yeah! i never did this when I was bonelaxed.

It's kind of a mix of clearing shed strands and feeling up the natural roots!!! I love napps!

I used to do that when I had relaxed hair and was at least 2 or 3 months post.

 

[Hairsnob]

I'm guilty of twisting my hair
But that's ONLY after it's been flat-ironed and mainly when I'm driving. I wouldn't dare pull it hard enough to come out though. At least I hope I'm not pulling it that hard to eventually come out.

 

[panamoni]

I pull my hair all the time, and shed hairs come out. I think that I should stop, but I figure, if it was going to shed, it would eventually shed on its own anyway.......

 

[crazydaze911]

Do you mean pulling so hard that you pull your hair out? Because that's OCD.

I twirl my hair all day like a school girl (I'm 38 mind you) and its caused one side to be shorter than the other. Ugh! Yeah I am trying to stop. If this is what you have then its HIAD (Hair in Afro Disease LOL )

OMG - BostonMaria, i do this too - have since i was like 6 or 7 and i CANT STOP. Even when i have a bun, if one little curl/twirl peeps out, i HAVE to play with it. I dont even realize im doing it till its too late. This is why wash and gos scare me - my fingers cant resist the curls being LOOSE - and i feel the manipulation causes splits .

FluffyRed - i finger comb my hair alot and hair comes out. I dont think im pulling my hair purposely, just detangling, but of course alot of shed hairs come out. I could do it LESS, but i like to make sure i get all the snarls out and i dont think it has become obsessive yet.

 

[Neith]

I play in my coilies sometimes.

I also search for single strand knots and either cut, yank out or snap them off. - That's BAD.

I'm really working on this.