does wrapping a lot really thin out your hair

[SherryLove]

Ok,,, ladies,,, I wrap my hair a lot and I am noticing some thinning. So that combined with the bad hair weather in NYC has moved me toward trimming my ends and putting my hair in a bun more often... Have you or any one you know experienced this????????

 

[SherryLove]

bump..

 

[ThursdayGirl]

Someone else was talking about wrapping hair and it thinning out the ends
I will see if I can find that thread for you. I can't remember who it was though :/.

 

[SherryLove]

thanks......

 

[PrettyBrownEyes]

Sherry,

It has been mentioned quite often on this board. My personal experience has been with the traditional way of wrapping your hair around, my temples would be tender in the morning and had thinned over time the body of my hair was not affected though.

I still wrap my hair the majority of the time but, pulling the sides back instead of to the front is more comfortable for me and my hair hangs better the next day.

 

[SherryLove]

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Sherry,

It has been mentioned quite often on this board. My personal experience has been with the traditional way of wrapping your hair around, my temples would be tender in the morning and had thinned over time the body of my hair was not affected though.

I still wrap my hair the majority of the time but, pulling the sides back instead of to the front is more comfortable for me and my hair hangs better the next day.

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thanks...maybe i need to do a search...

 

[Guest]

Sherry, yes it can thin your hair. Especially if you are wrapping the same direction everynight OR combing and brushing it into a "perfect" wrap. My suggestions would be to either figer comb into a very loose wrap and secure w/pins and put a bonnet over it, or to put your hair in a high loose pony and put a couple big rollers in it and put a bonnet over that.

 

[brownrelaxedhair]

Night in night out wrapping was def.thinning my edges. I've found the best thing is for me to wear my hair airdried for a large portion of the month which doesn't require wrapping. That 'break' has definitely saved the hair line!

When I wear my hair straight, I do still wrap but alternate either direction and also go very gently on the front using a wide tooth comb.

 

[sweetcocoa]

It did mine! My cousin warned me years ago...and I didn't believe her. Then when I took a break last summer from wrapping daily...my sides(which were thin and seemed to never grow) took off. I still wrap, but only when I do a doobie.

 

[SoniT]

Yes, I noticed that wrapping my hair thinned out the edges. Now I wear a doobie and at night I wrap it with my fingers and secure with hairclips.

 

[Dandy112]

It happened to me as well, this is the reason why my sides have thinned out, I was wrapping every night, Now I only wrap maybe once a week if that, I am trying to alternate with braidouts until my hair is long enough for a bun.

 

[pooh123]

I stopped wrapping my hair about two years ago because I noticed this problem. Plus I was losing too much hair.

pooh123

 

[soslychic]

pooh123, so what do you do when you want your hair straight?

 

[Supergirl]

A friend of mine who lives in Houston started growing her hair. It had gotten longer than it ever was--still is. But she was wrapping it nightly and she started to complain of it thinning. However, her hair was also color treated with highlights. So the cause of the thinning is uncertain, but it could be the wrapping.

 

[EmeraldSky]

Sherrylove,

How often were you wrapping your hair?
An alternative to the traditional wrap is to wrap the hair going back, taking each side of hair and wrapping it around to the alternate side, this doesn't put any stress on the hairline and allows me to wear my hair straight without it thinning out from regular wraps.

 

[gvsugirl]

I do a lose wrap every nite and my edges havent thinned out

 

[pet]

The hair at the right side of my head has thinned out a little, but it's not that noticeable. I have been wrapping my hair since I was 12, and that is about 6 years from them until now, and I always wrapped my hair to the left. I wrap my hair EVERY night. A few months ago, someone told me that if you wrapped your hair the same direction for a long time, it starts to thin out from that side. I didn't know that, so now, I wrap my hair every other direction every two nights. I think that if you do that, you wouldn't have a problem. Both sides of your hair needs to be treated equally, or it won't be balanced. Also, you shouldn't tie your head tight at night, that could be a problem

 

[azul11]

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I do a lose wrap every nite and my edges havent thinned out

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me too. God bless you all.

 

[SherryLove]

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Sherrylove,

How often were you wrapping your hair?
An alternative to the traditional wrap is to wrap the hair going back, taking each side of hair and wrapping it around to the alternate side, this doesn't put any stress on the hairline and allows me to wear my hair straight without it thinning out from regular wraps.

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I was wrapping every night.

the thing is my hairline is still thick... it's the sides of my hair past the shoulder where I noticed some thinning. I am so mad........

 

[kisz4tj]

Emerald, could you post a pic of what you mean, I can't picture wrapping to the back. I used to be a regular wrapper but I don't anymore and now that I think about it my hair must have thinned out so badly due to wrapping which I started doing 10 yrs ago in HS.

 

[EmeraldSky]

I don't have a picture showing how to wrap the hair to the back, but I'll try and explain it better.

First off imagine having two ponytails and taking the loose ends and pinning each ponytail on the opposite, that's basically how this looks when finished.

First I part my hair where I want my part to be the next day (ie. in the middle, to the side) just as if I were wearing my hair down.

Add whatever cream or lotion to your hair and then comb thru lightly to make sure it's not tangled.

Then I seperate each side of my hair in the back as if I were making two ponytails. Hold the hair on the left side that's been seperated and bring it around (in the back) to the right side.
Smooth the hair as you go with your hand then pin in place making sure that the ends are pinned neatly so they won't frizz.

At this point the hair from the right side should be hanging down loose. Take that section of hair and bring it around to the opposite side, smooth and pin in place.

Basically instead of forcing the hair up like in a regular wrap your just smoothing your hair back, seperating each side and then taking the loose ends and pinning on the opposite side of your head, there isn't any stress on the hairline or roots of the hair since you're not forcing hair in any unnatural direction.

I hope my explanation makes sense, I was given this tip by a stylist as an alternative to regular wraps. Let me know if I've missed answering any questions.

 

[candycane]

EmeraldSky,

That was an excellent description. I had pretty much given up on wrapping my hair. Perhaps I will give your method a try.

Candycane

 

[AnjelLuvs]

so since some of yall feel that wrapping is not the best method to go. what are the other options

 

[mirrormirror]

Re: does wrapping a lot really thin out your hair

I wrap my hair towards the right. I noticed when I would wrap my hair towards the left, the left side, where the part is would be really tender, that it hurts.

 

[AnjelLuvs]

Re: does wrapping a lot really thin out your hair

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I wrap my hair towards the right. I noticed when I would wrap my hair towards the left, the left side, where the part is would be really tender, that it hurts.

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I notice that too and I hate it so much and if I try to alternate it -- it doesnt happen, because my hair is so used to being wrapped to te right

 

[sweetcocoa]

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EmeraldSky,

That was an excellent description. I had pretty much given up on wrapping my hair. Perhaps I will give your method a try.

Candycane

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I may try this also.

 

[Allandra]

Re: does wrapping a lot really thin out your hair

Your explanation made great sense to me. I'll have to try this out the next time I get a roller wrap. Thanks!

 

[SherryLove]

Re: does wrapping a lot really thin out your hair

Dang!!!The way I wrapped was so convenient for me....I feel as if I just cannot win with my hair.......Now I just use two large bobby pins to hold it up and cover it with a silk scarf at night.....

 

[EmeraldSky]

Re: does wrapping a lot really thin out your hair

I used to wrap my hair the regular way and I loved the results (minus tender hairline, thinning), but with practice I've been able to get similar results with the version that I posted earlier minus those funny hairs sticking straight up in the front which I got when I used to do the traditional wrap. It just takes a little practice.

Also I use those rubber twisty rollers to roll sections of my hair at night and it's good for a nice bouncy curly look and they are pretty comfortable depending on where you position them.

 

[godzooki]

Emeraldsky, thats exactly how I wrap my hair when I do wrap it. I cant do it the normal way worth crap and this way works really good for me so I'm sticking to it!