Headache with Protective styling...HELP!

[DDTexlaxed]

I was so happy I could flat twist my hair, but Now I'm getting really bad headaches. Is this normal? I think I'm going to have to back off flat twists for awhile or at least until my hair grows some more. I'm 2 months post- maybe the pressure on my scalp is too much. Can anyone give me some advice?

 

[Nonie]

You're probably flat-twisting really tightly to get them to stay. Since I cannot flat-twist, I can't give you advice on how to improve your technique, but if you can do single twists, maybe you could do them in rows parted the way you would for flat-twisting and then twist them around each other lightly enough not to give you a headache but firmly enough to stay. My current do is kinda along those lines, only no straight parting involved here. It is my new protective styling and is loose enough for me to forget I have my hair styled at all.

 

[DDTexlaxed]

I am doing them tightly because they won't look good if I don't. Nonie, can you please tell me how to do the other style? Thanks again for your help. I will figure out how to do painless twists soon I hope. I love how that style looks on me.

 

[Nonie]

OK, you know how you part a straight line to do flat twists? Well part the same way, then divide that row into narrow twists. The more two-strand twists you can make per row, the better. Then do the twisting motion Iv'e done with my do above. I had tried to do that style but I can't find the photo. Let me look some more. BRB

 

[Nonie]

Here's the photo of the idea I had in mind. I think if the twists were smaller, they might have looked neater. So I have two-strand twists in rows and then I just twist them around each other to form a continuous flat twist. You don't have to pull tight for it to hold. Just turn it enough times for the twists to be held in place.

ETA: I've added a phony puff to the back.

 

[DDTexlaxed]

Nonie, can you post a pic of the row of 2 strand twists? Maybe I should wait for longer hair to flat twist. Thanks for the help, sis!