Help! Need suggestion for Nape Area

[Relentless]

Hello,

I am trying to let the hair in my nape area; grow verses shaving it all the time. I try to put gel on it to slick it down, motions lotion moisturizer and nothing seems to work. It dries up and gets nappy looking again. I can't get it slick down and looking right. Any product suggestions? I tried doing a search but didn't really see anything.

 

[JessCNU]

hello

how short is your hair? is it like a pixi or bob cut that is shaved in the back?
The gel is probably what is drying it out. have you tried coconut oil to moisturize?
are you trying to get it to lay flat like a fresh relaxer flat?

 

[Relentless]

My hair is past my shoulders. It's just that when I wear a ponytail, I hate the way the hair on my neck looks. Yes, I do get it relaxed and it last two weeks.

 

[JessCNU]

oh ok. well my hair isn't long but It is short in the nape area. I use to uses gel on it but it only seemed to work right after a fresh a relaxer. after a few weeks it just wouldn't take. Now I just try to keep that area moisturized and I haven't had any problems. I'm sure somebody with your length will chime in soon.

 

[Relentless]

Thank You for your response. I will look out for more responses.

 

[soulie]

Keep it moisturized and beware of high collars rubbing against it during cold weather. I had NO nape hair when I did my first relaxer (in July), so when it started growing in, it was a nappy mess. I just moisturized it a lot and wore my bun low until my touchup. I never gelled it. Now that hair is long enough to catch into the bun, thank goodness!

 

[Relentless]

Thank You. I will work in keeping it moisturized and perhaps leave the getl alone.

 

[jamaicalovely]

Mook had a nape hair growth regimen. Is your hair close to do this: http://public.fotki.com/Mooks-hair/2008/february---protect-/

Here's a good product. DSD highly recommends it.
http://www.totaltransformations.org/shop/index.php?p=product&id=1&parent=0

 

[Relentless]

Thank You.

 

[Relentless]

Bumping for more replies.

 

[locabouthair]

what grew my nape was not relaxing it for a while. try relaxing it every other relaxer or relaxing it last.

 

[bee]

what grew my nape was not relaxing it for a while. try relaxing it every other relaxer or relaxing it last.

^I agree. You could also moisturize that area twice a day and seal it w/ castor oil. So far, Hawaiian Silky 14n1, is working really well in the moisture department, for me. The castor oil suggesstion is not new but it's very effective. I once used castor oil on my aunt's bald spot (females thin in the crown of their heads, in my family). We used it every other night for about six months and that area filled in completely!

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Mook had a nape hair growth regimen. Is your hair close to do this: http://public.fotki.com/Mooks-hair/2008/february---protect-/

Here's a good product. DSD highly recommends it.
http://www.totaltransformations.org/shop/index.php?p=product&id=1&parent=0

Co-sign with jamaicalovely on mook. I had problems with my nape and did her tutorial for a few months before I just left it free and untouched. If you can, make a low low pony tail over the cornrow. I take amla and olive creme from qhemet biologics, slather a little there, seal with coconut and (previously I cornrowed it). Now it's bsl and my hair everywhere else is more midback (I'm thinking a little more than, but I haven't flat ironed it completely in a while, and have braided it up, mostly flat ironing my bangs for the past month. However I just leave it alone. I don't care if it doesn't look as pretty as the rest. I don't put heat on it. If my hair is down, I just let it cover it. If I wear a ponytail, I do a low one so no one sees that I didn't flat iron that part. Or else, I just braid it up with the rest of my hair when I'm in braids.

Two things: low manipulation and moisture=growth.