LHCF Regimen & Technique Hypes----Yes or No?

[nybeat26]

The only thing that I do on that list is pre-poo treatmeants

 

[PeggyFair]

I voted wrong. I thought the poll was asking which techniques we thought were pure hype. The only one on there that I follow is cowashing, every other technique, I pass.

 

[karezone]

I protective style 5-7 days per week. I only wear it down if I am going out to an event or date, which is maybe every other week.

I still blowdry and flat iron, but I don't flat iron as often because I don't need to. I also stopped coloring my hair so often, although I do miss it.

I used to CWC, but that is too many steps for me now, my hair has never liked air drying, and I brush and comb my hair at least twice a day because of my itching scalp.

 

[SparklingFlame]

I dont follow ANY of them!
ETA: Is that good or bad....hmmmmm. It must be good cuz my hair is doing great!

 

[wheezy807]

Protective styling
no brushing
airdrying
pre shampoo treatment
I picked 4/5 top picks, no bad at all.

 

[StarrsNana]

I do pre-poo
I don't use direct heat (flat iron, blow dryer), but I do sit under the dryer after my roller sets once a week.
The rest, I don't do (I may try them eventually)
I know that once I am completely natural, I will co-wash daily.

 

[Aggie]

I use Protective Styles,
Co-wash,
No brushing,
Pre-poo
Baggy, and
Airdry

ETA: Very low manipulation

 

[danigurl18]

protective styling
co-washing
baggying
airdrying

 

[caribgirl]

All of the above except daily washing!

 

[Nightingale]

Airdrying and daily cowashing.

 

[TayMac]

I baggy and use protective styling often. I would like to try cowashing and the pre-poo stuff soon. I rarely airdry because my hair always end up as a frizzy dry bush. I do comb and brush but not as vigorously as I once did.

 

[divya]

Protective styling
No manipulation
Airdry
Co-washing

...also very little heat. I hardly ever wear my hair straight.

 

[glamazon386]

Protective Styling and Airdrying... but I did that before I found this board.

 

[Channie]

Protective Styling & Airdrying.

I didn't airdry until I got here, but my hair is hating the transition. I just need to find the right method.

 

[Angelicus]

Throw that brush and blowfrier away, baby! I also do protective styling from time to time, always pre-poo, and ocassionally co-wash.

 

[CHECKMATE!]

prepoo
cowash
protective styling
low manip

 

[winterinatl]

no direct heat

Air drying

Co washing/frequent washing

protective styles

 

[ravenmerlita]

The only consistent technique I use on the list is pre-pooing. But I've done almost everything on the list at some time or another to get my hair healthier. And at the time I was doing it, I thought I had found the answer to all of my hair problems and would be using that technique or combination of techniques forever. I think using/choosing any good technique depends on doing what your hair needs when it needs it.

 

[MidBackCrisis]

protective style
no manipulation
air drying
co-washing

I am also using little to no heat

 

[alundra]

I air dry every week (since last July!!!) and I do protective styling because my hair gets a bit poofy sometimes.

 

[KrimsonKween]

Yes
daily wash
pre-poo
air dry
finger comb in shower

No hair hate must resist
combing that hurts to much I don't even pick
heat at all no no no not me
brushing that's like crack bad
manipulation aint got time. Used to love running my fingers through my hair.

 

[Toy]

I protective style everyday.
I condish wash,twice a week
I only airdry
I do not use shampoo
I brush and come everyday,during the week
I dont pre-shampoo treatment
I dont baggy

 

[gloomgeisha]

I use;

Protective Styling
Baggying and
Pre-Shampoo Treatments

Conditioner washes worked for me when I had shorter hair, but now that I'm getting closer to APL- doing that doesn't work for me. It's a pain to detangle and my hair loves to coil around itself. I.H.N.C. (Intra-Hair Narcissism Complex) at it's worse.

 

[LaReyna756]

Protective Styling
Air Drying and
Pre-poo

 

[flowinlocks]

I picked cowashing, airdrying , no brushing , I may pick baggying once my hair gets longer.

 

[gloomgeisha]

I picked cowashing, airdrying , no brushing , I may pick baggying once my hair gets longer.

Not trying to get fresh or anything, but your avatar pic is gorgeous! It reminds me of pics of 1940's movie stars. Glamorous without being over the top.


Now back on topic. Sorry for that unscheduled gloom interruption.

 

[discobiscuits]

I do

Air Drying
LOW Manipulation
NO heat*


*I did blow dry & flat iron this week for the 1st time since my Sabino experiment and will only do it again for a special request otherwise, I don't use heat

 

[Ramya]

I cowash from time to time but I was doing that pre-LHCF. I don't follow anything else listed .

 

[jahzyira]

No manipulation
Airdrying
Pre-shampooing Treatments
Co-washing

 

[DarkAngell]

co washing everday=saved my hair!
no shampooing=except once a month to clarify,more than that if i feel it needs it.
no combing= as of resently. Finger combing in the shower is working just fine.
air drying=unless im about to flat iron

Not too much heat right now....can't say that will stay the same during the winter though since my Wngs will have to go bye bye until warmer weather.