MATTED HAIR!!!! THANK YOU JOYUS!!

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Ladies.......I had a 911 HAIR EMERGENCY last night. I took out my micro braids which took about five hours to get out. It was so late that I decided to just wash my hair the next day. Well...I dont know why I didn't comb through my hair before I washed it (mistake #1) I usually do. Need I tell y'all how matted my hair was??? It looked like I had dreadlocks. I hit the panic button and called my cousin Joyous (THANK YOU COUSIN FOR SAVING MY HAIR!!) I told her my hair was in knots and I was about to do a BIG CHOP!! She screamed NOOOOOOO!!! I'm on my way to you right now!! I told her she had better hurry up because by this time I was fustrated and upset!!! I could not comb through my hair at all.

Joyous came over and was able to get my hair unmatted and it only took three hours. I thank God for my cousin being home because I would have cut my hair short and I'm talkin I had knots that would have caused me to cut my hair down to about 2 or 3 inches. I had very minimal damage and below are two pictures. My hair is still thick and about to my shoulders. I wont show the pictures of how it looks now but in the Hide your hair till XMAS challenge.

Just a reminder for anyone with braids always comb through your hair first before washing and get the dead hair out. This was a big lesson learned for me and I know better!!!

Thanks again cousin!!! LUV YA!!!!!


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[joyous]

Your welcome, cuz. That was one matted tangled mess, I mean there were big knots everywhere. Glad you only got minimal damage. I just remembered when I had to cut off a foot of hair when that happened to me. Now I can confess that when I looked at your hair I really thought I could never get it out.Thank God for a vent brush, PM Supercharged and three hours of time.HHG

 

[nelli711]

This happened to me last year after I took my braids out and forgot to comb my hair before washing it. Glad to hear that you two were able to untangle your hair.

 

[RainbowCurls]

Just a reminder for anyone with braids always comb through your hair first before washing and get the dead hair out. This was a big lesson learned for me and I know better!!!

Definitely!

I didn't know then but I do now. But, after last time, I'm 98% sure I'll never get braids again.

 

[kinascott]

I want to thank Joyous also!!!!!!!!!! Joyous I know you were praying silently for a miracle because I was . Thank God you had very little breakage and all is happy and nappy now!!!!!!!!!

 

[sweetgal]

You are truly blessed to have a cuz that cares so much. I happy this worked out for you. I had a bad situation with matting about 2 months ago and lost some of my thickness because of it

 

[gorgeoushair]

I'm glad you got it detangled and didn't cut. This happened to me when I took out a sew in. I fingered combed but i guess it wasn't enough.

 

[ftballwidow]

Girls beware. This "can" even happen if you comb your hair out. It is like your hair has memory or something. It has happened to me. Now as I take a few braids down I braid a big braid. I end up with 8 - 15 braids depending on what style I had. I wash that first.

I also think it has to do with what you did with your hair while it was in braids also. Depending on what style I have, I wash mine alot and that washing and airdrying over and over makes my hair have memory I guess. Don't get me wrong the washing and cond and all that is good for my hair while it is braided but I have to take it down and rebraid/twist as I go for that first wash. I haven't had a relaxer since March 2005 and that is why. I always wore braids with my relaxers and that didn't happen. Everything else was going wrong but I didn't have matted hair (how could I? I was sittin' up in my stylist's chair ever 5 weeks).

I will never take down braids and just comb out and wash it...I skurred.

 

[joyous]

Girls beware. This "can" even happen if you comb your hair out. It is like your hair has memory or something. It has happened to me. Now as I take a few braids down I braid a big braid. I end up with 8 - 15 braids depending on what style I had.
I will never take down braids and just comb out and wash it...I skurred.

You're absolutely right. That first wash after taking down braids or weaves can be a monster, even with a comb out. It seems like the hair is so tightly coiled at the root that the hair just mats when you wash. I agree, when you remove braids you should braid your hair into big plaits and wash your hair in sections.