Random Hair Thoughts/Thinking out loud

I was shocked to find that after I took my (natural) braids down a couple of days ago I'd reached APL and am just about to reach BSB. I'd left the braids in for several days longer than I normally would have because earlier this month I spent five days in the hospital (my mother had to have surgery; she's doing much better now for which I'm glad). Like someone said upthread: Hair seems to grow like weeds when your mind is on other things. "A watched pot never boils" and all that jazz. Besides that I'm happy that Christmas with the family was nice and peaceful.
 
About wash day breakage/shedding: I get a HUGE amount on wash day compared to you all. My ball is about the size of a nectarine. But this is on hair that was last detangled two weeks ago. I go two weeks and never comb in between. How long are you ladies going between wash days and do you comb/detangle at all in between?
 
Dayjoy said:
About wash day breakage/shedding: I get a HUGE amount on wash day compared to you all. My ball is about the size of a nectarine. But this is on hair that was last detangled two weeks ago. I go two weeks and never comb in between. How long are you ladies going between wash days and do you comb/detangle at all in between?
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I got 3-7 days between washing. I don’t comb/detangle between washes. If I make my hair ball small, it’s a bit smaller than a ping pong ball.
 
Dayjoy said:
About wash day breakage/shedding: I get a HUGE amount on wash day compared to you all. My ball is about the size of a nectarine. But this is on hair that was last detangled two weeks ago. I go two weeks and never comb in between. How long are you ladies going between wash days and do you comb/detangle at all in between?
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I wash every 7-10 days, but I comb my hair a lot in between. Somehow I still manage to lose a bouncy ball sized amount of hair on wash day.

This is the first year that I didn't get hair products as a gift. My sister asked if I wanted anything, but I drew a complete blank. My straight hair is that low maintenance.
 
Dayjoy said:
About wash day breakage/shedding: I get a HUGE amount on wash day compared to you all. My ball is about the size of a nectarine. But this is on hair that was last detangled two weeks ago. I go two weeks and never comb in between. How long are you ladies going between wash days and do you comb/detangle at all in between?
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That would be too much for me. My shedding decreased when I started making my own shampoo. You may be lacking in something internally or externally
 
Honeypot said:
That would be too much for me. My shedding decreased when I started making my own shampoo. You may be lacking in something internally or externally
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I think the amount of hair you shed is mostly genetic. Once your hair reaches the exogen phase, it’s going to shed. And if you have high density hair you are going to shed more hair everyday than someone with low density hair. I think each person just needs to know what is normal for their hair and only worry if your hair ball changes from it’s normal size.
 
GettingKinky said:
I think the amount of hair you shed is mostly genetic. Once your hair reaches the exogen phase, it’s going to shed. And if you have high density hair you are going to shed more hair everyday than someone with low density hair. I think each person just needs to know what is normal for their hair and only worry if your hair ball changes from it’s normal size.
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A lot of people don't realize what excessive is. There's definitely a difference. The size of a nectarine after two weeks would be a red flag for me. Lack of nutrients can make hair shed...... Using products your hair doesn't agree with it can make shed more than normal. Hence my comment
 
I'm watching this very carefully, because I get about the size of a grape or ping pong ball, shed every 2 to 3 weeks.

That's a lot for me, because before I had coloured my hair it was a lot less, (but it was a lot shorter)
So I'm monitoring my shedding to see if it's actually colour that's breaking off, or shed hairs
 
I think I want to go back to my core product basics to start the year. I’m going to pull one of my liters of old school green CON from my garage and stick to that plus hot oil treatments for a little while.
 
I am going through my products and throwing away old products that I don't use. Some things I know it has been more than a year since used.
 
Thinking back... I can't remember when I last trimmed my hair. I think it was late September/early October? So I'm definitely due for a trim after these box braids.

Also, I think my scalp really does not like tension anymore. These bumps on my scalp and the itching that I'm getting is proof.
 
Does anyone have and love the Dyson detangling comb? My Mason Pearson comb has finally bit the dust and I’m wondering if I should just buy another or try something new
 
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