Transitioning+ excercise=frizz?????

[LuLu]

Hey everybody

I've been transitioning by the pressing method since my hair used to break when I needed a relaxer so I know it would now....anyways I haven't had any breakage while pressing because the textures are the same...but I want to exercise, but you guys know what happens when I do, it frizzes immediately.
What do I do?
Should I pull it in a tight ponytail when exercising? Wrap it?? What??

 

[Chimma]

Mm, the sweat is causing your hair to revert. I think you will have to accept some of that reversion if you want to exercise. If you wrap your hair tightly while you exercise and after or if you wear a tight ponytail while you exercise and don't let your length get sweaty, you may avoid some reversion.

 

[Chanteuse]

I think I heard somwhere that you should wash or rinse your hair after excercising/sweating. I can't think specifically why, maybe something to do with dryness? Anyway, would you consider doing like a conditioner wash after you work out?

If not then I do think that pulling your hair in a tight ponytail would work to save your press as long as you let it dry before taking it out. Maybe put some oil or moisturizer on it while it's drying too.

 

[Ayeshia]

yeah youll definitely wanna rinse after you excercise especially if you sweat a lot. my hair gets dry from all the "salt" the sweat leaves if i dont rinse.

 

[Chanteuse]

Salt, that's what it is.

 

[LuLu]

So what about my press?? If I exercise every other day then pressing isn't an option???

 

[pookeylou]

I have seen this issue dealt with three ways:

I did...a bantu knot out...the style looks like natural hair...so I did not have to put heat on my hair at all...
I exercised on Tues, Thurs and Saturday...so I would put a deep conditioning product in my hair...plastic cap...scarf...do my exercise...clean my house...then later that day take a shower and rinse my hair...style it into the bantu knots...next morning...wear it out...pics are in my album...

The 2nd option...my sister...who perms faithfully...but has now gone 3 months without a relaxer...condition washes her hair...sprays in leave in conditioner...brushes it into a smooth bun...lets it air dry that way...she will wear the bun for a week and flat irons (presses in your case) for Sunday...heat on her hair only once a week.

The third option...braids...you can rinse those every time you exercise...and there is no styling or heat added to the hair...and your natural hair blends in with the relaxed portion of your hair...

If you are not ready for the Big Chop...then you will have to find some way to blend the natural texture in with the relaxed...The more damaging way is with heat...the less damaging way is to wear your relaxed hair similar to the natuarl texture...i.e. braids or really, really curly.

HtH

 

[LuLu]

Thanks Pookeylou, I will check out your album and try some of those options

 

[SVT]

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Chimma said:
Mm, the sweat is causing your hair to revert. I think you will have to accept some of that reversion if you want to exercise...

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Yes. There will always be some level of reversion when moisture and pressed hair combine.

I prefer braiding my hair into pigtails before exercising (I don't how to do other types of braids). This allows sweat to evaporate because the scalp is exposed which decreases the amount of reversion versus if I gathered my hair into a ponytail. The braids set my hair for a nice braidout style too.

The ponytail has the effect of trapping moisture and heat so when I undo it, my length is straightish but my roots are puffy.