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27.10.2017 Beauty & Fashion

How To Detangle Your Natural Hair Easily

By Naturalhairqueen.net
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How to Detangle Natural Hair Without Causing Breakage

Calling all natural hair Queens who need to know about detangling natural hair without breakage! We all know by now how much of a journey it can be to transition from relaxed hair to natural hair. One thing that you really need to ensure that you know how to do is properly detangle your hair.

Of the many processes that naturals must go through to make their hair grow and stay healthy, detangling is something that most are doing

Benefits of detangling natural hair
The most obvious benefit to detangling natural hair is growth. When your hair is matted and tangled, your hair is much more prone to breakage.

Understand that there is a big difference between shedding and breakage. Shedding is something that all hair does.

On average, your hair sheds about 100 strands a day. You can always tell if your hair is shedding by looking at the hair that has fallen out.

If the hair has a white bulb at the end then the hair has gone through the natural shedding process. It’s very healthy, and you have nothing to worry about.

On the other hand, breakage is another story. Anything from heat, excess friction, and even the wrong products can cause the hair to break off.

When your hair is nice and detangled, it will not break off. Therefore, you are able to retain your hair length.

Another benefit of detangling natural hair is less pain. Our coils are already tight and curly, and if we try to run a comb through it without detangling first, there’s no question that pain is soon to follow.

wrong. Take a look below and see how to properly detangle natural hair without breakage.

Taking the time to detangle natural hair first will be a lot easier on your head. The final benefit of detangling natural hair without breakage is manageability.

One of the perks of being natural is the ability to style your hair in different ways. Natural hair is versatility at its finest, and not having it detangled ahead of time could cost you a lot of time and effort.

To save yourself a lot of extra trouble while you’re styling your hair between washes, you should always detangle your hair.

What is the best method for detangling natural hair?

There is a lot of speculation surrounding what the best method is for detangling natural hair without breakage. Contrary to popular belief, there is not a one size fits all method for detangling natural hair.

A lot of it is determined by your hair type. For example, if you have really thick and tightly coiled hair, you may find it difficult to detangle your tresses without the aid of some type of conditioner with great slip.

Those with finer hair may be able to use just water. One thing is for certain when detangling natural hair: you must always use some type of liquid aid when doing it.

If you neglect to do this, your hair will break. You can’t run a comb through a dry, tight coil and expect for it to not get damaged.

Now, although this step is important for everyone regardless of hair density, hair porosity also plays a role in detangling. Recall that although hair is easier to deal with when it is wet, it also is much more vulnerable.

Those with high porosity hair, have hair that is prone to damage since it typically already is damaged. Therefore, you cannot detangle the hair when it is soaking wet like some of the other hair types can.

Running a comb through your high porosity hair while it is soaking wet will only damage your hair more. Therefore, wait until it is about 25-50 percent dry until you start to do your detangling.

Depend more on your leave in conditioner, and less on water. You will be surprised at how much your hair grows when you don’t try to detangle while it’s wet.

How often should you detangle natural hair?
The best way to have healthy hair is to keep your hands out of it. In other words, the less you manipulate it, the more likely it is to grow.

Therefore, you do not want to detangle your hair all the time. However, you also don’t want to neglect detangling or it will be prone to tangles.

The best thing to do is to detangle your hair every time you either change hairstyles or wash your hair. If you notice that you’re having to detangle more than twice a week, that’s a sign that you’re over manipulating your hair.

The best thing to do is to limit having your hands in your head at all.

How much hair should you lose when detangling natural hair?

The best way to answer this is to use your own judgement. Remember, hair sheds about 100 strands a day. If you have globs coming out when you detangle, you’re probably doing it wrong.

Detangle hair before or after washing
If you do not follow any other advice from this article, please be sure that you detangle your hair after every single wash. When you wash your hair, you’re pulling, tugging, and rubbing your hair together all over the place to get it clean.

99 percent of the time, that’s going to cause it to tangle. The only way to make sure your hair doesn’t come out in clumps is to detangle it.

Although you can do it either time (before washing or after washing), it is recommended that you do both depending on the state of your hair before the wash. Use your better judgment on this one.

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