My system gets really dry and clumpy after I shower

[sexypizza]

Hey guys,


I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if that's just the way it is, but it sure as hell feels like im doing something wrong.

whenever I shower or put water on my hair system for some reason when the water drys out my system loses its smoothness and gets really dry a lot of the hair starts sticking together and then it becomes a lot harder to style. brushing it, styling it and drying it out with a towel while its wet doesn't seem to do anything the end result is usually the same.

when I go to the salon and they wash it and clean it for me that never happens. so my guess is that I must be doing something wrong. but I don't know what.

 

[grincher]

Happened for me at the start, but not now. I cant tell you what you are doing wrong, but this is what I do.

I always use warm water running in same direction - usually running from crown to front.

I shampoo gently and give it a comb immediately after shampoo and still in shower. I pat dry it a few times and let the air do the rest.

Now you could do all this and it still ends up tangled. Basically that means you were sold a bad system with the hair collected and attached in any direction and not in the direction nature intended - look up cuticles. This saves the supplier money and time. If the salon's fine with it then it must be how you are washing it.

 

[Noah]

My guess is you just need to condition more and/or wash less. You only need to wash a hair system once a week, unless you are a smoker or you work in a dusty environment. When you do wash it, you need to condition it really well. If you are washing it off your head, let it sit in the conditioner for a few hours, and invest in a really rich good quality conditioner - a specialist conditioner for replacement hair, or one for treated "damaged" hair. Try to keep the conditioner away from the knots though, if it is a lace piece. Gently comb the hair of the piece with the conditioner still in it, to get rid of any tangles.

 

[Abiel]

Use a leave in conditioner and morrocan oil

 

[jack2000]

I think you got some really good advice here. I love Morrocan oil. The other thing that I suggest that when you comb, that you should only comb in one direction from root to tip.