If your hair type is different, damaged, etc., I can't say whether this technique would work for you. My hair is approaching hip length, it's wurly, and virgin, with long blended layers which I'm growing out. Yay! It doesn't cause me any extra tangles nor any damage. So I've been doing the headbanging after washing for several months now and it has greatly shortened my drying time. She has the most seriously beautiful and healthy hair I've ever seen. She has an amazing website with lots of great info and excellent tutorials. I learned about 'whipping' the hair (headbanging) from watching this video by Habioku: I use my grapeseed oil to seal in the moisture^^ Thank you for your answer and opinion :) When I think of it the way you just explained, then I definitely understand that it CAN be damaging :O I guess I should just dry it by squeezing out some excess water and then putting it up in a turban and then headbang the hair some, to separate the strands a bit, and then combing it gently so that I can leave it to dry by itself :D (I definitely wouldn't want to stretch my hair or cause friction to it) I do use conditioner^^ I CO-wash my hair everyday and use a VERY moisturizing conditioner every monday, when I use a shampoo. Thank you for your answer/opinion :D (I guess i meant headbanging^^ sorry) I think it's not damaging, as long as it's just headbanging it for a limited amount of time (to separate the hair strands so that it will dry faster) Personally, I am at tailbone now and I can't see any damage from it I don't rub it with a towel (!) But I make a little "turbant" keep it there for a couple of minutes and then headbang some water out! We were never allowed to whip hair around but that is cultural. I think thick as in dense hair can withstand this tratment lot more than wispy and thin hair. I think I was taught this and it was pretty much the norm in my family where most girls have/had long thick hair. You just reminded me that when I was young (traditional indian hair care) after blotting the hair with thin towel I used to whip it lightly with the towel (thin soft cotton) while holding the ends together to remove the debris of shikakai or chickpea flour that was used to wash the hair and itbwould get quite dry too during the process. By all means use occlusives (oils and silicones) as well but not instead, you should not need to use a non penetrating oil so often. Conditioner residues (ingredients like cationic surfactants, fatty alcohols, panthenol, hydrolysed protein) help protect the hair from friction/ mechanical damage and can patch repair. If you cannot brush your hair wet then comb it, but also maybe review at the ingredients and pH of your products? By all means oil your hair but it seems to me you are using that to substitute for adequate conditioning. I can imagine whipping long hair would not only cause tangles but stretch the hair nearer the roots due to the weight of the lengths plus water. Any towel with fluffy fibres can ruffle the cuticle. Few of us here rub with the towel anyway, we blot turban or squeeze so limited friction the water is being taken out by capillary action. I hope that it doesn't damage my hair, at least, because my hair seems to like this method :D (But I rarely find anything my hair "doesn't" like *shrugs*)įriction is damaging, be that brush against hair, hair against hair or towel against hair. Thank you for your answer :) I always thought that my hair would tangle too if I just whipped it around, but surprisingly enough, it doesn't cause tangles in my hair, but I do use grapeseed oil on my hair and ends everytime I wash it and when I go to bed, so I guess it is protected from tangles^^ (If I don't use grapeseed oil, then I can't even brush through my hair when it's wet and drying :O) If I flip my hair around, especially when wet it tangles terribly but other than that it should be fine I'd have thought I think the main problem would be tangles. Thank you for your answer^^ Yes, that's the damage I'm afraid off :O I've tried those other methods too, but I just aren't sure which method is the most gentle on hair^^ Why don't you gently blot with a microfibre or flour sack towel or cotton t-shirt? Probably not a massive deal on short hair tho. Potential to stretch it in its weakened state, also strands rubbing against strand.
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