How to Keep Your Hair From Getting Knotty

Use your hair dryer correctly to avoid knotty hair.

Hair tangles and knots are unpleasant and often difficult to remove without damaging your hair strands. Hair knots are more likely to occur in long hair. They can be triggered by a number of things, ranging from how you wash and dry your hair to how you sleep. Instead of dealing with knots and tangles, prevent them by adjusting your washing and sleeping methods and using the correct hair care products.

Things You'll Need

• Brush
• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• Towel
• Detangling spray or shine serum
• Wide-tooth comb
• Silk or satin scarf
• Satin pillowcase
• Elastic band

Instructions

1. Brush your hair before washing it because removing knots from dry hair is easier. Brushing wet hair stretches it and might damage the hair shaft, resulting in tangles and knots.

2. Wash your hair with a moisturizing shampoo and use a moisturizing or detangling conditioner afterward. Adding moisture to your hair prevents dryness. Dry hair is more prone to knots and tangles.

3. Avoid piling your hair on top of your head and vigorously massaging shampoo and conditioner into it, because this can result in knots. Gently distribute product over your hair when washing it. Pat and squeeze your hair dry with a towel instead of rubbing the towel over your hair.

4. Spray a hair detangling spray over your moist hair and comb through it with your fingers or a wide-tooth comb. Comb from the tips of your hair up toward the roots. Avoid combing from the root downward. Use a shine serum as an alternative.

5. Wrap your head with a silk or satin scarf before going to sleep. As an alternative, sleep on a satin pillow case. Braid your hair or comb it into a high ponytail secured with a fabric-covered elastic band.

References

• Lady Zona: How to Detangle the Hair
• Mother Nature: Hair Tangles