Matted Hair in Children
Removing mats and tangles from your child's hair can be a traumatizing, unpleasant experience to both parties involved. Regardless of your child's hair texture, running, sleeping and playing can cause hair to get tangled. If tangles aren't removed from the hair, they can worsen and turn into knots and mats that are even more difficult to remove. Learn how to deal with matted hair in children so you can make the experience less painful. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Wash your child's hair with a detangling shampoo and conditioner. Child detangling shampoos and conditioners make hair more manageable and easier to comb through.
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Pat and squeeze your child's hair with a towel to remove excess moisture. Avoid rubbing the towel over your child's hair because this can trigger tangles and worsen mats.
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Separate the matted hair from the remaining hair and saturate it from the roots to the tips with a hair detangler spray.
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Hold the matted hair in your nondominant hand. Position your fingers above the mat and lift the hair upward toward the scalp. This lessens the effect of the pulling and tugging motions you will be making.
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Comb through the matted hair with a wide-tooth comb, using your dominant hand. Start at the tips of your hair and work up the hair shaft. Take the mat apart, little by little. Once the mat is gone, run a comb with finer teeth through the hair.
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Tips & Warnings
Set aside sufficient time to remove mats from your child's hair. Avoid rushing the process because this may cause hair breakage and may make the experience more agonizing and painful to your child.
Apply hair detangler directly on your child's hair if you don't want to wash and condition it beforehand.
Distract your child while you detangle her hair. Have her watch television, read a book or sing a song.
Regularly have the ends of your child's hair trimmed to help keep split ends and tangles at bay.
References
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