Knot in the hair
It often happens while you sleep: your hair becomes tangled because you have tossed restlessly to and fro in bed. You wake up with knots in your hair. Most of the time, normal combing or brushing is of no use. Before you reach for scissors, however, you should try a trick instead of cutting off the affected strand immediately.
Are hair once knotted and you don't do anything about it, it just keeps getting worse. Therefore, try to separate the hair as quickly as possible, but gently.
Knots in your hair - how to untie them
Usually the knots arise in the hair at the back of the head. The frizzy your hair, the worse it can be.
Depending on where the knotted strand is, you can ask a friend for help. It may be able to get closer to the strand to be untangled.
- Regular hairbrushing, while not usually untangling the knots, can help you better locate the affected strand of hair. So brush your hair carefully until you hit the spot where the brush gets stuck.
- Once you've found the affected strand, pick it up. Now try to loosen the knots very carefully with the help of a comb. To prevent it from tugging too much, you should hold the affected hair between your scalp and the knot between your fingers.
- Do not try to comb through the strand of hair normally from top to bottom, as this can reinforce the knots in the hair. Instead, place your comb with the front prongs at a slight angle within that knot closest to the ends of your hair and try gently pulling the comb down draw. This will probably not work right away, which is why you will have to repeat this process several times.
- Let go of every single hair that comes out of the knot when you comb the strand. Just focus on the hair that is still tangled.
Children in particular are very reluctant to have their wet hair combed, but also for ...
This can help with untying
- If you get stuck with simply detangling, you can try using a little bold to make your hair more pliable. The hair becomes more slippery and many a knot loosens almost by itself.
- Put a touch of hand or face cream on the spot where the knot sits and rub the fat lightly between your thumb and forefinger. You should swipe from top to bottom.
- Now put the front teeth of the comb back on and try again.
Depending on how tightly knotted the hair is, the procedure can take a while. Please don't panic and stay calm. The more hectic you go, the less likely you are to succeed.
