Pancakeing braids - yay or nay?

[purple_omelette]

Who else here likes to pancake their braids?
I particularly like to do this for updos, as it also helps the braids sit better against the scalp.

[Sarahlabyrinth]

I don't but I don't see any harm in it

[MusicalSpoons]

Nope, because it doesn't work on slippery hair - it just loosens the braid so the hair slips back into its compressed state but the stitches are gathered at the end and the top of the braid is loose. I don't know how to explain it but basically it just doesn't hold. Not that I particularly wanted to be able to do it, thankfully, but it was interesting to see

Pancakes absolutely are delicious though

[jane_marie]

Maybe once my layers all grow out.

[HaMalka]

I don't on my own hair. I have enough hair I don't really care about it looking bigger. When I braid the hair of a family member, who has much shorter and thinner hair than I do, I will pancake it because she likes the look. That family member is also good at making delicious pancakes.

[AmaryllisRed]

I think it looks pretty but I have slippery hair problems like MusicalSpoons.
I wish I were better at making pancakes.

[squirrrel]

I have done, but don’t tend to bother as a rule. Thinking about it, I have a tendency to find stray hairs already easing their way out at a bump a and see if they will come out. I avoid this by putting my braids up... things that encourage me to play with my hair probably aren’t a plan...

[Suortuva]

Nope, because it doesn't work on slippery hair - it just loosens the braid so the hair slips back into its compressed state but the stitches are gathered at the end and the top of the braid is loose. I don't know how to explain it but basically it just doesn't hold. Not that I particularly wanted to be able to do it, thankfully, but it was interesting to see

Pancakes absolutely are delicious though

O have wondered why it never works for me, for my braids would definitely benefit the look, but maybe it's this.

I have been eating too much pancakes this spring, because my DH is very good at making them.

[Bri-Chan]

Yes because I think it makes the braid less "harmful".

[NicoleLionne]

I love it, but only do it when my hair is a bit greasy. Otherwise my hair just slips right out of the braid... But it is a fun washday hairstyle and it suddenly looks like I have volume in my hair