Yep- I figured that there would be a threat or two on here about this, even if dormant.
I spent hours today getting out a *huge* snarl out of my little sisters hair... Mega thick hair compared to mine and the thing had been growing for months at her nape. After a good six hours, her scalp was pink and sore and we had a mass of hair about as big as a dinner plate (not kidding, unfortunately) but you can brush thru her hair, and cant tell that there was any loss.
Her response though "I'm never going to brush my hair again". Well have to see in the morning if shes changed her mind :/
Yep. Keep your hair up and maybe use a little bit of product in that area to keep the baby hairs up and out of the way as well. On me, I use Kinky Curly Curling Custard....but use whatever's appropriate for your hair.
Nape tangling is the number one reason I've gradually started moving away from wearing my hair down. Tangle teezers are great for undoing the mess, but it still takes a long time and I'm not willing to do that on a regular basis.
Grew out the pixie.
Acquired a mane.
Cruising toward Classic.
**For my routine, please see my blog posts.**
Here's a cheater's solution/workaround which works for me: sometimes when I wear my hair down I'll braid the hair at the nape of my neck into tiny braids! Think the "padawan braids" that the Jedi Padawans wear in Star Wars. If I wear a few accent braids around face or something as well, it looks totally intentional and not at all as if I'm desperately trying to ward off the tangles
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