Updos For The Tender Scalped?

[MadeiraD]

I was wondering if you could suggest some pretty protective updos that won't make me feel my hair is being pulled? I have an extremely tender scalp.

I searched and couldn't find a thread about this.

[michelle1000]

:cheese::cheese::cheese:

ETA: that must have hurt when you got scalped no wonder you're tender up there

[MadeiraD]

All I can do is quote Monty Python and say "It got better"

[MeowScat]

I have the same problem, and I know others here have great suggestions. But what works for me is bunning on top of my head (top knots). Anything that rests in the back of my head hurts and pulls. I also sleep with a top knot (Lazy Wrap Bun) and it's awesome because the bun rests on my pillow...no pulling at all.

I've read many times that some LHCers swear by braids / French braiding, but since I'm a horrible braider, I can't help you with those suggestions. Hopefully, they'll chime in.

[Kina]

I do a modification of the spidermom bun since I don't have enough length for it. I only do one loop, wrapped around my hand, ends wrapped around the base and a stick to hold it in place. There is nothing that pulls, so it works for me.

[Chromis]

One thing that helps for me no matter what bun I do is to make it at my nape instead of trying to make it up near the middle of the back of my scalp if that makes any sense. Here are some examples that work super well for me:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7450989300_2823459166.jpg
This is a nautilus bun. For all of these, I gather my hair in one hand at the nape to start, no higher! A side benefit of this is that I don't get those odd hair cleavage spots along the bottom or loose hangy down bits.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6520922491_d54b13c14c.jpg
Lazy wrap buns are good too for weight distribution, and if you are having hair thickness woes they make it look magically like you ave loads more! Yeah!

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/12209780664_251d9ddc07.jpg
And my all time favourite never-fail style, the log roll. It is clipped higher, so it has the illusion of being centered but it still starts from the nape so the weight is supported. It looks really polished and best for me fits really well under winter toques. You will see I mention this style a lot in posts! This is my favourite way to hold it up, a large Ficcare Maximus or Ficcarissmo. It takes fairly long hair to do this though, looking back at my photos, I seem to have found this style in 2008 and I was just shy of classic then but I might have been able to do it sooner. I was never any good at French Rolls, so I am happy to have found it!

[Madora]

If your hair isn't used to being up often, then most probably you'll need to "train" your follicles to being drawn in a different direction.

To do so, wear the style up for as long as you can bear it, then take it down. The next day, do the same style and see if you can leave it up for the same amount of time as the day before..plus 15 more minutes.

Gradually increase the time you leave it up each day, until you can wear it comfortably

You might like to try this two strand roped accent braid by Lilith Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPHEzUr5bWQ

When adding each section, be sure not to pull too tightly as you work around your head.