How do you prevent lint?

[Budgie]

Basically the title. I just find tangles caused by those little strings extremely frustrating.

[Nadine <3]

find I have more lint if I use ol as a leave in after I shower. If I don't oil, I get none.

[ravenreed]

I have mostly given up oiling because it attracts so much lint to my hair. If I do feel that I need to oil, I do is only as a pre-wash about a half hour to an hour before I get in the shower.

[Larki]

I don't use oil, so I don't get any lint in my hair.

[YamaMaya]

I don't really see the lint in my hair, but my tangle teezer ends up coated in this thick grey gunk after a few brushings and I have to clean it. I don't really use product other than a rinse out conditioner, and I do damp oiling, but I'm not really sure what that grey gunk is. All I really know is it's GROSS!

[Budgie]

I don't really see the lint in my hair, but my tangle teezer ends up coated in this thick grey gunk after a few brushings and I have to clean it. I don't really use product other than a rinse out conditioner, and I do damp oiling, but I'm not really sure what that grey gunk is. All I really know is it's GROSS!

I get this too, but I thought mine was from dry shampoo. It's like a white/grey gunk, that seems to be made up of lint, oil, and powder.

[YamaMaya]

I get this too, but I thought mine was from dry shampoo. It's like a white/grey gunk, that seems to be made up of lint, oil, and powder.

Would clarifying more often get rid of it or am I just going to have to grin and bear it?

[Budgie]

I'm not sure. I don't think it's really harmful. I'd rather deal with nasty gunk than dry hair. But that's just me.

[darklyndsea]

I don't get a lot of lint, and I think it's mostly because my clothes don't give off a lot of lint, if that makes sense. I barely have any reason to clean my dryer's lint trap when I do laundry. Knowing this probably isn't any help, but at least you know it's a factor.

[Anje]

Keeping my hair up around home (around cats!) helps with the lint. I do find oil affects it, but I like the effects of a bit of oil enough to do it anyway, since silicones and my hair aren't allies. If I really have scads of lint but don't need to wash, a BBB is by far the most effective removal tool I've found.

Keeping Linus the cat from rubbing on my Tangle Teezer would probably help, but he loves it so much!
I don't really see the lint in my hair, but my tangle teezer ends up coated in this thick grey gunk after a few brushings and I have to clean it. I don't really use product other than a rinse out conditioner, and I do damp oiling, but I'm not really sure what that grey gunk is. All I really know is it's GROSS!

What's your routine? I went through a gray gunk phase when I was transitioning to WO. It did go away.

[TrapperCreekD]

Simple answer: I don't. Despite my hair always being up or in a braid, it still manages to collect lint and dust particles! Even my naked hair - just S&C, no products or oils whatsoever - picks up lint.