Squirrelspring
June 18th, 2014, 01:25 PM
Hi! So, mostly what I want to do is figure out some of the ways some people get damage from wearing their hair in ponytails and find some ways that someone can still wear ponytails without hurting their hair if they like wearing them (maybe for people with shorter hair can wear them without their hair getting in the way too much), share some of my personal experience and see what your experience is with ponytails.
One of the things I have noticed when I see someone wearing a ponytail is that after they make it they pull both sides of their hair so the elastic slides back along the hair scales. :( That is probably a big reason that some people get damage there. My suggestion for people who feel the need to do it is to brush back hair with a BBB or a comb (gently, not severely pulling the hair back), something that works for you and grab the hair, and switching hands several times if you need to to make sure that it is tight enough when you put it on.
Another reason is perhaps people using non-hair safe elastics, which I think would mostly be rubber or elastic bands, as opposed to fabric-covered ones. In my personal experience the scrunchies, or scunciis, are looser but apparently are the most hair-safe ones, so I suppose they would be better for the hair as they don't apply as much pressure on the hair or scalp, but some find it annoying, especially when you don't pull the sides to make it tighter.
And my last piece of advice to preventing ponytail damage is to not pull the hair back too much when making the ponytail.
If you have other advice feel free to post here and share with people your ponytail stories or ways you can reduce damage.
:o-Squirrelspring
One of the things I have noticed when I see someone wearing a ponytail is that after they make it they pull both sides of their hair so the elastic slides back along the hair scales. :( That is probably a big reason that some people get damage there. My suggestion for people who feel the need to do it is to brush back hair with a BBB or a comb (gently, not severely pulling the hair back), something that works for you and grab the hair, and switching hands several times if you need to to make sure that it is tight enough when you put it on.
Another reason is perhaps people using non-hair safe elastics, which I think would mostly be rubber or elastic bands, as opposed to fabric-covered ones. In my personal experience the scrunchies, or scunciis, are looser but apparently are the most hair-safe ones, so I suppose they would be better for the hair as they don't apply as much pressure on the hair or scalp, but some find it annoying, especially when you don't pull the sides to make it tighter.
And my last piece of advice to preventing ponytail damage is to not pull the hair back too much when making the ponytail.
If you have other advice feel free to post here and share with people your ponytail stories or ways you can reduce damage.
:o-Squirrelspring