ecologystudent
January 11th, 2010, 10:54 AM
Ok, so here's the deal. I know how to take care of my hair, and it has no problems, it doesn't really tangle, and it's nice and shiny.
My fiancé's hair on the other hand, has a few problems, and he's asked me to help make his hair all nice and healthy too. I have no idea how to to that! He has hair issues that I've not had to deal with, and he has curly hair (I think somewhere between 2C and 3A) while I have pretty straight hair.
First off, he has a very flaky scalp, that all the dandruff shampoos in the world didn't help. It got a bit better when I had him conditioner only wash and oiled his scalp a few times, but it didn't really fix it.
On top of that, his hair almost always looks oily and greasy (which COing and oiling didn't really help with).
He also has curls (that he doesn't really like), and his length tangles like mad- kind of like almost mini-dreds, only all tangled and matted together (the worst one I saw was about the diameter of a pencil, and was about 5 inches long). He currently uses a wooden bristle paddle brush with pretty widely spaced tines, and doesn't really like brushing (I have told him to switch to combing, but he says he doesn't like combs), so he brushes probably every other day or so, and isn't very gentle at all (complete with the sounds of snapping hair.....).
He hasn't dyed his hair, or used any products, or done much of anything to it at all, aside from wearing it in a pony tail. Oh, and it is a bit below arm pit length now.
Ideally I'd like to find a way that makes his hair be all nice, but is easy enough that he'll do it.
Help?
My fiancé's hair on the other hand, has a few problems, and he's asked me to help make his hair all nice and healthy too. I have no idea how to to that! He has hair issues that I've not had to deal with, and he has curly hair (I think somewhere between 2C and 3A) while I have pretty straight hair.
First off, he has a very flaky scalp, that all the dandruff shampoos in the world didn't help. It got a bit better when I had him conditioner only wash and oiled his scalp a few times, but it didn't really fix it.
On top of that, his hair almost always looks oily and greasy (which COing and oiling didn't really help with).
He also has curls (that he doesn't really like), and his length tangles like mad- kind of like almost mini-dreds, only all tangled and matted together (the worst one I saw was about the diameter of a pencil, and was about 5 inches long). He currently uses a wooden bristle paddle brush with pretty widely spaced tines, and doesn't really like brushing (I have told him to switch to combing, but he says he doesn't like combs), so he brushes probably every other day or so, and isn't very gentle at all (complete with the sounds of snapping hair.....).
He hasn't dyed his hair, or used any products, or done much of anything to it at all, aside from wearing it in a pony tail. Oh, and it is a bit below arm pit length now.
Ideally I'd like to find a way that makes his hair be all nice, but is easy enough that he'll do it.
Help?