When to do a deep treatment?

[nellreno]

There's been a couple times when I do something that dries out my hair, like if I dye it or want to do my hair for a special occasion. So I feel like doing a deep treatment to make up for it.

My question is, do you feel it's more beneficial to do a deep treatment before your hair gets dried out, or after? Or is there no difference between the two?

[Barniie]

I feel after is nicer - you get the feeling of 'I repaired the damage' rather than 'I prevented the damage'. It is probably better to do it before, but I personally prefer after :)

[clichepithet]

Both! :D I would think a DT before would be preventative, as after would be restorative.

With a combination of the two, you can drive your loved ones insane, poking them with your braid and going, "Oooh, sooofffft..." Or maybe that's just me.

[nellreno]

With a combination of the two, you can drive your loved ones insane, poking them with your braid and going, "Oooh, sooofffft..." Or maybe that's just me.

haha I already do that! :cheese:

I feel after is nicer - you get the feeling of 'I repaired the damage' rather than 'I prevented the damage'. It is probably better to do it before, but I personally prefer after

Yeah, I always end up doing it afterwards because of the feeling of repairing damage. But the idea of being able to prevent damage (or at least it drying out) is interesting.

[jasper]

It would have to be after for me because my deep treatments takes a couple of days. The first part takes a couple of hours, but then I have fairly heavy oil on my hair that is going to be there until the next wash, so the styling option is a bun. It would seem like a waste to me to have to wash out the treatment right away for a special occasion style.

[curlycrown]

For me my hair is prone to dryness so I would condition before and after. I would also follow up with weekly deep conditions to continue the moisturization. Thats just me. Your hair may not be able to handle all of the extra conditioning that i do.

[Laylah]

I would do both before and after. Before, to prevent the styling from damaging my hair too much, and after, to repair what I can of the damage. Of course, it would be better to style in a hair friendly way!

[FrannyG]

I like to do deep moisturizing treatments regularly, if I know I'll have some an extra hour or so to spend on it. I do it once every week to two weeks. Once in a blue moon, I'll do a protein treatment. I also like to do a deep oiling before a wash once in a while.

So I'd say both before and after. :)