Help!A knotted mess

[aggie_deirde]

On Friday I had a party and I had my hair curled and my sister put too much hairspray.My hair was pretty,I went to the party,came back and fell asleep.The next morning I woke up with dreadlocks!I still have the dreadlocks and I don't know what to do.I have put EVO on my hair.

[EmiliaF]

Oh no!
Have you tried soaking it in coney conditioner? If not, try that and then detangle with fingers or a wide-tooth comb while it is still soaked in conditioner. Start from the ends and then work your way up.
Good luck! And don't freak out. :grouphug:

[pepperminttea]

Use your most slippery conditioner as a detangling aid, and very slowly and gently (starting from the ends and working up), work the tangles apart with your fingers. Only use as much force as you absolutely have to. It could take a while; I'd recommend putting a movie on first. Good luck! :)

[aggie_deirde]

Thank you ladies :)

[Mannaz]

A trick that I use in these kind of locksy situations: put my hair in a side braid, then start to open the braid little by little and detangle the hair while doing it, usually with conditioner or oil in my fingers. I have a hard time doing the detangling from the bottom if I dont do this.
But, this is phase two, phase one is basically ripping the locks smaller... :/

[Sundial]

Definitely slather conditioner on dry hair! I had that happen once on the night of my wedding. I was too tired to do anything and just crashed in the hotel. My stylist told me to leave some conditioner on before I try to shampoo it. Do give it a try and let it sit for a bit (maybe about 20minutes). Then detangle in the shower from the bottom up with your finger while your hair is wet. It does make a whole world of difference. Good luck

[IndigoAsh]

I deal with knotted matted hair pretty often...(braids to this to me every time, and so does sleeping in them.)
I found that, I always do this, you can pull the individual hairs through the top of the knot. Usually there will be one main hair(sometimes 2 or 3) holding the whole knot together. If you gently pull the individual strands through the top of the knot it'll usually untangle one entire knot. Make sure NOT to pull the knots, as this can cause it to tighten or rip. Definitely go for the coney conditioner, and brush from the very bottom up when you get enough hairs untangled and loosened up. Don't even touch the hairbrush if you are struggling with a lot of mats or knots. It took me about 45 minutes last night to untangle my hair after spending some time with my hubby. I was wearing a braid -_-

[Sweet Beat]

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Oh no! :O
Well, I have messed up in the same way one time... I (and mommy, otherwise I would still be stock in that mess...!) took some spray conditioner. Start from the very ends of your hair and work upwards. Good luck and as someone else said: Don't freak out!!!:grouphug:

[Panth]

Take very coney conditioner (e.g. Pantene) and slather it on, then slowly work the tangles out with your fingers or a wide-toothed comb. Counterintuitively, it is best if you work on dry hair. It will take ages but it will work. If you get tired, your hands start hurting or your get frustrated, just stop, chill out, do something else for a bit and then come back to it - you need patience, it's not something to be done when frustrated or angry!

[ktani]

Until you can clarify the hair spray out, you may want to try this now. It reportedly works very very well.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-Spray-For-Wet-Or-Dry-Hair-Hair-Detangler-10-Fl-Oz/11027869#Ingredients
"Water, Dimethicone, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Sodium Benzoate, Hydroxyehtyl Behenamidopropyl Dimonium Chloride, Polysorbate 20, Cetearyl Alcohol, Trisiloxane, Citric Acid, Fragrance, Ceteth-10, Laureth-4, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone."

Reviews
http://reviews.walmart.com/1336/11027869/equate-spray-on-hair-detangler-10-fl-oz-reviews/reviews.htm

[Helix]

step1: calm down

step 2: section your hair into 4 sections and apply a conditioner or detangler with lots of slip (cones) to each section. If you're using conditioner cover your hair with a shower cap and let it sit for several minutes (15 to 20mins or as long as you'd like). If you're using a detangler it won't take but a few minutes to work.

step3: Remove the shower cap and begin detangling each section with your fingers (hold the dred firmly then gently pull/slide out the hairs from it a few at a time) starting from your ends and moving up to your roots. Once most of your hair has been freed you can use a wide tooth comb to comb again from the ends to the roots. It should be easier to comb through once you've finger detangled.

Step 4: once each section is detangled head into the shower to clarify (you need to wash that hairspray residue out). After you've rinsed out the clarifying shampoo follow it with a moisturizing deep conditioner. Let it sit for as long as you want, rinse...from here just continue your usual routine.

Good luck!

[BlazingHeart]

Stand under the water and just let it run over your hair for several minutes. You need to get the hairspray out before you can detangle. Until the hairspray is out, you want to move your hair as little as possible, because hairspray can literally tear your hair apart. So first use just water on it - you don't need to move it around much, you just need to really thoroughly soak it.

Next, massage conditioner in. Again, do your best not to move the hair around. Work it just enough to get the conditioner in. Let it sit for a while.

At this stage, if this were me, I'd use an SLS shampoo to wash out the last of the hairspray, but if you don't do SLS use a normal shampoo. If you don't use shampoo, I guess you could skip this step, this is just what works for me.

After all of that, THEN you can start moving your hair around a bit to try to break up the knots. The big thing is to do your best to get the hairspray out first, which is what the first two steps were for. Once you're at this stage, remember to work with lots of slippery conditioner on to help and work from the tips up. Don't be afraid to keep adding conditioner - it does you no harm and can be a big help!

~Blaze

[Anje]

Because it's got hairspray in it, I would start by shampooing. Then slather with conditioner and detangle. Until you get the hairspray out, though, you're going to have to rip the pieces of glue off your hairs by detangling, and that sounds like a lot of damage to me.

[Jcv-Shelley]

Maybe a hot oil treatment would help. Just mix some honey and EVOO in the microwave until warm and start from there. Or maybe a SMT with extra aloe vera would be better.

[beccababesx]

This happens to me quite a lot. What I do is get in the bath and let my hair soak in the water for ages, swooshing it about a bit to dissolve the hairspray. Then i cover it in conditioner, leave that for at least 20 minutes, and rinse. After that, I CWC, add a smidge of oil, and once it dries, it's back to normal. Hope that helps!