Originally Posted by
GoddesJourney
I have had the big dreadlocks looking thing in the back of my head before, usually at the nape. I have since learned my lesson about lazy detangling.
That said, there are different ways to approach knots and tangles. For example, our washer sometimes weaves all the arms and legs of the laundry together. I have seen other people untangle it the hard way, but I just grab one article of clothing and literally shake it free, which gives the rest less complication. The next one is easier to shake free. The rest just sort of fall apart after that.
What I'm getting at here is that whatever big clump you have back there doesn't sound like it's responding to whatever you're doing, which is making it a ton of work. Try other angles. Sometimes I fine that trying to pull a brush through something just tightens the tangles. If this occurs, I just hold the whole thing with one hand and pull a few strands straight up and see if the slide out. If so, I repeat the process until the whole thing is loose enough to pull it all apart in big chunks and just brush it. Some things need to be brushed from the bottom. Some things brush out best all at once. Some things need to be more or less dissected.
Anyway, since people already gave you good advice on how to reach the affected hair, I thought maybe I'd share what I've learned about huge rat's nests on my head in case you haven't tried different methods yet
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