Questions that don't deserve their own thread

[gghh]

Oh then just disregard what I said; you do you girl. I used to do it too, but... time constraints, a heavy dose of "reality" kicking in (mom breaking her foot) and this and that. So...

That sounds like such a tough situation. I think youre amazing for keeping up with the care for your hair despite all the obstacles. It is such a wonderfully human thing to nurture what is beautiful and precious to us even when that’s such a tough thing to do. I am wishing for your happiness and good health and hope that your mother is doing well

I hope this doesn’t come off weird or anything. I just want to put out some love from my side of the world to yours. As person to person, from my heart to you

[KnottyMama]

Can anyone recommend a good hair drying towel?

I use a Muslin baby swaddle that was an old one of my daughters haha it’s soooo soft and never tugs my hair. It’s perfect!

[rosenester]

LHC is kicking me off all day, I have to resign in every time I switch to another page. Is the site acting up, or my device??

[Shorty89]

LHC is kicking me off all day, I have to resign in every time I switch to another page. Is the site acting up, or my device??

Do you have the "remember me" clicked?

[rosenester]

Do you have the "remember me" clicked?

Thanks, I did before… but just made sure to click it again, I am on a ipad, so it’s less than ideal for this site. Let’s see if that did it this time! I also did the standard restart, uodate, and delete a bunch of downloads to make more memory! Fingers crossed

[blackgothicdoll]

How do I figure out why I have mid shaft splits, aka holes in my strands. I've come to the conclusion that these holes are the reason I end up with splits after a cut. The only thing is they are likely years old. Is it possibly heat damage? I know heat causes all sorts of issues, but I'm not sure about mid shaft splits.

My other suspicions are my boar hair brush and tangle teaser, and my final suspicion is henna or other powder treatments that may be grainy and roughing up my strands (is that a thing that can happen)?

It's likely the same thing that causes me to have three way splits, or splits that are several inches long. Sometimes I find hairs that just seem shredded. Seamed combs are the most common cause of the above, but I only use a TT and am switching to wet brush just in case.

Either way, it'll take years, if I ever figure out what's wrong and eliminate it. I'm just running out of ideas. If I have to quit all types of heat forever, I'm willing to do it.

[SeppV]

How do I figure out why I have mid shaft splits, aka holes in my strands. I've come to the conclusion that these holes are the reason I end up with splits after a cut. The only thing is they are likely years old. Is it possibly heat damage? I know heat causes all sorts of issues, but I'm not sure about mid shaft splits.

My other suspicions are my boar hair brush and tangle teaser, and my final suspicion is henna or other powder treatments that may be grainy and roughing up my strands (is that a thing that can happen)?

It's likely the same thing that causes me to have three way splits, or splits that are several inches long. Sometimes I find hairs that just seem shredded. Seamed combs are the most common cause of the above, but I only use a TT and am switching to wet brush just in case.

Either way, it'll take years, if I ever figure out what's wrong and eliminate it. I'm just running out of ideas. If I have to quit all types of heat forever, I'm willing to do it.

Sounds annoying. If you use heat at all, I would probably try cutting that completely first. One thing at a time, so you don't need to cut out more than necessary. For example, I wouldn't cut henna and heat at the same time, but go for the obvious first (heat). Some hair types are just more prone to splitting and damage and can handle less that other people's hair. No clue what kind of hair type or country you are from, but I read somewhere that African, Afro-Carribian and African-American hair types are the most sensitive. The strongest is asian hair, with it's thick cuticle layer. Mine is a mix of Scandinavian and Asian, so somewhere in the middle. I have stopped getting splits only after wearing my hair up most of the day. I don't use any heat at all or other chemicals.

[SandyBottom]

How do I figure out why I have mid shaft splits, aka holes in my strands. I've come to the conclusion that these holes are the reason I end up with splits after a cut. The only thing is they are likely years old. Is it possibly heat damage? I know heat causes all sorts of issues, but I'm not sure about mid shaft splits.

My other suspicions are my boar hair brush and tangle teaser, and my final suspicion is henna or other powder treatments that may be grainy and roughing up my strands (is that a thing that can happen)?

It's likely the same thing that causes me to have three way splits, or splits that are several inches long. Sometimes I find hairs that just seem shredded. Seamed combs are the most common cause of the above, but I only use a TT and am switching to wet brush just in case.

Either way, it'll take years, if I ever figure out what's wrong and eliminate it. I'm just running out of ideas. If I have to quit all types of heat forever, I'm willing to do it.

I used to have a lot more of these than I do now and wondered what was causing them. A couple of things I suspected were (as you also did) powder treatments that were grainy being too rough. Back when I was a lurker and trying all kinds of stuff, one thing was shikakai powder. I liked some of its effects, but the graininess concerned me and I stopped its use. Another thing was shorter newer hairs that didn't fit in a protective style being more exposed to wind and sun damage. This was a big issue for me because I spend a lot of time outside. They were far more fragile. Now I try to protect those with a satin head covering (it ain't pretty, but it works) if I'm going to be by the water or working outside. I use a TT for brushing also and have found it very helpful, not damaging. I don't have any experience with heat styling tools or chemicals either.

[Flittingsis]

If it's the type of ribbed cotton ribbon that I'm thinking of, with the ribs perpendicular to the length of the ribbon, then you can usually find it among the "notions" at a craft store or just in the sewing section at a Walmart, etc.

Yes, shelomit, that is exactly what I was thinking about! Thanks!
Of course the Michael's craft store that I visited today was out of every color/width of this grosgrain ribbon that I was looking for. I also noticed that the brand they carry is 100% polyester, no cotton. Instead I picked up some 100% cotton lace ribbon. That seems to look nice.

[Kat]

I've talked about this before (it's odd and kind of gross, sorry)-- how I have issues with the wheels on my chair at work because my hair gets wrapped around the axles and pops the wheels off (they're this standard type of chair casters). Never was a problem for me before a few years ago, so I'm not sure what the deal is, but I'm tired of it because now one set of the wheels won't go back on, and a second set might be doing the same, so replacing the casters may be imminent (it sucks when your chair won't roll). If I'm going to drop $35-40 on these things (it's not fair to make work pay for new wheels since it's my fault they're messed up), I want to hopefully not have this problem soon again in future.

Anybody else ever deal with this and found a solution that works? My chair at home has the same sort of wheels but doesn't have this problem; no other chair I've had in the office has had this problem, despite all having the same type of casters (I've never looked at the bottom before to see if there is a lot of hair in there, so I don't know if my hair simply doesn't get caught, or if it just doesn't make the wheels come off). I'm trying to decide if buying the "rollerblade" kind might solve the issue (since with their design, the wheels can't "pop" off, but maybe it just means hair would get inextricably jammed in the axels...).