Sleeping with wet hair?

**Maybe** · August 19th, 2012, 10:43 PM

I am on vacation at the beach and have been keeping my hair braided to protect it, keep it looking reasonable in and out of the water all day and help contain it under my hat.

I swam about 5 hours ago (its freshwater BTW, not salt or chlorine) and then got busy making dinner, feeding and bathing kids etc etc.

My hair is still in the wet braids and I am exhausted. Will it hurt to sleep in them?

**Shepherdess** · August 19th, 2012, 10:45 PM

I used to sleep in wet braids every single night. I don't think it hurt any doing that, it just got my pillow wet!

**heyshortyhey** · August 19th, 2012, 10:49 PM

I can't sleep with wet hair because if it gets cold enough at night it tends to lend a hand to giving me a horrible migrane the next morning. If you don't have that problem, I don't see why it would be an issue !

**Maybe** · August 19th, 2012, 10:49 PM

Oh good! Thank you

**Rufflebutt** · August 19th, 2012, 10:51 PM

I try not to sleep with wet hair if I can help it... I'm not sure if it's damaging but I won't take the risk.

**Shepherdess** · August 19th, 2012, 10:54 PM

I still often will go to bed with wet hair (since many times it takes more than one day to dry completely anyway). But I find that it usually feels very soft in the morning (when it is almost dry).

**MissPetite2010** · August 19th, 2012, 11:12 PM

I wish I could go to bed with my hair wet sometimes, but usually I wake up with the sniffles when I attempt it. Lol not very often. I usually get sick every time the season changes. I try not to risk it...

**akilina** · August 19th, 2012, 11:24 PM

If I go to bed with loose wet hair...I guess it slightly resembles "hair" in the morning. haha.
If I am going to bed with wet hair though, I always do a french braid with as much hair as I can get in it. It works fine

Also very soft in the morning.
I think that you shall be fine :]

**Freckled.Thing** · August 19th, 2012, 11:32 PM

Pish posh. I'm about to go to bed with my hair wet right now. I don't see anything wrong with it. If my hair's going to take several hours to dry I'd rather do it while I'm asleep than stand around waiting for it during the day. That's why I always wash my hair at night.

If I am sleeping with my hair wet though I prefer to wear it loose than in braids. If I braid my hair while it's wet it will still be wet when I wake up. Seriously, I've left wet hair braided for 12 hours and it hadn't dried at all when I took the braid out.