Why do I get stiff hair after a couple of days after natural air drying?!!

[pamela_07]

So after I wash my hair I let air dry naturally and a couple of days after i always keep my hair up, I don't brush a lot, but my hair feels like a mess, dry,stiff, all unruly, I have loose wavy hair ,gets frizzy, its bleached etc,but I wonder if i just have to trim, I would not want his since I letting my hair grown long ,So what do you girls recommend me to do??!

Btw I use Tresemme anti breakage shampoo( I recently started so I cannot say anything bad about it) and Garnier sleek and shine conditioner and I also Co-wash with this as well. I also have a suave conditioner the ocean breeze one I wonder if this one is more effective for co-washing?

[lithostoic]

Stiff hair is generally a sign of protein overload or product buildup. Try clarifying and using products that do not contain protein. If your bleached parts look worse, use protein conditioner but not every time.

[lapushka]

So after I wash my hair I let air dry naturally and a couple of days after i always keep my hair up, I don't brush a lot, but my hair feels like a mess, dry,stiff, all unruly, I have loose wavy hair ,gets frizzy, its bleached etc,but I wonder if i just have to trim, I would not want his since I letting my hair grown long ,So what do you girls recommend me to do??!

Btw I use Tresemme anti breakage shampoo( I recently started so I cannot say anything bad about it) and Garnier sleek and shine conditioner and I also Co-wash with this as well. I also have a suave conditioner the ocean breeze one I wonder if this one is more effective for co-washing?

Yeah, I'm sorry but bleach damage is hard to get away from.

Didn't you just ask a similar question, or is it me that's getting confused now.

How much do you bleach? And from a dark dark color to light? Because the amount of bleach used is telling as well.

[MidnightMoon]

well in my case, I feel my hair starts getting stiff, specially by the ends some days after washing as well, I think it might have to do with all the smoke and dust from the street... you know, taking the subway, walking in the street, people smoking... I feel my hair gets kinda dusty, and it makes it more tangly too

[pamela_07]

well in my case, I feel my hair starts getting stiff, specially by the ends some days after washing as well, I think it might have to do with all the smoke and dust from the street... you know, taking the subway, walking in the street, people smoking... I feel my hair gets kinda dusty, and it makes it more tangly too

Another thing is when I wash my hair I comb all the knots and let it air dry ,,and then I don't brush my hair anymore until next wash(sometimes I brush only once after I have washed but no more than that) and I find that the next time I wash my hair my hair falls more than ever, I think it might be the accumulation of hair that I did not brush out during those days,Can it be this? cause I know that hair falls around 100 strands per day!

[Rebeccalaurenxx]

It also sounds to me like youre using products with cones. You need to clarify. My hair gets dryer the longer I stretch washes, co washing helped and i had to get rid of silicones completely to make this stop.

[lapushka]

Another thing is when I wash my hair I comb all the knots and let it air dry ,,and then I don't brush my hair anymore until next wash(sometimes I brush only once after I have washed but no more than that) and I find that the next time I wash my hair my hair falls more than ever, I think it might be the accumulation of hair that I did not brush out during those days,Can it be this? cause I know that hair falls around 100 strands per day!

How often do you wash in a week? I weekly wash, so I get 3 sink fulls (bottom part) when I detangle pre-wash, during the wash and post wash. Pretty standard and normal for me. It still averages out to about 100 hairs a day, even less.

If you don't detangle for a few days, you get an accumulation, that's normal. As long as your hair isn't thinning out considerably, you have nothing to worry about. And there is such a thing as fall shed too.

[Simsy]

So after I wash my hair I let air dry naturally and a couple of days after i always keep my hair up, I don't brush a lot, but my hair feels like a mess, dry,stiff, all unruly, I have loose wavy hair ,gets frizzy, its bleached etc,but I wonder if i just have to trim, I would not want his since I letting my hair grown long ,So what do you girls recommend me to do??!

Sounds like a build up of general daily dust and loose sheds. A thorough detangle or brush through a couple of days after the wash should help. I get something similar 2-3 days after I wash mine and the only thing that helps me is to pull the work braids down and brush them out. It always feels cleaner after a brush.