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  • What causes bedhead?

    Posted by DaveStone on November 21, 2022 at 4:08 am

    How does hair just take shape without the addition of heat or rewetting hair? Sometimes you wake up and the hair, despite combing, retains a permanent “reconfiguration”.

    DoctorBotanica replied 1 year, 10 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • ketchito

    Member
    November 21, 2022 at 11:29 am

    @DaveStone That’s due to mechanical stress  but that’s something you don’t want to intentionally put your hair under. 

  • OldPerry

    Member
    November 21, 2022 at 12:56 pm

    It’s also due to hydrogen bonding. When you sleep, you sweat. Water gets on strands and can cause bonding within the fiber and between fibers. 

  • DoctorBotanica

    Member
    February 7, 2023 at 3:11 am

    I’ve begun using a bonnet to protect my hair. I think it’s working but I wake up with wavy hair.

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