What tangled knot we weave

No thanks…since no matter how much it hurts, I cant really kill myself BTW I had these tangles real bad post-wedding. My waist-length hair was styled in the most preposterous way, gathered on top and I thought I looked like the perfect queen of the occasion (candy-floss dreams) but what was unknown to me was that the hair dresser had liberally applied some sort of sticky gel to hold the tresses together…took me the better part of an hour to untangle them really. Since them, except the barber its hands-off everybody from my hair

Oh no lol I will always do it myself that way I know what is going to happen to my Head lol

I actually preferred my dad to get my knots out over my mom. She would just start at the top and rip and tug and it hurt so bad. my dad would be gentler. he knew it was better to start at the bottom and slowly work the knot out. now that is how i do it with my kids and it is easier to get them to sit and let me get them out.

Get one of these!: http://www.beautybay.com/accessories/tangleteezer/g/tangleteezer?gclid=CMWIwubGsJUCFQcnbwodjSB1kQ Seriously! It sounds like a gimmick, but this is the only thing I'll use on my hair now. My partner was sceptical at first, but now I can't get the thing back from him! It's solved all of my problems. It gets the knots out, pain-free and much quicker than yanking on them with a normal brush or comb. I don't know if you can find one cheaper elsewhere on the net, but thumbs up to having a look.

Can't say I ever have, p1key. In fact, I've never been to a hairdresser in my life! I have long hair, and I get one of my daughters to trim it across the bottom when she visits - but I do the combing myself.

My hair is too short for knots*S* When I was growing up, I had very long hair. I thought my mom hated me or something, because every time she brushed my hair, I swore she was trying to yank my head right off my shoulders. Do you start at the bottom or the top when you are detangling your daughter's hair?

No-one is allowed that close as you know. It was always dads job to get the tangles from the girls hair as he has more patience than me. Eldest took over for youngest as they got older. It's still dads job to do plaits though.

When I was a little girl, I had long blonde, curly hair and it tangled like crazy. My sweet mama would brush my hair as gently as she could, but I was tender-headed and it always hurt anyway. But she'd do it. And as a matter of fact, I have a framed photo of her brushing my hair into a ponytail when I was about 12. I have my dog on my lap at the time too. So nostalgic, that picture. I do so love it. Once, my dad took me to the barber shop and they gave me a pixie cut. It took my mom quite a while before she spoke to my daddy again. Boy was she pissed! Even with all the trouble it was to comb and untangle, she still did it and did it with love too, bless her heart. You're a sweetheart to do that for your daughter, p1key. She's a very lucky girl.

O_o No way! I brush out my own knots, it KILLS when someone else does it! I have frizzy curly hair too, so it's ALWAYS tangled. Sometimes in the evenings after I've washed my hair and it's nearly dry, I'll let my husband brush it, but there aren't many knots then. I keep my hair longer than I like because HE likes it, so I make him play with it. The longer it gets, the more snarled it stays, but I'm still not letting him yank the knots out! I keep telling him he has to help maintain it if he wants it long, but that doesn't mean he's getting the brush after my snarls--it just means he's paying for a trim every 2 months! LOL! FYI, P1ke: The can is detangler. Spritz each section liberally and start combing from the ends of the hair with tiny strokes, quickly but not too fast, and VERY carefully!. Work your way up to the root, then start another section.

Hi p1ke no I always used to brush the knots out of my own hair still do but when I was younger when brushing them out I used to get so many splits ends cos of just pulling them out..littleowl

No I do my own, but I like to brush the girls' hair when they will let me. I know they'd rather I do it than their dad!

When growing up I would do it myself or I would ask my mum. Dad was always out at work or if he was in, he could be very impatient!!! I start at the bottom and work my way up, I did try and get my boyfriend to brush my hair after having a bath so that he could practice for when we have children but he said he was never any good (thats the whole point in using me to practise on!!! Doh!!!) I gave up asking him so now I do it myself!!

P1ke unfortunately I do the screaming myself since I comb my own hair..lol..

Hey there p1kef1sh Did your daughter have a moment of madness? Ask a bloke to get my tangles out you must be joking! It hurts them more than it does me I am sure of that. I can do it quicker myself as the poor bloke takes it so easy worried that he is going to hurt me or pull my hair out and then I really will scream but I wouldn't, honest! I wouldn't put a bloke through that let alone myself!!

My mom used to always comb my hair. She wasn't trying to hurt me, but it felt like she was. I would always be in tears before she was finished.

LOL I learned when I was really young to comb my own hair. My mother was less patient at times. My hair was really long and full; but thin stranded. Tend to tangle a great deal. Nightmare. Tangle spray helps I'd guess. It is very normal I think for kids to hate having their hair mussed with though.

No, I like being the center of my own agony, so I do it myself. My daughter, however, is a different story. I've done her hair many a morning and I'm sure she has nightmares about me. In those nightmares I probably have claws that comb through her hair like rakes and all the while I'm gnashing my teeth with delight and cackling with glee. I told her its either that or run and get a bowl from the cupboard and we'll make it easier on all of us. I would never do that, but I don't have her convinced.

Nope my hair is short!

Hi plkeflsh, Yes, when I was young my friend used to comb my hair and onece my hair was knotted and she tried to comb it out and there I was screaming, in the end I just cut the knots off and my mother was so angry with me he he. Tamara

*holds head in hands* oh no painful memories of my dad ragging me about like a rag doll. I'm very hairsore which my dad mistook for i can take the pain bring it on go on do your worst and he promptly did don't like this discussion anymore *eyes the doorway holds hair and makes a run for it*