Taking out 3 Month old cornrows | I made a terrible mistake 

. I’m a natural stylist. I can tell you bout to mat tf out your hair the way you taking it down. Usually adding a bunch of product like that makes the hair stiff and when you wash it it’ll clump together and mat. You need to take one braid and detangle dry with an oil then spray with water and oil and slowly get the roots from being clumped together and do 2 or more two strand twist for each braid then shampoo your hair with the two strand twist so your hair will not shrink and mat in the shower from washing. When you leave braids in a long time you need to wash your hair separately :). Do this with most my clients who leave styles in for 3 months and their hair is flourishing .

Hair is weakest and paralyzed when it’s wet. A whole lot of unnecessary matting like what you experienced, breakage and shedding occurs when detangling hair that is wet. Detangle with oil (no conditioner) like hemp seed oil or olive oil. I started detangling with oil at the advice of my natural hair stylist and I’ve never looked back because am able to retain length, reduce breakage and avoid matting.

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Girl the distress in your face said it all ! I felt that pain!! I'm glad you didnt cut your hair though . im tryna get mine that long . cuz it was the "Woo!" at the length check for me lol .

Why is smaller cornrows not effective than big braids? It helps me to get more access to my scalp when oiling it and my hair has grew more longer

I feel your exact pain. When my hair got longer over the summer it took me a moment to realize I had to adjust my wash day regimen to accommodate the new length God just blessed me with lol. I now have to wash and do my hair in sections to make it easier for me to complete the routine. I can only imagine what the new adjustments will be after I take down these current braids.

Let the prepoo and DC sit in your hair for a while before detangling, this way it's softer to handle. Coming from a long term protective styler. You have beautiful hair.

As soon as you saturated your hair with water beforehand I knew that was a bad idea it was gonna mat up, I’m glad everything is ok now 🙌🏽

I'm so glad you held it all together ❤️💯girl you go because I KNOW that feeling of dispare when those tangles try to ambush you coming in all squad deep & shiz. its overwhelming

I went through this same thing last month, it took me forever to get the tangles and tiny knots out 🥴😩. I felt like spongebob (2 hours later...) that wash day 😂

Your hair is soo thick and pretty 🤩

I wanted to do braids as a protective style but so afraid I’ll lose my edges. I just got them to grow back!

My hair be looking like that in two weeks I can’t prolong it. Your hair looks beautiful

It's all about the conditioner, i had braids in for 3 months, I detangle and when I shampooed it got tangled again, I went in with silicone mix and was able to completely detangle my hair after shampooing, I def recommend silicon mix.

Ends first then go up to roots I promise it helps and try washing your hair in sections since you have a lot and aloe Vera plant will have so much slip.

Natural hair can be stressful☹️

😭 girl!!! You scared me. Use some oil or if you're a conditioner girl along with your pre poo. The amount in your hair at the time was not enough. Keep your hair in sections from start to finish, don't let the sections get to know each other. Don't pull your fingers down the length of your hair. Hold the hair with the same hand that your finger detangling with and detangle the hair by using your thumb between your index and middle finger. Glad you didn't cut your hair💗 it's so pretty.

As soon as I saw your rectangle process I said to myself " she isn't getting her roots good and will have TONS of knots after washing.. Been there😐. We all are still learning how to work w our type 4 hair, it's challenging but our hair is worth it, it's the most BEAUTIFUL hair on earth.. Ty for sharing God Bless you and stay safe MJ

You looked like you were about to cry 😢 I felt your pain. And me thinking long hair is easier 😭

i was just bout to say, "girl, if you dont throw yo head under the sink!!" all that trigger squeezing was about to make MY fingers tired. Now i see why that shedding was so low, u missed some of it baby gal!! lol...good stuff. peace

Girrrl, so this happened to me when I was relaxed. I took my braids out, wore the braid out, then decided I would cowash it the next day while I’m the shower. My hair matted into 4 dreads. I spent hours trying to detangle before I went to the salon and had them cut it. I was left with 2 inches of new growth that I relaxed and wore into a cute pixie cut for a year lmbo

You should try a lighter raking motion, like raking leaves! Start at the ends and work your way up! I use Curl Peace its a detangler preepoo and styler so you can use it after your shampoo and before! Also use smaller sections. I hope that helps!

I could never with my fine hair. I just use my fingers. Your hair is thick so you can risk this a bit but I cringe when I can’t get a a little matted blob after braids. I literally separate it piece by piece.

I usually put oil not water to detangle

I hate having to do this shit. I be on the brink of crying and cutting it off too 🤣🤣🤣

Are these people disrespectful. The likes are not correlating with the views.

Detangler before shampooing in sections with cactus gel or flaxseed gel

You poor thing! 😌😌😌I feel you, girl. Thanks for keeping it real 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

It wasn’t shedding after you finished with the whole process, it was breakage since you were ripping through the hair trying to get the tangles out. Spraying water on the braids was a bad idea as your shed hair wasn’t removed yet so your hair began to shrink from its stretched state and tangled with the shed hair. You also should have twisted each section after detangling to keep the hair elongated which also would have prevented further matting.

One day i did that but what i did was take dwn my braids THEN I washed it i didn't comb it out first i just immediately did a wash RIGHT after my take dwn my hair locked up so bad it was stick like that for a whole week! I was sooo scared I was going to cut it all off thankfully it in tangled with conditioner lol I go to the salon now to prevent that. I mean hair hair looked Like dookie braids !

Coconut oil lots of conditioner

Still hv my cornrows since June July 2020 it’s now 2021 February bc of depression hard to wana do it but taking hair out each day

My hair did this after only 6 weeks of box braids despite me keep my hair well moisturized. I had to deep conditioner 3 times over 2 days to get the knots out. Never again!

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what is the name of the musicin the beginning?

Wow I been there but you ripped your hair you supposed to wet it like super wet & condition it to avoid that

Hey lovely do u cornrow ur own hair ?

When I take em down I like to do my mayonnaise mask. 8 oz mayonnaise 2 eggs 1/2 olive oil

You have gorgeous hair

I always wash in sections after detangling, I’m armpit length

I left my hair in similar braids for 3 months too. It took me 6 DAYS to detangle. I was detangling non stop only taking breaks to eat, sleep and go to the bathroom. My hair is 21 inches long and 4c/b. I don't know how these girls do the 3 month thing in a day. I guess looser curls make it much easier to detangle?

Beautiful lady with beautiful hair thumbs up

Not Too bad. Seen alot worse.

I used fenugreek powder and blended aloe Vera in warm water with an oil no brush so much slippage amazing

I’ve been there with the tangles where I want to cut it. I started finger detangling with oil then put it back in smaller plaits. Then when I’m in the shower with conditioner n water I go through broad by braid finger detangle then brush detangle… n braid / plait it back up in the 6 sections…

How often did you moisturize your hair in them braids did you wash it in braids?

It's not a lot actually from what I seen from the thumbnail we shed hair every single day. And for 3 months that's not a lot.

Thanks for honesty. Your hair is beautiful.

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Lmaooo people comb your hair under running water I repeat comb your hair in the shower under the running water I don’t know where people aregetting all these hair problems from lol I’ve never ever had hair problems it must be something new

Perfect video. 👍🏿

Do u wash and condition your hair while in protective style?

Try to put oil in your conditioner

Best way i take down matted hair is by making it as slimy slick as possible

Your hair is beautiful

did u wear wigs while in cornrows?

Something i learned too

I have this in my head right now and my braids I like smaller😰😰😰😰😰. How to take them down 😭😭😭😭

Im taking out my 3 month old cornrows tomorrow so do i use the water or what😅😅😅😅😢

What hair type do you have? I think it’s similar to mine

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You have such beautiful hair how long have been growing your hair 😍

R u caiverdian?

How often do you wash your hair in braids

Beautiful hair ❤️

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So what did you have covering the braids was you wearing a wig?

Ima boi and like wen i got ma braids in I take em out sum it get stuck an i jus like yank it out

First I have to say thank you for posting a video with natural braided hair as the subject. The verdict is in on weaved fake hair. ALL we have to do is look at the videos of the damage it has done to millions of Black Women's scalp and hair. I didn't have time to watch this entire video but will come back and watch it again. However I truly hope that Black Women STOP putting hair imported from China in their heads. As long as you are cleaning your hair every 2 weeks, it doesn't matter how long you leave braids in. I have micro braids in my head that I braided myself that has been in for 11 months. I wash, condition, and repair my braids every 2 weeks without fail. In 11 months my hair has grown 5 inches. When I first braided it they were 3 inches long. Therefore I hope videos like this continue to get posted so that Black Women will STOP ruining their scalps and hair with a fabric (not hair) imported from China.

New subscriber 🥰.u so beautiful sis

Beautiful

you detangled but you didn't detangle enough before shampooing your hair. got it.

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Girl don’t you cut that hair you and I had big chopped around the same time but I been screwed up my journey and big chopped after 18months in March but my hair fried lol

You look a lot like Aaliyah Jay💜

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you have thicker hair its going to take more time

Not bad on the shedding!

Why can’t black woman wash their hair everyday or every other day so their hair could be moisturized and not be stuck on the same length?

If you have expression bulk hair fed into the cornrow, it’s not so easy to take down at three months with 4c hair. The roots are sometimes so thick and it can take a good 2-3 hour to detangle. But I’m pleased that you showed the shedding. I always have a heart attack with the mount of shedding, but keep the length. Thanks for the content.