What do hairdressers use to get rid of tangles?

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

If you are cutting the hair of a small child who has tangles, are there any "Tricks of the Trade" to eliminate tangles?

Or do you refuse to comb/brush/cut until it's tangle free?

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Have you tried a Tangle Teezer?

[PoppyWearer]

You need a Tangle teaser hair brush.

Are you near a branch of Trotter's? They have kids' hairdressers that sell these hairbrushes and also some expensive-but-effective detangler spray.

The hairdresser at our local Trotter's also cut DD's hair into a lovely graduated bob when she was 2yo and getting terrible tangles, and the style helped to reduce the tangles immensely.

[PoppyWearer]

X-post!

[sugarspiceandallthingsnice324]

Detangling spray/leave in conditioner spray and a tangle teezer:

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Our hairdresser friend who has 3 daughters herself recommends having the hair no shorter than shoulder length and not much longer than imaginary bra strap length and to go for regular trims to stop the hair becoming brittle and easily tangled. Having the hair at least shoulder length means it can be tied up, plaited which makes the hair less likely to get knotted/tangled.

[CointreauVersial]

With two girls with long blonde fine hair in the house we couldn't live without our Tangle Teezer! Recommended by our hairdresser (but bought on Amazon).

[OddBoots]

I do love the tangle teezer but it doesn't get all the way my dd's (and my) thick hair, I've found a Tangle Tamer brush even better.

[auldspinster]

I second the Tangle Tamer recommendation - my hair is fine and wavy but I've got masses of it and usually wake up looking like Robert Smith but the tangle tamer takes out all the tugs.

[valiumredhead]

My hair dresser uses a tangle teeser/tamer on every client - they are great.

[littledolly]

Oh - very interested in this, as DD's hair is a nightmare! Will investigate the tangle teaser/tamer then. Thanks!

[JuanQMaryVuch]

As an ex stylist I can recommend shampooing, conditioning (leave conditioner in - you will rinse it out afterwards) and section hair in quarters. Use a vent brush with plastic coated bristles (never metal) and work your way from the ends brushing each tangle out as you go. Work up to the roots. To stop tangles in future plait the hair before bed and/or invest in a satin or silk pillowcase.

[HipHopOpotomus]

DD has tight corkscrew curls.

Tangle Teaser is OK but won't get all the knots out of her hair. When we go to the hairdresser she brushes hair with loads of conditioner on and then combs too - which is what we do when we wash it at home. We only wash her hair once a week, so once a week it is pretty much entirely knot free, but otherwise it just gets brushed enough to tie back. We do pretty much what Juan recommends, but still need to get silk pillowcase sorted out.

Please tell me more about the Tangle TAMER brush. Would it suit mixed heritage corkscrew hair? (Always searching for hair solutions). And it looks like DD2 is going to have the same curls - very cute but hard work for all.

[auldspinster]

It should do, my hair curls into ringlets and knots together in my sleep but the Tangle Tamer can deal with it. It's got a proper handle too so much easier to deal with.

[HipHopOpotomus]

thanks auld - we desperately try anything. I'll get one. In our world there is no such thing as a 'detangler'.

Although DD (4) insisted on using a concoction she made up one day (25% Naturals detangler spray, 25% Naturals curl creme, 25% Garnier hint of sun body moisturiser and 25% goodness knows what else she got her hands on) and guess what - it is the best detangler we've ever found

[Buntingbunny]

Long enough to plait, but not to long helps a lot, especially at night.

[CointreauVersial]

You don't use a Tangle Teezer in the same way you would a normal hairbrush - you just brush the surface, but going deeper into the hair with each stroke, so it never snags on the tangles. The bristles look absolutely feeble, and you wonder how on earth it will get through the hair, but it does.

With a normal brush it tends to go deeper into the hair and then snags, which is why it is painful.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Thanks You

We've had a Tangle Teezer for at least 3 years now (2 actually but one is Missing In Action)

I thought it might be getting a bit past it, the 'bristles' are really bendy now.
I'll have a look at Tangle Tamer too- I'm presuming they are made by the same company.

I used Phillip Kingsley Elasticiser on DD hair tonight (she has waist length hair) and brushed it for over 40 minutes (did a Nitty Gritty as well).
I've tried conditioner but it tends to clog her hair. If I use a serum it works better, but difficult to rinse out.

And she has a bad habit of 'twizzling' her hair by her ears so it gets really matted there.

Muscles like Popeye in my right arm now

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

auld spinster just realised who Robert Smith (The Cure) is.

I was thinking Robert -son of Harvey- showjumper Smith