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DD has a double crown, her hair is a nightmare!! Help!

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yorkshirepuddingacademy · 18/09/2015 21:44

Does anybody have any tips? I daren't take her to a hairdresser as I've heard that double crowns are a hairdressers worst nightmare. She's 2 and has really, thick, curly hair.

I read somewhere that double crowns can also be a sign of developmental delays but she's hitting all of her milestones so I'm thinking this is just an old wives tale.

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MythicalKings · 18/09/2015 21:52

I have a double crown and a degree, so don't worry about developmental delay.

You need a sympathetic hairdresser. It will take a few cuts for her to get to know your DD's hair but then she'll manage it. I had mine long as a child and up in a ponytail.

Too short gives tufty bits.

wigglesrock · 18/09/2015 21:56

My niece, she's 3.5 has a double crown, she has her hair in a chin length bob with a fringe. Her hair is thick so the weight keeps it down if that makes sense. She's been going to a hairdresser for the past year or so.

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yorkshirepuddingacademy · 18/09/2015 21:57

I'm trying to grow it long. It's down her back already and she usually has it in a ponytail. MIL cut it once about 8 months ago (without my permission) and it looked ridiculous. It's only just recovered. I can't fathom out a parting for her etc.

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Scarletforya · 18/09/2015 21:57

Total wives tale. But it is associated with a higher incidence of left handedness.

Anyway, are they symmetrical?

My dd has a double crown as well (symmetrical though), I found split in the middle and bunches the easiest at first. My dd has very long wavy/curly hair which is easily tangled. I use a tangle teaser.

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 18/09/2015 21:57

My dd has a double crown.

We have managed cute bunches.

I would either leave it to grow naturally, or find a hairdresser who has experience of toddlers and double crowns.

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yorkshirepuddingacademy · 18/09/2015 22:00

scartlet interesting as my DM and MIL both have double crowns and are both left handed!

Yes they are symmetrical, but bits of hair still seem to stick up where they shouldn't. I always end up with one fat bunch and one thin bunch when I do pigtails, will have to persevere.

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CruCru · 18/09/2015 22:03

My DD (2 next month) has a double crown. She has a short bob with a fringe. I THINK she's right handed but it's not obvious - I had a boss who was ambidextrous so if she is, that would be awesome.

jonicomelately · 18/09/2015 22:03

Ds2 has a triple crown. He is the barber's worst nightmare but his teachers tell me he's very bright.

Scarletforya · 18/09/2015 22:05

That's good that they're symmetrical. Dd tends to have one bunch thicker than the other too!

It does get easier the longer the hair gets, it'll never lie flat against the head but I find the tangle teaser best, especially for up styles. A hair band is good too if she'll tolerate it!

Very interesting re both your relatives being left handed with double crowns!

NotSayingImBatman · 18/09/2015 22:05

DS1 has a double crown and wouldn't suit long hair. I ended up taking him to a proper stylist which didn't actually cost much more than a cheapie barber cut and she's done a great job of keeping the weight on the crown so it gets pulled flat.

He's bright as a button as well. Hadn't heard double crowns were linked with developmental delay, what a load of bollocks!

TPel · 18/09/2015 22:06

Your MIL cut it. Unbelievable, what the hell.

MuddlingMackem · 18/09/2015 22:06

Both DD and DS have double crowns, as does their dad.

DD's falls into a natural side parting, so when she has her hair in bunches I do a parting at the other side at the back to try and even the volume of hair out. Hers is very fine and not very thick though, so not as difficult to comb.

BarbarianMum · 18/09/2015 22:07

Dh and ds1 have double crowns. No delays.

You have 2 choices imo. Very short or long enough to wear a ponytail, platts etc.

We chose the first option, though dh is experimenting with hair loss as a solution.

Lambzig · 18/09/2015 22:07

DS has a double crown. His hair is a permanently tangled mess at 2 and 10 months as he also screams the place down when any hairdresser goes near him. He has fine, thin hair and it all seems to come forward from the two crowns. He looks like a tramp.

MuddlingMackem · 18/09/2015 22:08

NotSayingImBatman, DS is usually happy to have an all over number 2 cut which looks fine when it's done. It starts to tuft up on the crowns though when it starts growing.

jonicomelately · 18/09/2015 22:09

Are you married to Boris Johnson Lambzig ?

TheCunnyFunt · 18/09/2015 22:09

My DD has double crowns, but one is at the back of her head in the normal place, and the other is at the front of her head. It was so cute when she was a baby but now she's 4 she just looks like I haven't bothered to do a parting. I don't really do much with her hair, I'm rubbish at anything more ambitious than a ponytail :o her hairdresser seems to manage to cut her hair just fine though.

You can tell in this photo.

DD has a double crown, her hair is a nightmare!! Help!

Littlebigcat · 18/09/2015 22:10

My DS has a double crown. He's nearly 3 and seems quite bright. My DH also has a double crown, intelligent, right handed and quite creative. I wouldn't worry. I am embracing Ds'S mad hair, I'm careful that it's not too short. Would French braids work for your DD?

SoupDragon · 18/09/2015 22:10

DS1 has a double crown. He either has to have it really short or longer on top so the weight stops him having a parrot crest on his head.

DD has a double crown. Hers has vanished now she has long hair (obviously it's still there but it's not noticeable unless her hair needs washing or brushing)

Neither had any developmental delays.
No hairdresser has ever commented on them.
Neither are left handed.

Catsize · 18/09/2015 22:11

I have a double, as does my mum. My son has a TRIPLE crown!!! Hairdressers have coped so far. Although he was a bit tufty for a couple of weeks after his last cut, as the hairdresser didn't spot the third one.

Pipbin · 18/09/2015 22:12

I too have a double crown and a degree.
Complete pain in the arse to style though. I have very fine thin hair and cannot put my hair up.

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yorkshirepuddingacademy · 18/09/2015 22:17

This is her hair after it's been blow dried straight. You can kinda see the little bumps at the back of her head from it haha

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Scarletforya · 18/09/2015 22:18

French plaits and inside out French plaits work great, a girl I know has done them in dd's hair but I can't do them myself.

FindoGask · 18/09/2015 22:19

I never knew this was even a problem! I have a double crown (and am left-handed, didn't know about that link) and have never thought of it as an issue beyond being fodder for repetitive conversations at different hairdressers. How funny.

MrsBungle · 18/09/2015 22:20

Me, dh, dd and ds have double crowns. Dd is left handed, none of the rest of us are. Dd and I have quite long hair. Our hair hangs nicely. Ds's is a bit of an issue. It grows in different directions but I just wet it each morning and try and fashion it in to something acceptable. Ds's is neither long nor short (see photo) it just takes a bit of manoeuvring! I've never heard anything about development delays. Neither of my kids have been delayed.

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