My 19yo son has long, naturally curly hair, which he’s finally started looking after properly (he’s ASD. and spent years just showering, washing it every day and largely doing nothing with it, resulting in a clean but frizzy Afro type ‘do!).
He now only washes it once or twice a week, brushes only when wet, conditions properly etc, and when it’s freshly washed, it looks lovely. However, we’re struggling to know what to do with it in between washes, as it obviously gets really knotty and he refuses to brush it. He tries to detangle with his fingers, but inevitably ends up with knots he can’t get out.
We’ve tried a few sprays for curly hair that promise to detangle and revitalise curls, but he says they don’t come out in a mist and make his hair feel horrible. He hates most mousses, bought him a wide tooth comb which he’s proclaimed is useless, hates the feel of silk pillowcases, won’t sleep with a hair bonnet type thing on, and I’m running out of suggestions!
What he’d like us a product he could put on his hair that will enable him to detangle with his fingers (or a brush if one exists which won’t just frizz up his hair when dry?), give it a bit of a scrunch and have lovely curls every day. Just any suggestions really as to how to deal with curly hair whilst following the “don’t wash every day and only brush when wet” rules!
I’ve attached a photo with kind of shows his hair when recently washed to give an idea of how it looks naturally (although it was a windy day, so it’s fuzzed up a bit!). He hates having his photo taken though, so I’ve had to doctor one I took last year on holiday!
Many thanks in advance!