Help with addy's hair????

[kymmy3]

I just bought a PM Addy whom I thought I had never had her hair brushed. Well her hair is one big rats nest (that was tamed in a braid). How do I fix this???

Will the downey dunk work on the textured hair? Should I use a brush or a pick to brush it?

Thanks in advance

Kym and Addy

[robin0850]

The downy dunk works on Addy, but before you do any brushing, I'd ask prasnlrd--she's our resident Addy expert! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[GreyMyst]

Yeah ask Sheila.

I'd personaly not brush it if it were really tangled, instead trying to get the worst of it apart with my fingers, and then brushing once I got most of the tangles outs, but I don't know.

[kymmy3]

Thanks Robin

Sheila are you out there??? Addy needs you!

[QNPoohBear]

Kym,
here's what I do

First I spritz Addy's hair with a ton of water
then I divide her hair into a bunch of small section
Next I carefully untangle all the knots from a few strands of hair at a time. I start from the TOP and work my way down until all the knots are untwisted.
I keep spritizng with water as needed.
Once her hair is unknotted, i gently comb through her hair with my fingers. Then I brush with the AG brush from the bottom to the top to smooth out the tangles. She sheds a lot and always looses a ton of hair but she has very thick hair so I don't worry too much.
Congrats on your new Addy!

[Ashley1972]

I also finger-comb my Addy's hair before brushing it to get most of the knots out. I use a wire pick from Sally's Beauty Supply, though. It doesn't seem to pull as much hair out and for 39 cents it's worth it.

[kymmy3]

Thanks. I will try that. I soaked her hair in downey for about an hour. It really didn't do much?? Her hair is quite matted. I will try again tonight.

Kym