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    African American head smack question?

    Whats up guys, i was just wondering if you knew why African American people with braids, corn rows, etc smack their heads every so often. Theres this black guy in my class with braided hair (he sits next to me) always smacking the top of his head. My guess is cause you cant scratch braids? Ive been thinking of getting cornrows myself so this stuck in my mind.
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    Hahaha - I cant answer - I dont think I ever have done that, but it sounds funny!
    You can scratch anyway - just carefully (-:

    * Not African American but half Afro-Carribean with 15 years of dread experience and prior to that braids so pretty much same thing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by aussiepunkshocker View Post
    Hahaha - I cant answer - I dont think I ever have done that, but it sounds funny!
    You can scratch anyway - just carefully (-:

    * Not African American but half Afro-Carribean with 15 years of dread experience and prior to that braids so pretty much same thing...
    lol i see. So when you get ichy you just gently scratch? Can i use a pencil? =)

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    You gotta pat....too much scratching irritates the scalp and makes the braids frizzy. Plus, most of the time the itching is not on the exposed part of the scalp but under the actual braid. Cant get to it

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    If you condition your hair GENTLY and use a light oil sheen spray once or twice a week you won't need to "pat". Just dilute your conditioner with water so it flows over the braids but isn't too creamy.
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    Yup, pat your hair...he doesn't want to mess up his nice braids to fast by scratching them to much.







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    ^ holy fuck CK... nice photo


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    Yeah my aunt taught me to pat my braids back when I had them.... now I still do it if my hair is pulled back, or if I have my dreads on. I'm a pattin fool.
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    hey guys, when i get my cornrows how am i suppose to shower? Am i not suppose to get my braids wet? If im not able to wash my hair with shampoo i might have to pass on the braids..even though i want em like whoa.

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    You can still wash them, but they will come out faster (esp. with straight Asian hair!). Clean the spaces between the braids carefully and don't pull at all. There's a braid cleaner spray that you can buy. Someone at Aveda was trying to sell me some one time, but there are cheaper ones at beauty supply stores.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexxaHex View Post
    You can still wash them, but they will come out faster (esp. with straight Asian hair!). Clean the spaces between the braids carefully and don't pull at all. There's a braid cleaner spray that you can buy. Someone at Aveda was trying to sell me some one time, but there are cheaper ones at beauty supply stores.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackSheEp3 View Post
    hey guys, when i get my cornrows how am i suppose to shower? Am i not suppose to get my braids wet? If im not able to wash my hair with shampoo i might have to pass on the braids..even though i want em like whoa.
    Put on a du-rag (most guys dont' like shower caps lol) and dont' wet your hair. When you get out, clean the partings with an astringent. My ex is Pacific Islander, and she got braids all the time. She could only have them in for up to a week before they started to unravel.







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    I'm as white as they come, and my braids lasted about a month or so before coming loose. I washed them about once a week very carefully.

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    Because it's so itchy, and you can itch a greater surface area with a smack!

    My braids were messy looking after just a few days...layered wavy white-girl hair is not good for braiding.

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    Thanks for the tips everyone.

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    P.S. Since i didnt want to make a new thread, can you guys tell me how do i go about getting a fro? I know i have straight asian hair but its also on of my other hairstyle choices. Also i was thinking if i could obtain a fro it might be easier to "maintain" than braids such as cornrows?

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    You really can't "get" a fro. Your hair has to have a tight curl pattern to get that look.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexxaHex View Post
    I'm as white as they come, and my braids lasted about a month or so before coming loose. I washed them about once a week very carefully.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Miss_Luscious View Post
    Alexxa! You're supposed to be giving birth to babies not posting on the internet. Hop to it!
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    I could be wrong, but me thinks it's akin to when you slap an itchy tattoo....it's gentler, and also more effective. By stimulating a whole lotta nerves, you overload the messages to your brain that is, by waking up all of those nerves, you drown out the smaller "itch" signal to the brain.

    same concept for use of capcacin for moderate chronic pain.....by stimulating the bejeezus out of all of the nerves in the area, you dampen the other signals trying to get to the brain; thus alleviating (to some degree) otherwise non-responsive pain.

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    people with braids, cornrows, wigs, extentions ect. use the "pat" instead of scratching so they won't damage the look or integraty of their hair :\

    I mean it can take half a day to get a weave sometimes... you don't want to mess up what you paid for with time & money by scratching like a flee bitten dog

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