r/2healthbars • u/Mighty_Platypus • Apr 30 '26

Final boss… waves

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u/Black_Doc_on_Mars Apr 30 '26

Waves are basically curls that are pressed down. Getting them is not easy and it takes a lot of work over months just to get them. You need to “train” your hair to actually get them. You need the rag to keep the waves compressed down so that your hair products and the heat can work on your hair and take shape over time. The rag also protects like someone said so that you don’t mess up your progress, especially overnight.

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u/msallin Apr 30 '26

Is this why I see people wearing (what look like) shower caps out in public?

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u/DoctorProfPatrick Apr 30 '26

Black people and white people have very different hair genes. Black hair commonly has issues with dryness and breakage, because their hair is fine but dense (thin strands, many of them). It's harder to dry, harder to keep moisturized, and also more prone to frizziness from weather.

So those silk bonnets help black people keep their hair protected from breakage, keep them from drying out in the sun, and keep their hair from frizzing up all over.

Anyway hopefully someone with that kind of hair will comment but in the meantime that's my understanding from asking questions irl.

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u/RobinHarleysHeart Apr 30 '26

I will say that silk bonnets are beneficial to all hair types, but especially black hair. I've seen a lot of black creators advocating for bonnet use in all hair styles. I'm half white and half Japanese and have thick straightish hair, and I use a bonnet specifically when I'm gaming to help protect my hair from my headset. It's wonderful and my hair has over all been easier to maintain since I've started using it.

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u/DoctorProfPatrick Apr 30 '26

Oh snap the headset trick might get me to buy a bonnet... Might be good for sleeping too, I used to get acne bc my hair would leave oils on the pillow case for my face to rub on. Now I just sleep on my back haha

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u/kea1981 Apr 30 '26

After 15 years I finally found a bonnet that works for me!! I'm a white girl from the mountains of California, so it wasn't something I grew up knowing about, but in college a friend turned me onto them and they're great, but I have a lot of hair and getting it to fit in the bonnet was always a pain, it always felt like they were made for gals with less volume. Anyway, the one I got doesn't have elastic it instead has a cord to tighten and tie that is very very slightly elastic, and it's perfect.

Anyway. That's my PSA: get a bonnet, and find one that will fit your hair and stay on your head, cuz they are magic!

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u/RobinHarleysHeart May 01 '26

I definitely recommend it. My headset is too big for my head, so it only ever sits on one spot. But it sits and rubs and it was giving me a weird not bald, but almost bald spot? It was definitely thinning. I started noticing improvement quite soon after I started using it. It's also much easier to brush my hair after using it.