It is a unhappy fact for these with thicker, slow-drying locks: Sleeping with moist hair isn’t the very best concept. When your strands are moist, your hair and scalp are literally extra weak to break. Just a few particular dangers embrace, “undesirable micro organism, fungal infections, pores and skin irritation, itchiness, dryness, redness, and dandruff,” hairstylist Miko Department, co-founder of hair care model Miss Jessie’s, beforehand informed mbg.
What’s extra, sleeping with moist hair might result in elevated tangling and cut up ends. So in case your hair tends to knot simply or frizz on the ideas, you could wish to make certain your locks are utterly dry earlier than mattress or go for morning showers as a substitute.
In the event you can provide your hair extra time to air-dry (i.e. bathe earlier within the night) that’ll do the trick. In any other case, go for a fast blow-dry to get many of the extra water out. Your hair doesn’t should be completely dry, only a fast blow will do. Simply make certain to make use of a low warmth setting—as we talked about, frequent warmth styling is a recipe for weakened strands.
Nevertheless, in case you do not suppose your hair is that broken (by warmth, bleach, and many others.), then you could be A-OK sleeping on damp strands. Simply take note of how your hair and scalp feels and appears (sure, really take a look at your scalp within the mirror) and maybe put money into a silk or satin pillowcase to reduce friction. In the event you aren’t experiencing any of the issues Department talked about, that’s one signal you might be able to maintain sleeping on moist hair if you wish to. In spite of everything, not everyone seems to be a morning bathe kind of particular person.
