OK, I am joining. This thread should be called
Wash and Go Support or something similar. My hair type is 4A/B, medium strands, dense, normal-to-high porosity, 5-6” all over. The coils are a bit larger in the crown than the sides and back.
Not much difference between the two, eh?
Right now I spend 10-20 minutes on my hair, only in the shower, several times a week.
1. In the warm shower stream, I let my hair fall into the natural whorl pattern head hair grows.
2. Remove as much shed hair as possible and rub the sebum down.
3. Apply a little castor oil.
4. Let it sit while showering.
5. Remove more shed hair under running water.
6. Increase the water temperature, gently rubbing and shaking it to coax the coils.
7. Final rinse and shake under cool or cold water.
8. Continue to shake as I dry off, giving the ends the barest of taps with a regular towel.
9. Drip dry.
10. Sleep on satin-weave silk pillowcase.
11. A light scritching whenever.
12. Clarifying with ACV in a 1:2 spray with distilled water.
13. Comb monthly under running water with a wide-tooth comb.
My hair and I have reached a state of serendipity; one could say it has been “coil-trained”? The shrunken coils stay out of my way, tangle very little, and hold the sheds nicely until I can get to them. I plan to do this for as long as I can, adding a chelating shampoo, teas, clays, other oils, gels, and protein along the way.
The greys are coming, but I will try a supplement for that soon. I don’t sweat over SSKs, definition, frizz, or hangtime. Most frizz I have comes from the nearly straight hairs scattered all over the place; them other ancestors are to blame for that.