Are you thoroughly detangling your curls with a generous amount of conditioner during wash day.
What is matted hair.
How often are you detangling your hair.
Hair matting is a disorder of the hair shaft which leads to an entangled and sticky mass of hair.
First evaluate your current hair regimen.
2 who suffers most from acute hair matting.
Mats occur when loose hairs repeatedly twist around attached strands and the resulting tangle is not swiftly removed.
Matted hair can occur if the hair is not detangled.
Think of matted hair as the unwanted upgrade to everyday knots and tangles.
Some are just prone to matted hair but many experience matted hair when wearing braided extensions or other extensions too long.
After waiting several minutes gently untangle the easiest knots with your fingers.
Next use a wide toothed comb to brush the ends of your hair slowly working upward to release the knots.
They are more severe than regular tangles.
Acute hair matting presents with a stiff prominent and impenetrable mass of matted hair and in many cases is associated with a foul smell.
Matted hair is the combination of attached and shed hairs entwined in clumps or web like tangles.
The mass is usually made up of extremely entangled hair ooze crust pus blood and dirt.