One Hundred strokes a Night / myLot

South Africa

November 29, 2016 11:27am CST

I remember writing about my hair brushing habits in the Bubblews era, and this evening after my shower, grooming the feet, creaming the arms and elbows, I take to the brush and stoke my hair 100 times . . every night. My grandmother said that brushing your hair as often as one can, and especially at night, made it healthy and shiny. Going grey can have its moments of depression especially when the grey appears sooner than you would like, but I have found a way to keep it a lighter brown for a few more years before letting the silver earn its place on my crown. Do you have any brushing rituals ? just a thought shared . . .

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14794)

• Ireland

29 Nov 16

@inlemay I haven't put a comb or brush near my head in nigh on 15 years. I just have a shower then shake my head and that does it.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

30 Nov 16

so you are a shaking kind - ha ha ha - mu hubby does that too most times when his hair is kept short

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382412)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 16

I remember being told this too and I used to brush my hair regularly. I don't think I own a hairbrush now.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

30 Nov 16

dont you have anymore hair?

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

30 Nov 16

@JudyEv Thank you - I was worried for a while that you might have gone bald already - My one aunt went bald but wore it like that, didnt buy a wig or nothing

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382412)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Nov 16

@Inlemay It's been shortish and/or permed for years so there was never really a need to brush it. I could brush it now it's longer and straight. I don't think it is thinning out - it doesn't appear to be to me - but it is very easy to comb and doesn't seem very thick. If it is thinning I'd worry that brushing would pull out more of it.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

29 Nov 16

Thank heavens that I am not a woman because that would drive me even more insane than I am.

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@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

29 Nov 16

vesides that much brushing might lose you some hait beinga giy

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

29 Nov 16

@Hatley A good point and I cannot really spare any more.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

30 Nov 16

did you know that I find it very therapeutic as well - when my children were small and had a fever or were just feeling ill, i would softly brush their hair and they would calm down and sleep so the meds could work. There is much more to the brushing of hair than just strokes

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Patsie Hatley is Deceased

@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

29 Nov 16

I try to do that often maybe not one hundred stole at a t ime b ut brush often as i have silver hair peopole tell me jhat my shiny white hair is pretty

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

30 Nov 16

Silver, shiny white hair is the wisdom of years, I am getting there

Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54730)

• United States

30 Nov 16

I never actually count my brush strokes, but having long hair I brush mine several times a day.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

30 Nov 16

you and me both - I dont like my hair untidy, so I brush it often. I even have a brush in my handbag (its mini) or after bowls - I brush it them before I return home

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