Leaving long hair wet on a 7 year old granddaughter

Londonia, you said you had reasons to be concerned but didn't share them. I respect that sharing them might have been inappropriate but, of course, responders couldn't take them into account.

Although most people seem to have disagreed with you, I think they generally wanted to reassure you that your GD was unlikely to come to harm from this.

I've got long thick hair, so does my daughter and two granddaughters. None of us use a hairdryer and we've suffered no ill effects

I have very thick hair and when I was a child my mother didn’t use to blow dry my hair. Unless she’s going outside in the cold why does she need to have it dried?

I'm on your side Londonia. Tell your daughter and SIL if their child goes to bed regularly with damp hair she'll end up with mouldy spots on her pillow. Happened to me.

When we were at college we used to iron our hair to straighten it, probably not a very good idea.

Grannynannywanny Yes I had one in my teens in the 1960s I used to roller set my hair with Amani setting lotion and sellotape my fringe down. I used it twice a week but it took ages to dry my thick hair in the rollers. Happy memories.

As for brushing it dry.... ???? What a waste of time!

Londonia

Does anyone else find it unreasonable to leave a child's long (though not particularly thick) hair wet after washing it - rather than using a small hairdryer. I find it unreasonable and have discussed it with daughter and s in law. They just consider it is not necessary. To me it's important for a couple of reasons. Just interested an objective point of view. Thank you. New member.

Good grief! Seriously? We do now own a hairdryer because MrBaggs bought one for drying his paintings but it's hardly ever used (he even forgot he had it). My three daughters and I have spent our lives letting our hair dry naturally. Absolutely no harm has come to us or anyone else as a result.

With modern, well-(often over-)heated houses, having wet hair for part of a day simply isn't a problem.

My mum used to brush my hair til it was dry. It was a labour of love which I couldn't really see until I had a daughter with long hair and tried to do it.

We didn’t have a hair dryer when I was young, no one did. If you wanted dry hair you had to sit near the (coal) fire. The OP seems to have disappeared but I would have liked to know where she was coming from, didn’t get the post at all.

This thread has cast me back to my childhood in the 60’s. My lovely Dad worked in a factory and the men used to pay a small amount every week into a savings club. Then withdraw the cash for special occasions eg holidays, Christmas etc.

My Dad saw a contraption in a shop window and decided to withdraw his club money to buy it for me and my Mum. He arrived home proud as punch with our surprise.

It was a Pifco Princess hairdryer with hood attachment. Basically a hairdryer with a corrugated hose that attached to the hood. The hood resembled a plastic shower cap.

My Mum didn’t want to hurt his feelings and say what a waste of money. So we did our best to use it a few times. The shower cap inflated with hot air and after 3 mins of use the hose overheated. The inside of the cap was unbearably hot.

Did anyone else have one? The hairdryer was ok but the hood attachment was a one hit wonder. I’ve found a photo of it online.

I think if it is dripping wet it's probably not a good idea but to slightly towel dry it and then leave it to dry naturally seems OK to me.

For my long haired DGD I had a towelling turban which fitted on her head with enough length to cover her hair which was then rolled and twisted up in it. Hard to explain, probably impossible to comprehend! Now my normally short hair is long and straggly I have dug it out of the airing cupboard and use it myself.
After a few minutes the hair is no longer dripping so can hang loose to air dry.
It’s a shame we’ll never get to know the ‘couple of reasons’!

It’s healthier on the hair to air dry it.

It’s also none of your business. Please don’t mention it to them again, or you’ll risk falling out

Op,

What is very unreasonable is you mentioning it to your d and sil.

This is none of your business and very common practice.

I’m not going to waste my time answering .....why do OPs ask for advice and not get back ?

Very sensible, in my view. A hairdryer damages hair.

I’m pretty sure we had a hairdryer, but I can’t remember if my hair was dried with it.
My mother had this thing about over washing hair, so I used to wash it at my friends house with washing up liquid! Yuck

I wish I had lovely straight, shiny hair so that I could leave it to dry naturally.

My Mum used to rub my long hair with a towel until it was nearly dry, comb out the tangles, ouch, and then either plait it or wrap it in torn strips of sheet for ringlets.
We never had a hairdryer, in fact there was no such thing as a handheld dryer.

Better for hair to leave it to dry naturally. It’s also none of your business.

As long as it’s towel dried and not dripping wet which I’m sure it isn’t, I don’t understand the concern, actually she’s not your child so I wouldn’t be happy if my MIL brought it to me or my Dh attention, I’m intrigued like other posters what your two points are regarding letting hair dry naturally

I think we have lost Londonia. I hope she's not been scared off. Hello , if you are there.
I have never used a hairdryer, except at the hairdressers, on myself or my DC.
I think DD uses one on the DGC.
Hair dries very quickly but it's probably better not to go to bed with wet hair and wake up with strange shaped hair in the morning.
When I was young with long hair, I used to shake it dry.

Bluebelle I knew three sisters whose mother would have them kneeling down in front of an old-fashioned electric fire with their heads down and hair hanging, swinging it from side to side within inches of the element. I couldn't watch it, even aged 10 I could see how dangerous it was. They seemed to survive.

londonia what are your two points ?

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