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I think maybe it got too tangled after 8 days. You might want to try detangling it every time you wash so that doesn’t happen but be very, very gentle. Your hair is going to be fragile from the perm. When using the comb start at the very bottom of your hair, detangle that, then work your way up.

Also, if your hair wasn’t detangled for 8 days and is curly it probably wasn’t shedding hair naturally that whole time until you detangled it. So it’s possible that it was 8 days worth of normal hair shedding but just all at once.

Edit: you also said you were using a fine tooth comb and you don’t want that. It’s going to cause breakage. Try something like this instead

I would definitely look into the LOC method! What products are you currently using in your hair?

So this was my comment on a post from about a month ago, but it might help you too!:

I have my best luck on hair that is drenched in conditioner. I never try to detangle dry hair (but it works for some people). My method for extremely tangled hair:

• section hair into 4-6 sections with clips or hair ties
  
  
• apply conditioner to a section till drenched. (Sometimes it helps to either (1) wet hair first with a spray bottle like this, then apply conditioner, or (2) mix conditioner and water in a spray bottle
  
  
• finger detangle section
  
  
• use wide tooth comb like this to gently detangle hair. start at the end of the hair and with each pass of the comb gradually move up higher until you reach the root of your hair and are combing from root to ends
  
  
• put the section back up and move on to the next, following the same steps
  
  
• shampoo and condition hair like normal
  
  
• for extra detangling, I might finger detangle/ comb my hair again while conditioner in is my hair, using the stream of water to help ease out any tangles
  
  If my hair isn’t too tangled, I basically do the same process, but I do it all in the shower (sectioned hair, detangle section by section with conditioner)
  
  Naptural85 on YouTube also has some pretty great tips/ videos showing exactly how she does it
  
  Also, you should totally check out r/curlyhair.
  
  Sorry this was so long! 😅

>Let me know if you have more questions!

Lets say I have these 5 items here:

• Microfiber hair towel
  
  
• Wide tooth comb
  
  
• La Looks Gel #10
  
  
• TRESemmé conditioner
  
  
• V05 Clarifying shampoo
  
  Do I need any more items?
  
  If no, for the first wash using these items, what do I do?
  
  
  I know you don't use the V05 shampoo for anything except the first wash, but what do I do for the first wash? After I get the first wash down, the only thing I need to do is remove the use of V05 clarifying shampoo right?
  
  
  Let's say I get into the shower. Turn the water on and wash my hair and make it wet. Do I need a specific temperature of water? Let's say I add the TRESemmé conditioner. How much do I add for my amount of hair? What do I do with it? I add a certain amount to my hair, do I just let it sit there, do I massage it in, do I "scrunch it"? How long do I keep the conditioner in? Do I use the comb while in the shower working with the conditioner or during a different time? How do I use it?
  
  
  In the styling portion of the beginner-routine it states that you take a large amount of gel and scrunch it into your hair. For my volume of hair, would a handful of gel be too much? What does it mean to "scrunch it in"?
  
  
  In the drying portion it says to scrunch your hair with a microfiber towel, is this a different type of scrunching than the one in the styling portion? What's "plopping"? What does "scrunching out the crunch" mean?
  
  Thanks. Sorry for so many questions.