Conditioning Disaster

Last night I decided to condition my hair to a beautiful luxuriant shine. I shampooed meticulously, got out, towel-dried my wet hair and then raked some conditioning cream into my hair. I then wrapped my head into a shower cap to let the moisture really soak in. The instructions say to let it sit in hair for five minutes. I thought it would be fine to go for sixty instead (because I’ve been brainwashed by society to think that more is always better). I settled down and chatted with my friend. The call ended up being over an hour and twenty minutes long. After this extraordinary exercising of tongue, I decided to call yet another friend and tongue exercise another 40 minutes or so. After that, I lay back on my bed exhausted and promptly dozed to morning.

I woke up the next morning with the horrible realization that I had slept all night with a very wet, very moisturized head. It may have been psychosomatic, but I literally felt a headache coming on as I imagined all that moisture seeping into my skull, penetrating the deep recesses of my neural cavity. I wonder if I have done irreversible damage not only to my hair but even more distressing, possibly to my brain. I then leapt into shower once more and prompty doused my poor soggy head in hot water for five minutes.

Epilogue: So now my hair feels somewhat more substantial, heavier. I still feel cold though and the chill may entirely be in my head. The moral of the story, don’t be such a putz about these things, sleeping all night with an insulated mess of wet slimy hair is no fun at all!