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12-26-2005, 04:56 PM | #1 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| Matting Jewels hair where I put the topknot has matted real bad to where I am afraid I may have to cut it. Does anybody know anything I can do to get this matt without cutting?
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12-26-2005, 05:15 PM | #2 |
BANNED! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky
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| I use Detangler from Johnson and Johnson (I think) on Ceeby. My grandaughter has very long hair that gets all tangled and matted. (She is three). So, i started using it on Ceeby this week. His hair has always been oily looking and a comb would slip right thru it. Now, for the past couple of days, he has been getting matted right down next to his skin. i hope this isn't a sign of a bad coat. I had hoped he would be silky so I could grow his hair out. it is pretty long now but i don't know where the matts are coming from. The detangler works great. you spray it on and comb it right thru or in ceeby's case, I have been rubbing it right next to his skin on the roots and then combing very gently. hope this helps a little. |
12-26-2005, 05:20 PM | #3 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central California
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| You could try saturating it with an oil based coat conditioner spray and then just pick it apart with a comb or your fingers. Start at the outside edges and seperate a few hairs at a time and hopefully you will work your way through the entire mat without having to cut anything off. If you don't have any coat conditioner you might use a human leave in conditioner. Otherwise, if it's too big a matt you could split the matt with sissors. If possible slide the sissor blade between the matt and her skin (blade up away from her skin obviously) and gently saw your way up thru the matt. Do this a in a couple places until the matt is in smaller pieces (like dreadlocks) and you should be able to then brush it out. You will lose some hair this way but not as drastic as cutting off the whole matt and it should still look pretty good. Good luck.
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12-27-2005, 07:50 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ontario
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| There is a comb you can get that has blades on edges and you can sometimes get through it with this . Handy thing to have when you need it. |
12-27-2005, 09:14 PM | #5 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Seattle
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| Idea When I give Mason his bath I comb conditioner through his hair, this works great for mats.
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12-27-2005, 09:20 PM | #6 |
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| I have had a real bad mat from a top knot before too, really bad but just sat down and worked with it until I got it out...first pulling it apart gently with my hands...this takes some time, and then taking little sections of the mat and slowly working out each piece of mat that I pulled apart....it works but takes time and patience. It works better for me though to do it dry, then when I am almost done spray a conditioner on it and finsish combing it out. Hope this helps I would only cut it as a last resort.
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12-27-2005, 09:55 PM | #7 |
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| I have used a seam ripper to "open" mats and lost very little hair. I've only done it a couple of times though.
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