Do you sleep with your hair up or down? Why or why not?

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1. With my hair up, I don’t want it to disturb my face

2. I mostly see with my hair up just because I get hot with my hair down

3. down because my neck be hurtin

4. I wear my hair open, because anything else tends to break it easily.

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6. I usually sleep with my hair down but now that it’s getting longer I’ve been sleeping with it up.

7. Up

8. Pineapple if im making my blowout/twist out last, down in bonnet when I’m lazy, and 4 braids in bonnet when I have my act together

9. I sleep with my hair down but in a bonnet because it’s so damn fine and will break off lol

10. Mostly up bc I don’t like rolling on it & tugging my own hair.

11. Up. Cuz im happily married.

12. Up so it doesn’t get frizzy and tangled

13. Down, I have sensory issues and something about it up when I’m sleeping bothers me and feels weird

14. I tie my hair in a loose ponytail to keep hair away from my face while sleeping. I sleep on my side rather than on my back so it’s no problem.

15. Down but sometimes with pigtail braids

16. I’ve had short hair for most of my teen/adult life and I’ve never had to put it up before. Now that it’s long, I try to braid it first to subdue breakage, but I’m still so bad at braiding my hair that I pull out so many strands in the process.

    Help lol

17. Up. I have a very oily scalp + fine hair. This makes my hair greasy when I sleep. When I was a teen, if I would sleep with my hair down I’d break out on my beck and back. Hair up? Stopped happening.

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19. Typically braid (loose) it a little off to the side. I have long hair.

20. hair up gives me pony hair and hair down gets in my face🥲 but since i love my sleep so much usually hair up

21. Braided – less tangling

22. I sleep with my hair down, but in a bonnet.

23. Up in a silk scrunchie. If I wear it out, I’ll wake up resembling a lion.

24. I have long hair. Previously down. Now up in a silk scrunchie because my husband rolled on it once while we were asleep, never again.

25. up. I toss and turn and my hair will wrap around my head and neck and make me feel claustrophobic. unless it is just washed then i just fan it out on the pillow behind me and it seems to not bother me

26. Depends on my mood and the amount of energy I want to put into it. Usually up in a little bun, sometimes a couple of braids if I’ve washed my hair AND managed to mostly dry my hair…then I ask my mum if she can braid my hair (most I can do is a plait or pair of plaits when it is longer), or if zero energy and motivation, I’ll go to sleep with it down and scare my family when I wake up.

27. Usually open. I let it hang off the top of my bed. I have a sensitive scalp that often hurt if I put my hair up, so that’s why I don’t want to put it up more than necessary.

28. Up. My hair is almost 3 ft long. And I like to breathe while I’m asleep

29. I sleep with it down because when i sleep with it up its uncomfortable but when i just washed my hair and combed through it to keep it from forming knots when i go to sleep i will put it in two braids.

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32. Up in a bun or else I overheat and get sweaty and it sticks to my neck lol

33. Down. I toss and turn and don’t want a ponytail or bun impeding on my slumber lol.

34. Braided. Otherwise my hair looks a mess in the morning.

35. Up. If not I wake up looking like I’ve been electrocuted

36. Pineapple as my hair is curly. If I don’t I wake to it being 10 x the size. It becomes a huge frizzy mess!