# How does a person get rid of bed head **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499 "2014-03-12T01:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![watergallop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3bc359/32.png) [@watergallop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watergallop)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/21 "2014-03-12T19:01:11Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Do you go to sleep with wet hair? > If so, don’t. > > If necessary, blow dry your hair before going to bed. If you’ve got short mens hair, that should take about 8 minutes. Yeah, I agree with this. Blow-dried hair keeps its shape better than air-dried hair. And since you’re a man and probably have short hair, it won’t be too annoying of a task. ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/22 "2014-03-12T19:37:23Z")
Take a washcloth and saturate it with water. Run this over your hair (if it’s fairly short). If you have long hair this may be more trouble than it’s worth. You should now have wet hair without having to resort to a shower. Take a towel and dry this off, and be thorough about it; since the hair is still a little damp after toweling you can “set” it in position with a brush or comb, and a few minutes later it’ll be permanent. Mission accomplished 😃 If you desire some _poofiness_, hit it with the hair drier for a few seconds before that last part. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/23 "2014-03-12T19:51:19Z")
> [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](#): > > If you desire some _poofiness_, hit it with the hair drier for a few seconds before that last part. Poofiness? _Poofiness?!?!_ ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/24 "2014-03-12T20:05:52Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Poofiness? > _Poofiness?!?!_ Indeed. Hair driers are been known to enhance poofitude, leading to a positively _pooftacular_ coif, with the volume cranked to eleven. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/25 "2014-03-12T21:26:45Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > What do you like less, having bed head or taking a shower in the morning? I’ve become sexually aroused by my own pheromones, so I try to avoid bathing as much as possible. That morninghead device looks cool, I will try that. For $11, if it works it’ll be worth it. I don’t go to bed with wet hair, I usually shower 2-3 hours before bed. Sometimes if I go to the gym it is 5 hours before bed. Either way, my hair is dry when I go to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/26 "2014-03-12T22:57:12Z")
Bed head . . . with that I suffer. You might want to try some Moroccan (argan) oil after you shower. Use water in the am to get it back in place. My son has beautiful hair that he keeps somewhat longish. He can get up in the morning, run his fingers through it and it looks great. Pisses me off. ---
**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/27 "2014-03-13T00:49:12Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > [Axe Hair Pomade.](http://www.theaxeeffect.com/#/axe-products/refined-hair-pomade) I prefer the Clean Cut Look type. ‘‘Hold on, I don’t want this pomade. I want Dapper Dan. I don’t want Fop, goddamn it! I’m a Dapper Dan man!’’ > [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](#): > > …since the hair is still a little damp after toweling you can “set” it in position with a brush or comb, and a few minutes later it’ll be permanent. Depends on how crappy your hair is. For some hair this method will do nothing. Not permanent anyways. Not even temporary. (I shower in the mornings so while I’m a victim of bed head that’s not really my particular problem. Of course, enough product blow dried (blown dry?) can set it. But then you have rigid hair. Until it’s disturbed. > [@Shoeless](#): > > A #2 clipper will take care of that problem for you. Not a solution for everyone but I wish I had started doing this a few decades ago. I’ve hated my hair since I was old enough to have an opinion about it. Never been able to get a decent hair cut. Can’t do anything with it. Finally got rid of it for the most part and don’t care if there is no style to it since it looks better than the crappy hair I suffered from for far too long. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/28 "2014-03-13T02:56:45Z")
> [@sich\_hinaufwinden](#): > > ‘‘Hold on, I don’t want this pomade. I want Dapper Dan. I don’t want Fop, goddamn it! I’m a Dapper Dan man!’’ sich\_hinaufwinden, where art thou? ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/29 "2014-03-13T03:33:36Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I’ve become sexually aroused by my own pheromones, so I try to avoid bathing as much as possible. :eek: Is this some sort of whoosh, or a real thing. Cuz if it’s real, I’ve got lots more questions… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/30 "2014-03-13T03:37:17Z")
Another strategy: Just proudly own your bed head hair. Wear it proudly. Let it be your styling statement. Look how that worked for Albert Einstein and Rand Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/31 "2014-03-13T04:03:06Z")
> [@sich\_hinaufwinden](#): > > ‘‘Hold on, I don’t want this pomade. I want Dapper Dan. I don’t want Fop, goddamn it! I’m a Dapper Dan man!’’ Watch your language, young feller, this is a public board. Bed head & hat-hair are why I tend to keep my hair pretty short. No idea why but I can put a hat on for 5 seconds and when I take it off it looks like several dozen over-affectionate aunts have been tousling my hair (before pinching my cheek and saying “look how you’ve _grown_!!!”) ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/32 "2014-03-13T04:18:34Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Another strategy: Just proudly own your bed head hair. Wear it proudly. Let it be your styling statement. Look how that worked for Albert Einstein and Rand Paul. Had a friend in high school that did just that…He washed his hair regularly but never ever (not for picture day , graduation, or even his wedding) combed/brushed it. Some days it was just kind of matted down, others with wild cowlicks all over the place. It was just his thing. If you want to pull this off, you have to COMMIT! ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/33 "2014-03-13T10:45:08Z")
Provide some sort of interesting distraction. I hear corduroy pillows are making headlines. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/34 "2014-03-13T12:15:49Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I’ve become sexually aroused by my own pheromones, so I try to avoid bathing as much as possible. > > That morninghead device looks cool, I will try that. For $11, if it works it’ll be worth it. > > I don’t go to bed with wet hair, I usually shower 2-3 hours before bed. Sometimes if I go to the gym it is 5 hours before bed. Either way, my hair is dry when I go to sleep. Ew. Wash your hair in the sink. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/35 "2014-03-13T13:32:33Z")
> [@turtlescanfly](#): > > :eek: > > Cuz if it’s real, I’ve got lots more questions… Not I. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/36 "2014-03-13T14:17:49Z")
Shave it all off! Bald is Beautiful, Baby! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/37 "2014-03-13T19:17:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I…a friend of mine, rather…plops a very wet wash cloth on his head while he shaves and brushed his teeth. > It makes…he says it makes his hair lie flat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/38 "2014-03-13T19:56:07Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > 🙂 Argh! It’s _LOOKING AT ME_! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/39 "2014-03-13T23:57:51Z")
> [@Inna\_Minnit](#): > > Ew. > > Wash your hair in the sink. You laugh but my days are an endless cycle of inhalations and orgasms. ---
**Author:** ![sandysue44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@sandysue44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandysue44)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499/40 "2014-03-15T23:23:37Z")
I bet it is cute. lol Seriously I would suggest you go to a professional salon and let the stylist recommend some good products for your hair. This is important for men too. My boyfriend has a fauxhawk and when he wakes up he looks like a punk rocker-very attractive. 🙂 I am 60 years old and I love my hair since I started taking care of it properly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-person-get-rid-of-bed-head/683499.md?page=3)