Does care for men’s hair and women’s hair differ? I’m curious to know

Hey. My hair was pretty long and very nice. Here’s my number one tip: don’t use anything. Normal shampoo, don’t wash too often. No blow-dry, no hard brushes or combs, use soft brushes. The receding hairline is just genetics. Yeah hats and ponytails make it a little faster, but everyone’s hairline will recede.

For getting the hair out of the way, I also used bandanas sometimes.

A receding hairline, apart from genetics, might happen when you tie your hair very, very tight. A loose tail would not be an issue.

I use the curly girl method (am cis dude). There is a really good wiki on Reddit.

I’ve had hair past my shoulders on and off for more than a decade in total over the last 30 years.

It is basically always pulled back in a hair tie and as @glad_cat has said, no receding hair line here.

I use no product in it at all and wash/condition it once a week. I regularly have women comment that they wish their had hair as healthy as mine and ask what products I use. My reply is always none.

My hair is super strait, so it is always flat. meh. That’s what it is.

From what I have found, the less you fuck with it. The better it is.

I wash it with shampoo and conditioner every once in a while

Everyone’s hair is different so you’ll have to find what works for yours, but there’s three things you have to do: washing, conditioning and untangling, how often and in what order you’ll got to figure out.

My hair’s curly and dry so for me is washing, conditioning and untangle with lots of conditioner applied. If you have straight and more greasy hair maybe you’ll condition first, with more conservative quantities favoring the tips/avoiding the scalp, and wash after, untangling with a daily dry brushing.

Hair ties are ok, just don’t go for too long with a very tight pony tail or bun. I keep my hair tied most of the time and my hair line is not the same as when I was 20 but I would say that is better than most of my short-haired peers (maybe improved uv protection).

And then you have styling products, there’s a whole world of them. I use leave in conditioner and/or gel, or nothing, or whatever shit I just got to try and see if my hair likes it (spoiler: the fucker usually doesn’t, and they’re not cheap). I would say in general foams and mouses give a dryer look while oily/waxy products give a more wet finish.

As a man with shoulder-long wavy hair, I wash them 1-2 times a week with a mild shampoo and some leave-in conditioner, no products otherwise. The most important thing is probably to just try out some basic products and find out what works best for you. Everyone is different.

Hair ties are fine so long as you don’t tie your hair super tight (loose pony tails/buns are best) and change it up from time to time (by letting your hair loose, using hair claws/clips, putting the ties in different spots). The issue comes from putting too much pressure on your hair follicles, which can be avoided like that. Loosely tying your hair gets easier as it gets longer, so it’s good to be patient early on and not “rush” the tie.

I wash my hair once a week. For about a day after washing it it is very “flyaway” even though I use shampoo with conditioner. It is much less “flyaway” after my natural oils weigh it down again. Different shampoos / conditioners have different results…YMMV.

ETA: I wear hats often. They do an ok job of holding hair out of your face…better than nothing.

Not a man but hair ties leading to receding hairlines is referencing traction alopecia. Basically you pull your hair so tight it gets ripped out at the front over and over resulting in more or less the equivalent of how folks who plucked their eyebrows for years had them stop growing back.

My recommendation as a long haired woman who doesn’t like her hair in her face is hair ties in loose buns/ponytails (best practice is to switch it up from time to time so you don’t wind up with friction damage on the same place) and hair clips once it’s long enough for them.

You can use hair ties, just keep it real loose. Don’t make it tight like how female gymnasts usually tie their hair. When I had long hair during the lockdown, I used hairties, sweatbands, beanies, and hats to keep my hair away from my face.

I have wavy hair so another thing I learned to keep my hair looking nice is to squeeze the water out after a shower. Ruffling a towel through my hair like when I had short hair ended up making my hair look dry and damaged.

Long hair since forever now.
So:

1. Brush it every day at least. Twice if neccessary. Brush it before you wash it to get the entangled fallen out hair off and after you washed your hair. Washing it will entangle it again.
2. Find out how often you need to wash the hair. Curly hair gets frizzly if washed too often, oily hair obviously gets hard to manage if washed too infrequently.
3. Just use a shampoo and conditioner that makes your hair feel right. You’ll know what I mean. Do not use the typical “15 in 1 and it wil cook you diner” things marketed for men. They are usually super aggressive and with menthol and shit… Don’t let them control you with your masculinity. I have a shampoo that smells of almonds and vanilla and makes my hair silky. I like it.
4. Hair bands will not affect your hairline. If so, every woman with a braid would go bald. Baldness in men is triggered by some gene-BS, not by you pulling on your hair
5. If you want to restrain your hair, but not clamp it down so to say, use those telephone-wire-like hairbands. They’ll do just that. I can’t use them because my thick hair will just laugh at me and push the band away
6. Get a tangle teezer. Thank me later.

A woman rather than a man, but you need to just train your hair where to lie. When it’s wet, part it where you want, and brush it where you want it to lay. Not saying it won’t fall in your face on occasion, but it won’t be there by default.

I don’t really use products on a day to day basis, besides a good shampoo and conditioner.

dry it somewhat in the shape you want it to stay as, shaping it with a comb

I dry my towards the back, so the hair stays behind my ears, and not even close to my mouth

During the hair falls in my face phase I just used a beanie or hair tie when it got long enough for that. Five years of growth FYI. I don’t use product so cant chime in on that. Would just recommend to be sure you find the right conditioner for your hair.

Ive got curly hair so cant recommend brushing like some of the others here. If you have wavy/curly hair look for advice on that.