How to Untangle American Girl Doll Hair- An Easy Doll Hair Hack
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After spending quite a bit on an American Girl doll, you really don’t want to frustrate yourself with long steps and expensive products when figuring out how to untangle American Girl doll hair.
You can take your doll to the salon if you live close to an American Girl store and don’t mind spending what is needed to get the desired results.
But this isn’t feasible for everyone.
I promise you can detangle American Girl doll hair at home, and it won’t cost much. 
I will walk you through how to untangle American Girl doll hair without fabric softener!
Tangled doll hair is a pain, and most often, kids push dolls with matted hair to the bottom of the toy pile.
Why?
Because they simply feel no matter how hard they try, they can’t comb out the tangles.
If your child has given you a doll with knotted hair and asked the question, “How to fix American doll hair?” or frustrated asked, “How to get knots out of American Girl doll hair?” you’re at the right place!
It’s easy to untangle doll hair, as long as you have 3 basic musts:
- A wide-toothed comb
- Any brand conditioner
- Water
How to get Tangles out of American Girl doll hair
1. Start by washing your doll’s hair with a glass of water or under a tap.
Just make sure the hair is not drenched and dripping pools of water.
2. Once you feel all the hair is damp, take a generous dollop of conditioner
and work it through the hair, ensuring it goes all the way through, 
down to the lowest hair strand tips.
3. When done, carefully wash out all traces of the conditioner.
4. Now, pat dry the hair and grab your wide-toothed comb.
5. The key is to divide the hair into segments and patiently work through each segment.
I like twisting the hair and working the tangles loose from the bottom all the way to the top.
(See video for reference)
Work patiently through each hair segment. 
6. Once you’ve combed through each hair segment, carefully comb the hair all the way through.
Allow the doll’s hair to air dry.
Air drying shouldn’t take long.
The American Girl brand doesn’t recommend using a hair dryer to dry your American Girl doll’s hair.
“DON’T use a blow dryer, curling iron, straightening iron, or hot rollers, all of which can dry, stiffen, or even melt hair.”
And there you have it!
An easy doll hair hack!
And yes, this works for untangling any doll’s hair.
Who said fixing American Girl doll hair was an ordeal?
