Pony mane massacres

[Duenia]

I have a plush Blossom, and her mane and tail are so matted and frizzed together they feel like loofahs Sadly, I really don’t think I can brush it out.

Not gonna lie that sounds like a challenge I want to take

[RLisa]

I have a wild hair rot G3 story.  I have a Sparkleworks I, and she has that plastic tinsel hair that usually breaks off.  Instead, all the PINK hair rotted out and now she has just a tinsel mane.  It's so weird...

Oh no poor Sparkleworks 

[gemini_pony]

I have a plush Blossom, and her mane and tail are so matted and frizzed together they feel like loofahs Sadly, I really don’t think I can brush it out.

You could maybe replace her hair.

[Leave a Whisper]

I have a wild hair rot G3 story.  I have a Sparkleworks I, and she has that plastic tinsel hair that usually breaks off.  Instead, all the PINK hair rotted out and now she has just a tinsel mane.  It's so weird...

I didn't know her hair rotted?! 

[MyLittleMillennial]

What causes the hair to rot like this? Sounds awful!

[Taffeta]

I've been working on trying to fix a long-haired version of Medley for a while now. She doesn't seem to have a forelock (does anyone have this version of her who can confirm this?), just a few broken off strands in the front of her mane. My standard-length Medley does have an actual forelock, so I'm not sure if this one is supposed to or not.

From my picture files, it looks like mine has a forelock. But not a very big one. I suppose it's possible it might've been trimmed, but it looks intentional.

[bright rabbit 1]

Not a mane massacre but tail. G1 Newborn Sniffles (bait) tried pushing it in to make it easier to remove, well it popped out of the butt so the washer was still in the pony.

[Artemesia's Garden]

I bought a Barnacle online once but as soon as I combed his wet hair it started coming out in chunks. I think the previous owner may have cleaned him with bleach. I thinkbleach/oxyclean use may be a major cause of hair damage in all gens but hopefully with all the tutorials out there it will be less common now. But I have heard that red hair in G1s can sometimes disintegrate like this anyway, IDK why. I have also come across a G3 whose hair fell apart. I've heard that some G4s also have problems but I haven't seen it yet.

Post Merge: June 16, 2020, 03:12:16 AM

I've been working on trying to fix a long-haired version of Medley for a while now. She doesn't seem to have a forelock (does anyone have this version of her who can confirm this?), just a few broken off strands in the front of her mane. My standard-length Medley does have an actual forelock, so I'm not sure if this one is supposed to or not.

Her mane came terribly frizzed, and I've gotten most of the frizz out with a curling iron, but the hair near the roots is weird...it's like it's permanently kinked and some is broken off and frizzy, which is strange, because usually the ends are the worst.

Yesterday I popped her head off, since I was cleaning her out and swapping out her tail for a donor tail due to tail rust anyway, and I figured I'd take the opportunity to try to fuse the mane hair closer to the roots than I could reach with the curling iron while her head was attached to her body. It's better, but I decided to change the way the hair lays (basically change her display side) to cover up the way it kinks up near the roots.

I suppose I could reroot her at some point, but it's frustrating that I would pay more to get her extra-long mane version, only to rip her original hair out, so I'm hoping once I unwrap her today after she dries she looks acceptable.

It sounds as though someone already damaged her hair with a straightening iron. I had a pony like this once. I took just a few strands at a time, soaked in hair conditioner plus a little water. It took me hours with the straightener to make it look good again. It was never exactly 'right' but it was passable I think. Since LH Medley's a curly haired pony she might be OK. Also I'd work on the original tail rather than replacing it because then mane and tail are more likely to 'match' in the end. I'd carefully add a few more strands to the forelock with a rooting tool if it looks better too, but try not to damage the original weave.

All that said, I probably wouldn't have wanted to spend that amount of time working on her and if the condition was 'not as described' might have sent her back. It can be tricky to know how long projects will take because if you do decide to send one back it has to be before you look inside.

I hope you can get her to a condition you're happy with. She's still a great pony to have!

[Taffeta]

The only G1 I have with this kind of a problem is a Butterscotch, whose hair was coated in what I think was hair spray when I got her. I had others from the same set and they were also coated, but she's the only one who now has brittle hair. She lives out on the unit because of that. Magically so far she hasn't lost all her hair, but I think it's a matter of time before she does. She looks fine right now, but you know...you can't touch or groom her...

[Glitter Yolk]

I've had fakies who's rotted manes fell right out, but of actual Hasbro ponies I think my worst case so far was a very baity Sugarberry. Dried curly hair that's gotten crazy frizz never brushes out the same, and on top of that she had a terrible mane cut paired with lots of pindot. Such a shame.

There was also a Gingerbread who had some strands come out in clumps, but it wasn't enough to really leave visible bare spots, thank goodness.