The only good solution I have is a good friend and copeous amounts of wine after a diving week.
Braces and Long Hair Advice
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CaptainCalamari
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2 things my dive instructor recommended for someone else.
First, copious amounts of conditioner and leave it in your hair, then platt your hair before your dive, then dive with the conditionee still in your hair.
Second, get a neoprene mask tamer. It doesn't get caught our pull your hair as you put the mask on and off.
First, copious amounts of conditioner and leave it in your hair, then platt your hair before your dive, then dive with the conditionee still in your hair.
Second, get a neoprene mask tamer. It doesn't get caught our pull your hair as you put the mask on and off.
Midwesterndvr
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I haven't had long hair in a while but I did have braces. Not Invisalign so biting down on a mouthpiece was a tighter fit. In my opinion I would leave them out for the dive if you have the option to do so. In the end I ended up getting a ots guardian mask which I can't be more happy with. Now biting down on anything,jaw fatigue, fogging, clearing, are all things I don't miss.
In terms of the invisalign - I used to have it, and I still wear my retainers at night/sometimes throughout the day
I've tried diving with the retainer in before. It just feels weird/uncomfortable trying to seal your mouth around the reg's mouthpiece. I felt like my mouth wasn't sitting on reg's mouthpiece correctly and was getting a small water leak and felt like the reg was going to fall out of my mouth. I would recommend just popping them out pre-dive and then rinsing out your mouth when you get back on the boat and popping them back in. I feel your pain about needing them in 22 hours.
I've tried diving with the retainer in before. It just feels weird/uncomfortable trying to seal your mouth around the reg's mouthpiece. I felt like my mouth wasn't sitting on reg's mouthpiece correctly and was getting a small water leak and felt like the reg was going to fall out of my mouth. I would recommend just popping them out pre-dive and then rinsing out your mouth when you get back on the boat and popping them back in. I feel your pain about needing them in 22 hours.
lerpy
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I am a guy but have longish hair. I would recommend a thin hood to keep it under control when diving. As for after I have a brushing my dive bag and deal with combing it out.
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Is the conditioner bio-friendly? Must be or there would be some posts on that no doubt.
Otherwise known as a "slap strap" here in the US.
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