How to put up long hair to wash face?

Has anyone found good ways to put/tie up their long hair when you wash your face in the morning/night? For years I have been doing the 'bun' and securing it with a claw clip but my hair has started breaking off badly at the crown (I also have thinning hair that falls out very bad; thyroid problems and early menopause) I started to think maybe all the daily twisting was causing it to break off?? But now I'm fighting with ways to wash my face! My hair is pretty long so the 'ponytail loop' does not work, hair falls on my neck and gets wet....anyone else have similar problems?? :banghead:
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In the morning I just rinse my face in the shower, and if I'm not washing my hair, I have a shower cap on - I just loosely pile my hair up enough to get it up in there, no tight twisting or anything. That's something else you might try even if just washing your face at the sink . . . .
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