Worst Hair PHASE In History...
This is a tough one for me... Which is a good thing I supposed. I've never had a chemical disaster, or even a cut gone wrong. I did have, however, what you could call a terrible hair phase.It was late 2006 and I was just beginning to get interested in the health of my hair. While flat ironing my hair one Sunday evening, I noticed that the ends of the straightened sections were punctuated with white dots (especially the highlighted strands). It was very strange... I finished the job and wrapped it up for the night. The next morning, I combed it down and carefully (and fearfully) examined my ends. What were these white dots?! I was totally freaked out and knew it couldn't mean anything good. I jumped on the internet and soon learned that I was suffering from trichorrhexis nodosa, also known as "bubble hair". It occurs when there is an explosion of the cortex at a single point on the hair strand. It looks like a tiny white bead on the hair, and inevitably results in hair breakage. It is a classic sign of physical and/or chemical over-treatment of the hair. My hair was a mess, and nearly every strand was split or bubbled. I cried and cried on and off for days until I decided that it was time to finally STOP STRAIGHTENING! I gave my Solia flat iron away, hid the blow dryer, and threw myself into a wonderful world of natural hair styling.
For the next two years, my dyed and heat damaged hair continued to break and split no matter what I did-- this was incredibly frustrating and disheartening. Finally in 2008, all of the henna treatments, frequent micro trims, and weekly deep treatments paid off! I was retaining length, and the health of my hair improved significantly. Needless to say, I haven't picked up a flat iron since 2007 (Valentine's Day)... Not that couldn't or wouldn't, I just feel sexier with BIG hair!
What has been your worst hair moment in history?
4 comments:
you know I experienced the exact same thing. I didnt know what to make of it. The following day I headed straight to my salon, unfortunately my regular stylist wasnt in that day so I spoke to the owner of the salon and showed her my hair strands and how easily they were snapping off. Her response was that my stylist perhaps didnt remove all of the chemical relaxer. She said she would re-wash it for me but would charge me the usual amount that it would normally cost to get a wash and blow. What a crock! Even after this happened to my hair I still didnt have the sense to realize that all those chemical relaxers were ruining the condition of my hair, that was back in 2003. Luckily, I have been chemical free and natural for a little over a year, and did the big chop last November 2008. Thank goodness.
My worst hair momemt was in the summer of 2006. I was newly dating a guy whom, at the time, I KNEW was Mr. Right.
I have always worn wigs/weaves to change up my style and he HATED wigs!
At the time though still natural, I'd dyed my hair to a caramel brown and it had golden blond streaks.
Well, Mr. Right felt that black women looked best with black hair (how stupid is that?) so after repeated comments about it, like an idiot I rinsed my hair... You guessed it, black! Only it didn't turn black but GREEN! Yes! Forest green! I was mortified. But rather go to the hair salon to fix it, I just bought a different brand of jet black and tried again. It got greener!
Luckily for me it was mostly in the middle so I hid it by wearing buns. It eventually wore off but I ended up getting a black weave for a while because the edges stayed black longer. I actually ended up enjoying my "black" stage but it's just not for me.
Moral of story? NEVER dye your hair for a man!!! And if you are so moved to dye go to a salon!
Needless to say I'm not with him anymore! LOL!
I'm only 13 but i've @ 12 already experienced the whole straight hair is the only hair experience. and im really praying i can convince myself and my mother that my natural GOD-GIVEN AND BLESSED HAIR, IS BEAUTIFUL
I'm not here to talk about a bad hair moment... I just want to comment and say that I liked the fact that you said that you feel sexier with big hair...
Me too. lol
Juceefroot
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