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Have You Ever Cried Over Your Hair?
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Amber_moon
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YES! Every few months something will go SO wrong with it... Ill break down a cry.
bluebearfanatic
New Member
oh yes!..lol especially when I've had moments when I was so frustrated and or went to a stylist and she didn't do my hair the way I wanted.
growinglong777
New Member
Yeah, after I gave myself a phytorelaxer months ago,, and my hair stayed as dry as the Sahara Desert.
locabouthair
Well-Known Member
yes plenty of timesI remember coming home from school crying because of how I used to get teased about my hair. This was when my hair was really short. I had 2 bald spots all I could do was wear it slicked back.
And another time when I got a weave done and paid almost $100 and I hated the way it looked. I was so frustrated that my hair couldnt grow and I had to pay $100 for hair I didn't even like. I walked home crying.
Khandi I know you get upset about your progress but I would LOVE to have your length and thickness.
And another time when I got a weave done and paid almost $100 and I hated the way it looked. I was so frustrated that my hair couldnt grow and I had to pay $100 for hair I didn't even like. I walked home crying.
Khandi I know you get upset about your progress but I would LOVE to have your length and thickness.
BotanyGrl
Well-Known Member
When I took my braids out a few weeks ago, I cried so many tears. I tried my best to be gentle, but I lost so much hair. I got over it when I realized most of it was hair that I hadn't shed in 2 months. Then I cried something terrible when I attempted to blow dry it. I had stretched for over 4 months and my hair just didn't want to cooperate!
BobbieDoll
New Member
Same thing happened to me except I was at the salon and the shampoo girl was the one that was doing the detangling. When I got home and saw how much hair I lost I cried because I was so close to BSL.
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kittenz
Well-Known Member
No I haven't but that's probably because I'm too grateful for the hair that I do have to cry over my setbacks or frustrations on bad hair days. My mom has alopecia and has had a very patchy head of hair for over 10 years. Sometimes I want to cry for her though, because 10+ years of wigs, weaves (that don't help at all) and not being able to show your head in public has really taken its toll on her self esteem. If I could, at anytime I would give her every strand of hair on my head. So while my hair is thick and healthy, or should it change to thin and short as long as it there I'll be okay. And if it should all decide to fall out one day, I'm sure i'll cry then but I hope I can look as fierce as my mother does while I'm crying. But right now I'm too blessed to be stressed. 
balisi
New Member
Yes, during my transition when I got my hair done in kinky twists by a "natural hair" stylist. Unbeknownst to me at the time, she used the wrong kind of hair for twisting. 
erplexed She couldn't get the ends to curl properly, either. It was after dark by the time she finished and her salon (inside The Bazaar in L5P for my fellow ATLiens) was not well lit so I couldn't see the extent of the poor job she had done until I got home. My "twists" had straight relaxed tufts sticking out of almost every twist! 
The next morning was a Monday and there was no way I was going to work looking a H.A.M. so naturally I called in sick. And I was sick after paying $200 for that mess. My numerous attempts to reach the stylist failed. That's when the tears started to flow.
I called a friend/fellow classmate who was rocking the most beautiful twists and asked her for help. She referred me to the African braiders who had done her twists. I drove all the way across town to get to them. They charged me $40 to take the twists down and $180 to put a new set in. They were like, "When did you get these done?" When I told them that it was the day before, they conversed in their language. I know they were talking about me, but I didn't care. 
They roughly washed my hair, put no conditioner in it, brutally detangled and of course, braided my hair so tightly that my head was in serious pain (for days later). The twists were a beautiful work of art though. I wore them proudly for close to two months.
erplexed She couldn't get the ends to curl properly, either. It was after dark by the time she finished and her salon (inside The Bazaar in L5P for my fellow ATLiens) was not well lit so I couldn't see the extent of the poor job she had done until I got home. My "twists" had straight relaxed tufts sticking out of almost every twist! The next morning was a Monday and there was no way I was going to work looking a H.A.M. so naturally I called in sick. And I was sick after paying $200 for that mess. My numerous attempts to reach the stylist failed. That's when the tears started to flow.
I called a friend/fellow classmate who was rocking the most beautiful twists and asked her for help. She referred me to the African braiders who had done her twists. I drove all the way across town to get to them. They charged me $40 to take the twists down and $180 to put a new set in. They were like, "When did you get these done?" When I told them that it was the day before, they conversed in their language. I know they were talking about me, but I didn't care. They roughly washed my hair, put no conditioner in it, brutally detangled and of course, braided my hair so tightly that my head was in serious pain (for days later). The twists were a beautiful work of art though. I wore them proudly for close to two months.
tt8
New Member
I just finished...amzing how I just came across this thread. I am so frustrated with my hair. I have been trying to grow out my edges and nothing seems to work which could give me a little bit of growth past my SL if they hurried and caught up with the growth on the rest of my hair...
I wear wigs now cause I am embarassed of my hair falling out. It feels like defeat and brings up too many old wounds from childhood. Since I wear them daily it happens everytime I take it off at night or come across somebody with the hair I want. Especially when I go to the salon and everybody there's got hair APL or longer. Sometimes I don't know if this board is helping or hurting me
I wear wigs now cause I am embarassed of my hair falling out. It feels like defeat and brings up too many old wounds from childhood. Since I wear them daily it happens everytime I take it off at night or come across somebody with the hair I want. Especially when I go to the salon and everybody there's got hair APL or longer. Sometimes I don't know if this board is helping or hurting me
Soliel185
New Member
Last winter my APL hair dried out something terrible and I had two small areas of breakage near the nape. I decided to try sewing in a few tracks so that area could rest and grow. Then I went to go take it out - it had been like 5 wks but I was tired of fake hair - so I went to get it taken out and the stylist first detangled like she was working with snarled yarn - then left me with a relaxer on my head about 5 minutes too long talking to some man and trying to be cute. Then she yanked and broke my hair up so bad it was worse than what I'd started with. My hair was so see through I could see my shirt tag -- and you can see how thick it is! And on top of that she'd relaxed it bone straight and I've always kept a slight wave to my hair.I just told her to chop it off - I was so mad. She cut it to neck length ( 
!) which is the shortest my hair had ever been in my life and I cried all the way home. I then cried again when my SO saw it and his mouth dropped open and then my dog just looked at me crazy b/c he didn't know who I was. 
I wore it down ONCE and after that SMH, pinned it up, hopped on LHCF and started nursing it.
!) which is the shortest my hair had ever been in my life and I cried all the way home. I then cried again when my SO saw it and his mouth dropped open and then my dog just looked at me crazy b/c he didn't know who I was. I wore it down ONCE and after that SMH, pinned it up, hopped on LHCF and started nursing it.
rabs77
Well-Known Member
Yes, I had a relaxer, my hairline was breaking, and someone recomended I stimulate the areas that were breaking (hairline around my temples) with stuff I don't remember. Well I put the stuff in my hair, my hair got all tangled as I washed it out, so out off fustration I was tugging at the knots, and all my hair just fell out. I lost about 3/4 of my hair that night.That was the night I decided I was done with relaxers. It was in Mar 2003. I decided to go natural that night. That was one of the best decisions I ever made in my life
sweetcashew
Well-Known Member
Twice I've cried over my hair. In 2000 I decided to dye my hair some kinda red using Loreal Feria. Immediately after conditioning I notice that my hair felt like straw. It was soooo dry and brittle. For the next month after that, I watched my hair break off in handfuls. I called my mom crying about it. She thought it was funny that I was crying over my hair. I had to cut my below bra-strap hair to neck length. That's when I discovered Joico kpak reconstructor.
The second time was last year when my hair just suddenly started falling out in clumps. I cried in frustration and got over it.
The second time was last year when my hair just suddenly started falling out in clumps. I cried in frustration and got over it.
basketballbabe03
New Member
Oh yes, I have cried over my hair, but only once. The time part of my hair caught on fire, lol. At least my whole head didn't catch on fire, but I still had to cut the burnt hair out.
Desert Skye
Well-Known Member
Yup, back in '99 I was crying on the bathroom floor.
I was suffering from a hyperactive thyroid and my hair was falling out and I developed a bald spot right on the top of my head. It was so obvious and I couldnt hide it. I really didnt want to go to school but my mom was trying to force me so I locked myself in the bathroom and cried.
I was suffering from a hyperactive thyroid and my hair was falling out and I developed a bald spot right on the top of my head. It was so obvious and I couldnt hide it. I really didnt want to go to school but my mom was trying to force me so I locked myself in the bathroom and cried.
blackmaven
Anything Is Possible
Yes many times, ONe time, I went with a friend to get her hair cut. Her stylist wanted to do my head. I refused. I was on strike and growing my hair loving it. I was being difficult already ladies. Finally, the stylist and my friend convinced me to get in the chair. I told him do not cut above shoulder length. I saw hair falling just could not move for some reason. When that man flipped me around in that chair towards the mirror. All I could do was cry . I cried like a dam baby. My friend try to comfort me talking about cut it out time to pay for your hair do. I went to the counter told that man I was not paying for nothing while still crying. That man said, I was not going to charge you. I cried all night. The next day at work co-workers kept complimenting me on hair cut. GRRRR.
Several months later after my hair had grown out, the hair cut looked sharp .
I told him do not cut above shoulder length. I saw hair falling just could not move for some reason. When that man flipped me around in that chair towards the mirror. All I could do was cry . I cried like a dam baby. My friend try to comfort me talking about cut it out time to pay for your hair do. I went to the counter told that man I was not paying for nothing while still crying. That man said, I was not going to charge you. I cried all night. The next day at work co-workers kept complimenting me on hair cut. GRRRR. Several months later after my hair had grown out, the hair cut looked sharp .
Poobity
New Member
Yeah. I was 16 and I was at crossroads with my hair. I was getting it pressed on a weekly basis and it looked a HAM. Short (could barely make a ponytail), see through, and thin. Finally I decided all that pressing was NOT good for my hair, and decided to wear my *natural* texture. I had to transition (didn't know there was a term for that until I discovered hairboards, lol) b/c my hair was so damaged from the heat. Thick roots and scraggly ends.
One of the best decisions I ever made.
Sorry so long and disjointed, lol.
One of the best decisions I ever made.
Sorry so long and disjointed, lol.
e$h
New Member
atlien
New Member
I did...... not cried completely, but damn sure was teary eyed!
After my son was born my hair starting shedding like CRAZY.... I could fill up a whole bathroom sink with shedded hair...I mean fill it up completely. I went to the doctor and all they would say is hormones. It was awful.
After my son was born my hair starting shedding like CRAZY.... I could fill up a whole bathroom sink with shedded hair...I mean fill it up completely. I went to the doctor and all they would say is hormones. It was awful.
