Is anyone else out there FED-UP with their hair

[Nicole1976]

***Warning I am purely venting***


My hair is

• SHedding like crazy
• Growing at different rates
• Totally uneven
• And inbetween lenghs

Did I mention the fact that it is layered too!
And my topmost layer has just moved to an
area where no matter how I style my hair it just looks silly

I know someone else has been through this (Please share).
As for me, I have moved to protective styling
as a short term resolution

 

[nicki6]

***Warning I am purely venting***


My hair is

• SHedding like crazy
• Growing at different rates
• Totally uneven
• And inbetween lenghs

Did I mention the fact that it is layered too!
And my topmost layer has just moved to an
area where no matter how I style my hair it just looks silly

I know someone else has been through this (Please share).
As for me, I have moved to protective styling
as a short term resolution

Ditto this ENTIRE post!! I will be keeping my hair up to avoid cutting it OFF!!

 

[Nicole1976]

We can lean on each other for support, cuz I am right there with you!

 

[RainbowCurls]

Ditto to the second two points. Ugh.
I am craving a good cut... but that doesn't really go hand in hand with wanting to grow my hair out

Am totally regretting dyeing my hair back to black too. It's so boring now.

 

[Aidenberry03]

YEP!!!!

Almost made it to Great Clips, but Itsy Bitsy invited me to lunch

So I will keep it in a bun for now...until forever I am ready for a change, but promised myself no haircuts until March.

 

[HoneyDew]

Ditto to the second two points. Ugh.
I am craving a good cut... but that doesn't really go hand in hand with wanting to grow my hair out

Am totally regretting dyeing my hair back to black too. It's so boring now.

What!? I always looked forward to seeing your hair color!

For me, yes I am fed-up with my hair. Do't get me wrong, I am loving my hair for the most part. i just wish that I could stretch my relaxers and I get frustrated at week 5 and 6 when I start getting breakage - EVEN IF MY HAIR AND NG IS SOFT AND MOISTURIZED.

Maybe it is because I wear my hair down. But I just can't stretch and it frustrates me.

I love the body and volume my hair has after 5 weeks post. I don't look forward to the flatness I need post relaxer. But I have to STOP this demarcation breakage!

 

[SmartyPants]

***Warning I am purely venting***


My hair is

• SHedding like crazy
• Growing at different rates
• Totally uneven
• And inbetween lenghs

Did I mention the fact that it is layered too!
And my topmost layer has just moved to an
area where no matter how I style my hair it just looks silly

I know someone else has been through this (Please share).
As for me, I have moved to protective styling
as a short term resolution

All of the above except the shedding. Since it's not shedding and breaking, I'm just going to let it do it's thing.

 

[RainbowCurls]

What!? I always looked forward to seeing your hair color!

I'm sorry

Am considering colouring it again next summer though

 

[locabouthair]

i am. read my latest thread lol. i have to start ALL over. but in a way i am excited to get my hair on track without the help of a stylist.

 

[cecepassion]

Yes! I got so sick of my thin wispy ends,i cut it off. I still have more i need to cut off...dam split ends.

 

[sassygirl2]

***Warning I am purely venting***


My hair is

• SHedding like crazy
• Growing at different rates
• Totally uneven
• And inbetween lenghs

My hair is everything above i've been bunning and that seems to be not working.

 

[LadyD]

You must be a mind reader.

Thin edges
broken ends
same length for the last two years.

I have been natural for three years and I am considering texurizing. It seems no matter what I do my ends are bad. I bun ever day but I guess that's still too much combing for my hair. I moisurize and seal with oil and deep condition every week and I never gain any length. Meanwhile, my Mom's hair is in a bun daily and is bra strap now and she has never had hair in all my life! I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong and I have just had it.

Okay I'm better now. Thanks for this thread.
DeAnna

 

[Nicole1976]

You know, I usually wear my hair down, but things just got really bad all of a sudden...

Heres what I am doing for shedding:

• Scalp Med
• Incorporating Co-Washes (clean scalp = happy scalp)

And everything else will require pateince...

I am going to wait for the next TexLax and have her even things up and perhaps dust.

Sometimes I am afraid of length for this reason. I afraid that things are really going to get out of control

 

[Nicole1976]

You must be a mind reader.

Thin edges
broken ends
same length for the last two years.

I have been natural for three years and I am considering texurizing. It seems no matter what I do my ends are bad. I bun ever day but I guess that's still too much combing for my hair. I moisurize and seal with oil and deep condition every week and I never gain any length. Meanwhile, my Mom's hair is in a bun daily and is bra strap now and she has never had hair in all my life! I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong and I have just had it.

Okay I'm better now. Thanks for this thread.
DeAnna

Oh no problem...this theraputic for me too...I am soooo...frustrated!!!!

I think that using some sort of product to help with our kink is necessary. This is why I opted to TexLax.

I feel that by doing this I am not entirely damaging my hair with chemicals, I am using what is necessary (Just enough to make it more manageable)

 

[hothair]

Not fed up exactly just mildly frustrated, my dinky hair looked/ felt like it grew loads I can put it in a little puff from BC-ing earlier in the year, well i re-did it at the weekend and it seems it only grew a teeny bit I mean I HAVE to be full shoulder length by Dec I'm in a wedding and wanted my hair out and NO I do NOT appreciate a TWA on me

ETA: Did I mention I now have layers, I guess cause of the BC but that sucks I have my back hair touching my shoulders and the middle bit just about neck why won't u grow!!

 

[almondjoi85]

***Warning I am purely venting***


My hair is

• SHedding like crazy
• Growing at different rates
• Totally uneven
• And inbetween lenghs

Did I mention the fact that it is layered too!
And my topmost layer has just moved to an
area where no matter how I style my hair it just looks silly

I know someone else has been through this (Please share).
As for me, I have moved to protective styling
as a short term resolution

I'm shedding like crazy too, but I notice that it does this every year around this time for about a week or so then stops

 

[MzShay]

I AM WITH U ALL!!! I am totally frustrated with my hair and so tempted to cut it all off because it seems as if its breaking faster than I can grow it...I'm shoulder length but the top of my hair is breaking off like crazy, I mean I literally have to use gel and water to get those broken ends to lay down since they don't come anywhere near my ponytail...I'm 17 weeks post, this is the first time I've stretched and I was trying to go for atleast 20 but it seems its breaking at the line of demarcation and at this rate I'll be truly jacked by December.

Oh and its now drier than straw despite my daily moisturizing, I guess I need to go back to nightly co-washes but that doesn't work in my schedule...HELP!!!

 

[pazyamor]

***Warning I am purely venting***


My hair is

• SHedding like crazy
• Growing at different rates
• Totally uneven
• And inbetween lenghs

Did I mention the fact that it is layered too!
And my topmost layer has just moved to an
area where no matter how I style my hair it just looks silly

I know someone else has been through this (Please share).
As for me, I have moved to protective styling
as a short term resolution

Oh girl, I am right there...it's like:
and then, my crazy self in the mirror like"" cursing my hair out!

So I'm right there...

 

[gymfreak336]

*raises hand*


I got some weird shedding right now
My hair doesn't feel "right" after like 2 days post wash
A stylist told me I didn't need a trim but my ends still look like crap to me

 

[charmtreese]

Im also shedding and my layers are really bugging me. I wanted to trim but im going to wait for my tu next month. Also Im fed up with the fact that when I finger comb i have no problem, but let me run a comb thru my hair on a non wash day and hair is everywhere!

 

[atrinibeauty]

Mannn..You Ladies Were Reading My Mind I Am Having Issues With Detangling After I Wash And I Really Hate That I Feel I Could've Had

So Much More Progress If I Had Success DetanglingHow Do You Ladies Detangle?Do You Detangle In The Shower Under

Running Water,Or Do You Detangle With Loads Of Condish W/ A Wide Tooth Comb In Sections?Help

 

[Dposh167]

i'm glad u started this post. cuz i'm soooooo tired of my hair right now. if i have to put it in a ponytail ONE MORE TIME. it's like all of sudden my ends are looking raggedy! but it wasn't like that 2 weeks ago! my hair feels moisturized but it's no longer bouncy it just stays in one place (the way it does when it's dry) but it's not really dry. if that's possible. i don't know...i'm really frustrated as well

 

[Alpha Female]

Loving this thread! Cause I'm fed up with my hair! Was life better before LHCF? Hmmm... It just now seems like I'm obsessed with my hair - with growing it, thickening it, moisturizing it, deep-conditioning it, protecting it (who the hell protects their hair?! what the hell am I protecting it from?!), etc. I notice women's hair on the streets. I look at the back of women's heads in church instead of paying attention to the Preacher. I've become a product junkie. I'm scared to even go to the salon cause I'm afraid she'll make me lose more hair than I myself might lose at home.
It's like I'm a hostage to my hair!!!!!!!! And after ALL of this, I still have a fricking thin hairline!!!!!!! erplexed

 

[KhandiB]

I am.

Totally

*sigh*

 

[Extremus]

Don't stress out too much, things will get better, everyone has been through it


I was for about 2 weeks! It was just shedding & breaking like it was the thing to do! Ugh! I was nearly in tears. Just NOW, it's getting back to norm. I did

Garlic Treatments which helped reduce the breaking
Braids to keep my hands out of it
Protein [light] w/ Deep Conditioning for 2 weeks
and my Bondless Tresses (BT) came in the mail while I was wearing braids, and that seemed to strengthen my hair a lot.

and now I'm back to norm.

 

[LadyZ]

Yep... Been frustrated since Sept... My hair hates the comb... breaks like crazy, snags and snaps... It looks very good though. just don't comb it... I was shedding like crazy and I used Claude's recipe for shedding and it worked VERY well, no more shedding... I am trying several other things to get the breakage to slow down and it seems to be slowing down... I was using a lot of moisture products, and since I am now putting some protein in my regimen it is getting better... So I have decided to up the mild protein use and just finger comb and baggy until it stops... I will only comb on wash day... I don't lose hair when I do that... I will use this regimen and see what happens...
Why is hair care so hard for some people... IDK

 

[freshlikemoi]

OMGoodness! The uneveness. My ends. My left nape. I want APL or damn near close so badly for my May 08 college graduation..but I'm beginning to get doubtful. ....But I'm glad I am not the only one feeling this way.

 

[Royal Glory]

I'm a little concerned about some split ends and mild breakage I am seeing lately. I deep condition often, use protein, add moisture, protect my hair at night. But I am seeing the splits. Maybe it is time to dust, but I just got a trim in September.

I have gotten and retained a good amount of growth over the last year and don't want to see it go down the drain...literally.

 

[crazydaze911]

Loving this thread! Cause I'm fed up with my hair! Was life better before LHCF? Hmmm... It just now seems like I'm obsessed with my hair - with growing it, thickening it, moisturizing it, deep-conditioning it, protecting it (who the hell protects their hair?! what the hell am I protecting it from?!), etc. I notice women's hair on the streets. I look at the back of women's heads in church instead of paying attention to the Preacher. I've become a product junkie. I'm scared to even go to the salon cause I'm afraid she'll make me lose more hair than I myself might lose at home.
It's like I'm a hostage to my hair!!!!!!!! And after ALL of this, I still have a fricking thin hairline!!!!!!! erplexed

These are my words EXACTLY, accept for the hairline issue. Once i stopped relaxing it, my hairline came right back in full force. Maybe u should stretch longer....just a suggestion.

 

[jtsupanova]

You must be a mind reader.

Thin edges
broken ends
same length for the last two years.

I have been natural for three years and I am considering texurizing. It seems no matter what I do my ends are bad. I bun ever day but I guess that's still too much combing for my hair. I moisurize and seal with oil and deep condition every week and I never gain any length. Meanwhile, my Mom's hair is in a bun daily and is bra strap now and she has never had hair in all my life! I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong and I have just had it.

Okay I'm better now. Thanks for this thread.
DeAnna

Same thing with me but I'm texturized. I have been at collarbone lenght forever and it seems like everytime I get some growth I need a trim. I have been on the hard CG challenge and I'm thinking about throwing in the towel on this hair care gome all together. Right now i have a sewed in instant weave to rest from braids and about 4 months of new growth. I was going to go back in braids but I think I'm just gonna get a touch up and do whatever with my hair.