I am hoping to get some expert LHCF opinions before scheduling my next salon appt.
Backstory:
I have been struggling with my hair over the past few months. I don't go to salons that often, but I do go to salons for two services: chemical (touchup) and cuts. I have had both of these botched in the last few months (since December).
I had a stylist overprocess my touch-up. I've written about it before, but the result was EXTREME breakage. While the rest of my hair was SL, the left side of my hair was broken off at the demarcation line. Literally, my hair was 1/4-1/2 inch long, starting from the hair line and going 1"-2" back into the hair. It wasn't pretty.
I started to grow this out, with the help of LHCF. Most of these spots are 3"-5" in length (the temple and widow's peak, though, are still short. 1"-2").
Anyway, I decided to get a haircut to help hide some of the breakage. However, the cut was, in a word, HORRIBLE. I ended up with an asymetrical cut that I tried to get fixed another salon. The second stylist first sugested I cut my hair down to 2 inches. I said no way. I just asked her to make my hair symetrical. The result was another few inches just coming off my hair, making me chin length. When I saw the results, I started crying in the salon. I honestly cannot tell which cut is worse: the asymetrical one or the "corrective."
Current story:
That "corrective" haircut occurred at the beginning of April. Since then, I've found a potential new stylist that I really like and trust. He did my hair for a wedding and it looked amazing. He also talked with me a lot -- when I came in to make the appt, we did a 20 minute consultation and when I got in his chair, we had another 30 minute talk. He knows my goals, my lifestyle and he sat down and showed me pictures of his work and gave me his bio/what he expects he can reasonably do with my hair.
Anyway, the new stylist suggested that I get a get a corrective cut the next time I am in a salon. He explained and pointed out that the "corrective" cut I got in April was really a perimeter cut....as in, the stylist didn't actually cut it, layer by layer/ piece by piece. The result is a boxy, botched haircut.
The question:
Right now, I am dealing with two problems: a bad haircut and growing out my breakage spots. My stylist said it would be easier for me if I was just concentrating on one of those issues (taking care of the breakage spots) instead of both. Do you think he is right? Should I get another haircut to corrective the "corrective" cut? To be fair, I wouldn't be losing that much hair, since I'm probably still not longer than NL. But I just have been dealing with such traumatic hair experiences these past few months that I'm not sure I want to see more hair coming off my head.
I need to get a touchup sometime next week (hoping for 2 inches of growth!) Should I also go ahead and schedule a cut as well?
Thank you all!
Backstory:
I have been struggling with my hair over the past few months. I don't go to salons that often, but I do go to salons for two services: chemical (touchup) and cuts. I have had both of these botched in the last few months (since December).
I had a stylist overprocess my touch-up. I've written about it before, but the result was EXTREME breakage. While the rest of my hair was SL, the left side of my hair was broken off at the demarcation line. Literally, my hair was 1/4-1/2 inch long, starting from the hair line and going 1"-2" back into the hair. It wasn't pretty.
I started to grow this out, with the help of LHCF. Most of these spots are 3"-5" in length (the temple and widow's peak, though, are still short. 1"-2").
Anyway, I decided to get a haircut to help hide some of the breakage. However, the cut was, in a word, HORRIBLE. I ended up with an asymetrical cut that I tried to get fixed another salon. The second stylist first sugested I cut my hair down to 2 inches. I said no way. I just asked her to make my hair symetrical. The result was another few inches just coming off my hair, making me chin length. When I saw the results, I started crying in the salon. I honestly cannot tell which cut is worse: the asymetrical one or the "corrective."
Current story:
That "corrective" haircut occurred at the beginning of April. Since then, I've found a potential new stylist that I really like and trust. He did my hair for a wedding and it looked amazing. He also talked with me a lot -- when I came in to make the appt, we did a 20 minute consultation and when I got in his chair, we had another 30 minute talk. He knows my goals, my lifestyle and he sat down and showed me pictures of his work and gave me his bio/what he expects he can reasonably do with my hair.
Anyway, the new stylist suggested that I get a get a corrective cut the next time I am in a salon. He explained and pointed out that the "corrective" cut I got in April was really a perimeter cut....as in, the stylist didn't actually cut it, layer by layer/ piece by piece. The result is a boxy, botched haircut.
The question:
Right now, I am dealing with two problems: a bad haircut and growing out my breakage spots. My stylist said it would be easier for me if I was just concentrating on one of those issues (taking care of the breakage spots) instead of both. Do you think he is right? Should I get another haircut to corrective the "corrective" cut? To be fair, I wouldn't be losing that much hair, since I'm probably still not longer than NL. But I just have been dealing with such traumatic hair experiences these past few months that I'm not sure I want to see more hair coming off my head.
I need to get a touchup sometime next week (hoping for 2 inches of growth!) Should I also go ahead and schedule a cut as well?
Thank you all!