I have ruined what little progress my hair was making. I recently scorched it with a curling iron and neglected washing properly and conditioning for 2 weeks. My hair is breaking off my the handful a day. The amount of hair andrienne had in her photo album(the big clump) is what I am getting twice a day. The hair in my "kitchen" has started to grow corse, thicker and darker. It has made it hard to comb and my scalp is very sore. I when and got it shaved off but it still is growing in like that. My ends are beginning to be see through and my hair isn't even an inch past my ears. I want to give up but I know you all won't let me. /images/graemlins/smile.gif I just don't know what to do. I have been trying to eat better and atleast once a day but that is a work in progress. I am just tired of going two step ahead just to be dragged back six. A week ago my hair was okay but now it is a mess. I have been soo busy that I just haven't been able to take the time to do stuff the right way. My new plan was working but now I am back to square one. What should I do??? Should I go back to the plan I had devised or cut off damaged parts and star over? Any ideas whould be great. I think I have learned my lesson from this however- in healthy haircare there are not short cuts. The benefit is temporary (in my case 2 weeks) but you will pay for it eventually.