My hair used to be so thick and full that my mom didn't like to style it. Honestly when I became a teenager I got thinning haircuts.
Well in 07 I started relaxing my hair bc I hated having crazy full curly hair all of the time and I liked the smooth sleek look. Everything went fine and I always went for a touch up like every 4-6 months because I would have a lot of visible curly hair growth. I didn't do the relaxers to make my hair straight because it never became straight, even with the strongest relaxer, but because it just made it so much more manageable and less product/time was required for me to feel good about myself.
Well this summer, I'm not sure what happened to me, but I did my relaxer, and my hair was great and so long and everyone liked it. But later in the summer I was "bored" with it and totally ruined my hair by buying a bleach from the drug store and making it bright orange. I fixed it at a salon and they did the black color again but it wasn't a very strong color. And although not orange, my hair faded to light brown shortly after, and I didn't like it. But instead of being grateful, I took matters into my own hands again and bought a very black hair dye and used it.
Well, although my hair was falling out, it wasn't so bad at that point. But I further stressed it by getting my touch up relaxer again. And the person who did it, although she's really good at getting it straight, she was a bit too rough and put some relaxer on the hair that was straight already. She also cut it to my shoulders because she said it was damaged.
Not to mention, I straighten my bangs and sometimes the body with a hair straightener.
So, as you can imagine, after all of this, my hair could be literally pulled out in clumps of strands when it was wet and I did just that a few days ago
My hair is now choppy at the top, almost broken off to the nape of my neck at the back in the middle, extremeeely thin, lots of spots where I have no hair at all/baby hairs (not noticeable by the regular person since other hair covers it, but I know it's there). My hair is straight but at what a cost
And I'm pretty sure at this point no salon will touch my hair.
So I come, almost begging, for any tips to just preserve the little hair I have left and make it healthy again? I condition my hair with this restoration stuff from Pantene and I currently use Mizani hair sheen spray to make it smooth and soft after the shower. But it's still really depressing I don't know what to buy, I don't really know what to do. Hot oil treatments, which deep conditioners, kill myself? (joking, but it's that bad)
Also I just wanted to add, I guess the best way to describe it is like a sort of slight mullet, where it's normal at the top (although choppy in areas) because that is where the new growth is but thin and wispy and not that full at the bottom. So yeah it looks pretty bad.
Well in 07 I started relaxing my hair bc I hated having crazy full curly hair all of the time and I liked the smooth sleek look. Everything went fine and I always went for a touch up like every 4-6 months because I would have a lot of visible curly hair growth. I didn't do the relaxers to make my hair straight because it never became straight, even with the strongest relaxer, but because it just made it so much more manageable and less product/time was required for me to feel good about myself.
Well this summer, I'm not sure what happened to me, but I did my relaxer, and my hair was great and so long and everyone liked it. But later in the summer I was "bored" with it and totally ruined my hair by buying a bleach from the drug store and making it bright orange. I fixed it at a salon and they did the black color again but it wasn't a very strong color. And although not orange, my hair faded to light brown shortly after, and I didn't like it. But instead of being grateful, I took matters into my own hands again and bought a very black hair dye and used it.
Well, although my hair was falling out, it wasn't so bad at that point. But I further stressed it by getting my touch up relaxer again. And the person who did it, although she's really good at getting it straight, she was a bit too rough and put some relaxer on the hair that was straight already. She also cut it to my shoulders because she said it was damaged.
Not to mention, I straighten my bangs and sometimes the body with a hair straightener.
So, as you can imagine, after all of this, my hair could be literally pulled out in clumps of strands when it was wet and I did just that a few days ago
My hair is now choppy at the top, almost broken off to the nape of my neck at the back in the middle, extremeeely thin, lots of spots where I have no hair at all/baby hairs (not noticeable by the regular person since other hair covers it, but I know it's there). My hair is straight but at what a cost
And I'm pretty sure at this point no salon will touch my hair.
So I come, almost begging, for any tips to just preserve the little hair I have left and make it healthy again? I condition my hair with this restoration stuff from Pantene and I currently use Mizani hair sheen spray to make it smooth and soft after the shower. But it's still really depressing I don't know what to buy, I don't really know what to do. Hot oil treatments, which deep conditioners, kill myself? (joking, but it's that bad)
Also I just wanted to add, I guess the best way to describe it is like a sort of slight mullet, where it's normal at the top (although choppy in areas) because that is where the new growth is but thin and wispy and not that full at the bottom. So yeah it looks pretty bad.
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