Minx
Well-Known Member
Good morning ladies.
I have to post this cause it's weighing on my mind.
If any of you read Pooh's post the other day about knots on the end of natural hair, you know that I responded to it.
I explained that my knots were driving me crazy and I wanted my ends trimmed to combat the problem.
So I went in on Tuesday to get my hair done.
I asked for a wash, "trim", and style.
I explained that my fro was uneven, that I had terrible splits and knots, and that my hair looked lopsided when I picked it out since it was different lengths all over. My stylist said "ok."
Well, after my shampoo and scalp treatment, my stylist sat me in the chair, and proceeded to call over the shop owner, another stylist, to "help her" trim my hair.(I didn't know my stylist wasn't gonna do my trim. She never said she was not going to do it herself.)
Well, the owner proceeded to trim my hair, starting on the right side, and worked her way over to the left.
Now, I'm watching her in the mirror that's across the room, and I trusted this lady. She's been in business a long time, I've seen her work on other heads, so I wasn't sweating it.
She seemed to be doing fine, initially.
But when she got to the left side of my head, in the back, she seemed to have a problem.
She went over it twice, saying that she always has trouble cutting on the left side and she needed to change directions to get it right......red flag.
After my "trim", my stylist braided the front of my hair, and twisted it in the back, clamped it and put me under the dryer for 15 mins.
When I came out, she undid the twists in the back and finger combed it so I could wear my puff out.
She gave me a mirror, I looked at it, and the front was cute; I loved it.
Due to shrinkage, it looked even across the back, so I thought it was all good.
But when I got home that night, upon further inspection I noticed that one section of my left side in the rear was extremely short!
I mean, in that one section, this woman HACKED into my hair. It's about
2 inches now, although I walked in there with about 4 1/2 in that area.
And it's not as full, either, she somehow thinned out.
I used to dig into it, and play with it, now it feels thin and pitiful.
I am furious!!!!!!!!
I mean, if you don't know what you're doing just say so!
And if you can't trim, don't try it on my head!
Two days have gone by and I can't stop crying inside.
I keep looking at it, touching it, pulling on it, trying to stretch it out....
I can't believe that I have been growing my hair out for almost a year, and she jacked me up like that.
Now my right side, which was my shorter, thinner side, is longer and fuller than the left.
I am sick.
Never again.
I should have left it like it was.........
dk
I have to post this cause it's weighing on my mind.
If any of you read Pooh's post the other day about knots on the end of natural hair, you know that I responded to it.
I explained that my knots were driving me crazy and I wanted my ends trimmed to combat the problem.
So I went in on Tuesday to get my hair done.
I asked for a wash, "trim", and style.
I explained that my fro was uneven, that I had terrible splits and knots, and that my hair looked lopsided when I picked it out since it was different lengths all over. My stylist said "ok."
Well, after my shampoo and scalp treatment, my stylist sat me in the chair, and proceeded to call over the shop owner, another stylist, to "help her" trim my hair.(I didn't know my stylist wasn't gonna do my trim. She never said she was not going to do it herself.)
Well, the owner proceeded to trim my hair, starting on the right side, and worked her way over to the left.
Now, I'm watching her in the mirror that's across the room, and I trusted this lady. She's been in business a long time, I've seen her work on other heads, so I wasn't sweating it.
She seemed to be doing fine, initially.
But when she got to the left side of my head, in the back, she seemed to have a problem.
She went over it twice, saying that she always has trouble cutting on the left side and she needed to change directions to get it right......red flag.
After my "trim", my stylist braided the front of my hair, and twisted it in the back, clamped it and put me under the dryer for 15 mins.
When I came out, she undid the twists in the back and finger combed it so I could wear my puff out.
She gave me a mirror, I looked at it, and the front was cute; I loved it.
Due to shrinkage, it looked even across the back, so I thought it was all good.
But when I got home that night, upon further inspection I noticed that one section of my left side in the rear was extremely short!
I mean, in that one section, this woman HACKED into my hair. It's about
2 inches now, although I walked in there with about 4 1/2 in that area.
And it's not as full, either, she somehow thinned out.
I used to dig into it, and play with it, now it feels thin and pitiful.
I am furious!!!!!!!!
I mean, if you don't know what you're doing just say so!
And if you can't trim, don't try it on my head!
Two days have gone by and I can't stop crying inside.
I keep looking at it, touching it, pulling on it, trying to stretch it out....
I can't believe that I have been growing my hair out for almost a year, and she jacked me up like that.
Now my right side, which was my shorter, thinner side, is longer and fuller than the left.
I am sick.
Never again.
I should have left it like it was.........
dk
Don't worry despite the myths, your hair will grow back. Peace and lots of hair blessings! (oh, and here's a shoulder to cry on
.)
don't worry its gonna grow back, try and learn to self trim it works get a mirror and practice, make sure and call that lady and tell her what she did, she can't grow your hair back but she must know!, also invest in a denman brush this brush has helped me trmendously, I always get knots but with the denman its easy to detangle just spray some afro detangler and take your dear time work from the ends and go slow use a big teeth comb together with the denman you would be surprise hth!
