I'm so sorry this happened to you Bella ATL. Your hair is still gorgeous and it will grow back before you know it. You've done it once so you KNOW you can do it again. 
She sucks!
Do you have any sites or YT videos to recommend
OP: I'm really sorry to read this. I was doing a search on flat irons and came across your welcome thread a couple months ago. I thought your hair looked nice and healthy (although you were flat ironing everyday). You're not still doing that are you tisk tisk.
Anyway now I see this happened. The stylist didn't even give you decent style. She just chopped awayBut like others have said in a few months it will be back. Take heart.
. I am so very sorry she did this to you. I am so tired of hearing about stylist taking off too much hair. 
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. And while I wasnt trying to downplay your precious hair, honey bunches, I was just pointing to an underlying subconscious that is present on this forum in some of the post. Yours just happened to be the post I commented in concerning it. Also, I am free to *as you put it* "piss" in any thread I wish. I have never cared nor will I ever care if I go against the grain and end up in that *miserable 
* minority you speak of
I never had a follow the leader mentality so I'm ok with that. I have my own drum beat that i march to thank you very much 
My "lecturing" post was to everyone and anyone that feels that way. Honestly I feel bad for you guys that think like this because you allow yourself to believe the hype
See you just made me dust off the Chappelle..lol!
I surely ain't and I know many who'd rather eat dirt than do so. Any guesses why that might be?
In most of the country, AA stylists have a monopoly on AA relaxed heads and naturals steer far clear (for many reasons...scalping being one of the most notorious). Competition is just what the Dr. ordered, IMHO.
There is a disturbing propensity for certain "setbacks" to plague long haired BW usually involving having several inches of hair "accidently" cut off. Yes, I've seen non Blacks complain of abuses from stylists, usually involving hair dye, but rarely do they complain of having several inches-feet of hair cut from their heads w/o their permission.
Bella is hardly the 1st or last to experience this (I know of one other person this week who ended up w/ far more hair gone than Bella in similar circumstances) and to pretend there's no correlation to AA stylists and long haired BWs becoming visibly less so is to be in denial. In many ways, these (too) frequent incidents are partly why BW "can't grow long hair" they literally have it cut off their heads when they sit in a stylist's chair! I know what condition Bella's hair was in immediately before she got SCALPED....there was no "damage" or any other excuse that justified what this person did. Research will do you no good when your back it turned on someone w/ scissors...the hair is gone and it was done against her wishes.
I've been a member here far too long and have seen the hairdresser comments too often to think it's ALL in people's heads. Nor do I think it's an issue of colorism either, at least on the part of the CLIENT. The color/length/texture-ism, if it exists at all in these sad tales, is on the part of the scissor wielding stylists! Bottom line, no stylist has a right to DICTATE to their clients and make decisions on their behalf w/o their assent. They are service providers and if they consistently provide poor service, it should be made known.
How many naturals WITH LONG HAIR are running to salons, esp AA ones?
Being natural w/ a ton of shrinkage (if that's you in your icon) doesn't bode well for you in seeking a stylist that knows how to properly handle your hair. As you read around on this site, you'll notice that most of the WL+ stick w/ DiY. Perhaps that's WHY they're WL+ and STAY that way! 
There is a disturbing propensity for certain "setbacks" to plague long haired BW usually involving having several inches of hair "accidently" cut off. Yes, I've seen non Blacks complain of abuses from stylists, usually involving hair dye, but rarely do they complain of having several inches-feet of hair cut from their heads w/o their permission.
Bella is hardly the 1st or last to experience this (I know of one other person this week who ended up w/ far more hair gone than Bella in similar circumstances) and to pretend there's no correlation to AA stylists and long haired BWs becoming visibly less so is to be in denial. In many ways, these (too) frequent incidents are partly why BW "can't grow long hair" they literally have it cut off their heads when they sit in a stylist's chair! I know what condition Bella's hair was in immediately before she got SCALPED....there was no "damage" or any other excuse that justified what this person did. Research will do you no good when your back it turned on someone w/ scissors...the hair is gone and it was done against her wishes.
I've been a member here far too long and have seen the hairdresser comments too often to think it's ALL in people's heads. Nor do I think it's an issue of colorism either, at least on the part of the CLIENT. The color/length/texture-ism, if it exists at all in these sad tales, is on the part of the scissor wielding stylists! Bottom line, no stylist has a right to DICTATE to their clients and make decisions on their behalf w/o their assent. They are service providers and if they consistently provide poor service, it should be made known.
How many naturals WITH LONG HAIR are running to salons, esp AA ones?
