seeing people with hair problems

[sexy c]

Is it me or has anyone else became a hair specialist since joining lhcf? I can be walking down the street and c someone and diagonise their hair problem. A lady in front of me in the grocery store had dyed relaxed hair, and it was dry as hell . I immdetaly said to myself girl u need some moisture bad!!!!!

 

[EbonyRose]

Is it me or has anyone else became a hair specialist since joining lhcf? I can be walking down the street and c someone and diagonise their hair problem. A lady in front of me in the grocery store had dyed relaxed hair, and it was dry as hell . I immdetaly said to myself girl u need some moisture bad!!!!!

bwahhhhh --looolllll --i can imagine that. if u ever see me and can't concentrate on the can goods becuz u want to pour some EVOO on my shish--just pull me to the side and be like --excuse me, but what products do u use on ur hair? can i recommend..... i won't ge offended if ur nice and pleasant--cuz i might say " gurl, thank ya-it needs some act right and i don't know what to do".

 

[sassyhair]

You are not alone, I was in training for my new job yesterday and I was sittin behind this girl. Her hair was dyed, fried and laid to the back literally. It was a brassy copper and she had her hair in a tight ponytail with an abrasive looking holder. You could tell she wore it like that alot because of all the broken peices surrounding the pony. And dont get my started on the gel. I sat there staring at it the whole time.

 

[Lucie]

I feel bad but when I was at church (yes, church!) last Sunday and this Hispanic girl had one of those bra-strap thingies around her head with a ponytail and she had no hairline for at least an inch and a half from where her hair started!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UMMMM................................. why would she continue to use that bra-strap if it was responsible for decimating her hairline?!!!!

I wanted to put some cayenne pepper and olive oil on her bald spots but the pastor was off the hook, so I quickly forgot about it. Well, until now

 

[Hareitiz]

I have totally become a hair specialist!!!! I was on the train the other day and this lady walked past with her hair pulled back in a rubber band and her ends were sooooo dry! I wanted to tell her to moisturize, moisturize moisturize and baggy them ends up!!

 

[Caramela]

I see some of the most horrid heads of hair living here in Baltimore. Sometimes I wish I could just smile and hand them a card with the address of LHCF. Nothing said, no words exchanged. Just a smile and a card.

 

[SUPER SWEET]

I got cussed out for being a LHCF angel

 

[Caramela]

I got cussed out for being a LHCF angel

Oh, no! What happened?

 

[sareca]

I see some of the most horrid heads of hair living here in Baltimore. Sometimes I wish I could just smile and hand them a card with the address of LHCF. Nothing said, no words exchanged. Just a smile and a card.

I like that.

 

[atlien11]

I see some of the most horrid heads of hair living here in Baltimore. Sometimes I wish I could just smile and hand them a card with the address of LHCF. Nothing said, no words exchanged. Just a smile and a card.

I like this idea too!! Just a simple card with nothing but a website on it. I swear i try not to stare, i try to just smile and be cordial...but i almost fell down the stairs at my job the other day walking behind this lady with broken off ends that still had the marks from where her curling iron fried it that morning.

 

[longhairluva]

I always do this. I want to tell them maybe they should do this or that but most of the ladies around here just don't care about their hair. When I see my cousin spraying tons of Pump IT Up on her head then hot curling it I get sick. She does this everyday and her hair is fried.

 

[SUPER SWEET]

Oh, no! What happened?

I mentioned the site to my COWORKER and she went off about how we are lonely,angry conceited....blah blah women with no life. Then she and another woman proceed to look up the site and critize it. And the looks of their overprocessed,breaking and matted hair they both need to get on the site immediately!!

 

[BrownBetty]

Me too ((waves))

There's this women at the gym, hair is a mess! It's dry, breaking, and I don't know if she needs a relaxer but it looks fuzzy. She gels it up and puts a looooong phony pony on, that is curly, shiney, and has highlights. How are you gonna have nappy in the front and silky in the back?

I want to tell her to stop with the gel, wash it, condition it and airdry with oil.

Another lady is balding but she keeps relaxing. I had to bite my tongue because I wanted to say "Go natural and use some sulfer and coconut oil on your scalp". Y'all you can see her whole scalp, and these little straight bits of hair. So sad.

 

[B_Phlyy]

Omigod, I do this too. And to everybody. Men, woman, children, and all ethnicities.

 

[Caramela]

I like this idea too!! Just a simple card with nothing but a website on it. I swear i try not to stare, i try to just smile and be cordial...but i almost fell down the stairs at my job the other day walking behind this lady with broken off ends that still had the marks from where her curling iron fried it that morning.

Yeah, and then we should have a link on the homepage that says : did you recieve an anonymous business card? Click here.

 

[hotparatha]

Yes, yes same here..I see a lot of heads that need serious help here in brooklyn. MissVee cracked me up because sooo many ladies wear that nappy front silky pony style! Some of them also go to the stylist to get a phony pony done and then try to keep that same one in their head for what looks like weeks on end. The whole thing would be looking dry and starting to unravel, hairpins in sight, black gel dried up..my goodness. I see children with their fragile hair relaxed and forced into tight ponytails,cornrows or worse yet--weaves. Then others relax their hair bone straight but hang onto the broken and spilt ends so it just hangs like vertical blinds on a window. Many times I have made a virtual haircut in my head for some of these people. LOL You just want to say ladies ladies..moisture and protein!! Your hair is bawling for a little tlc

 

[Honi]

There is a little girl that goes to my daughters pre-school. Who ever did her hair left the style in for about a month. She had cornrowed bangs in the front with wooden beads on the ends and the rest of her hair was put into two pony poufs.

This poor child has not had her hair taken down to be washed, redone or anything. The reason why I say this is because the hair on the back of her hair was starting to "pill"....think when your favorite sweater starts to pill and have those little balls all over the place that you pick off sometimes. Her hair looked like that and dry, dry, *cough* dry! I mean it was soooo dry her hair looked dusty. I could do nothing but stare behind my sunglasses. I wish her mom would start asking me some questions or something. She has no clue what to do with it.

All I wanted to do was rush her over to the sink so her hair could get a good drank of walla and marinate it in some conditioner!

 

[sareca]

A woman stopped me in Sally's and ask how I got my hair to lay down like that. I said this gel (that I just happened to be restocking and had in my hand). She said, "Is that all you use." I said "Nope," and proceeded to tell her EVERYTHING including writing LHCF's URL on her Sally's flyer. At some point I realized her eyes had glazed over and she wasn't even hearing me. It's not always a good idea to share too much. Even when you're asked. I think I scared her.

 

[vickid]

Every time I see a woman with alopecia, I want to tell her that something can be done to fight it. I've only had the courage to say something once while at a beauty supply. After striking up a conversation, I gave the woman my dermatologists card. She thanked me profusely. Talking to somebody about their hair can be a very touchy situation. Most take it as outright criticism.

 

[BrickbyBrick]

A woman stopped me in Sally's and ask how I got my hair to lay down like that. I said this gel (that I just happened to be restocking and had in my hand). She said, "Is that all you use." I said "Nope," and proceeded to tell her EVERYTHING including writing LHCF's URL on her Sally's flyer. At some point I realized her eyes had glazed over and she wasn't even hearing me. It's not always a good idea to share too much. Even when you're asked. I think I scared her.

I can picture it too. it was good of you to try and share, tho.

 

[SerenavanderWoodsen]

LOL i do this all the time!, its funny becuz here i NYC i see many Koreans and Chinese ppl and when these women color their hair, its the thinnest most broken off dry stuff ever,, when theyre hair is good its nice and smooth and long but when its bad its AWFUL,, everytime im on the bus I see an Asian woman with this broken off scraggly skinny dyed hair and i know its the chemicals. I find myself doing this with every race, I find Indian women to have long thick healthy virgin hair. They seem as though they leave their hair alone. I see many black women with weaves but sometimes if im not mistaken I see black women with their own long hair( im pretty good at telling the diff between a weave and real hair , i think ) and I immediately wonder if they come here LOL!! sometimes i have such an urge to ask them,, are u on longhaircareforum ?!

 

[shunta]

Yeah, and then we should have a link on the homepage that says : did you recieve an anonymous business card? Click here.

I just laughed out loud when I read this. But this is so true. I feel the exact same way as you ladies do!!

 

[SerenavanderWoodsen]

Caramela, that business card idea sound really good LOL, i like it.. anyone think that we should really make a template and do this LOL?

 

[atlien11]

Yeah, and then we should have a link on the homepage that says : did you recieve an anonymous business card? Click here.

Priceless!!

 

[brownhaired_bonanza]

How are you gonna have nappy in the front and silky in the back?

*Ugh!* Biggest. Pet. Peeve. Ever!!!

 

[poetist]

I get waaaay too into the hair thing. It's becoming a lightweight obsession.

I was at the BSS looking at braiding hair and I struck up a convo with a lady and started telling her how to care for her natural hair in and out of braids. All of a sudden, another lady walked up and admitted to ear-hustling...she wanted me to fill her in too. So I did. I gave them the web address and some pointers and they were really happy. I felt like I'd done my good deed for the day.

 

[caribeandiva]

I know right!! i thought it was just me who noticed that stuff. before i didn't notice. now i sit in church and go: "hmm, sister Mary could really benefit from some deep-conditioning, and moisture cause her hair is chewed up!" or "Dang, that lady been stuck at shoulder length since i've know her... 5 years ago!". i seriously can't help it. i have to bite my lips to stop me from going up to me people and tell them to wash their hair 2x a week instead of once a month.

 

[sassyhair]

I have a recent one for yall, this guy that works with me has his dreads in tiny cornrows. I saw him patting and scratching his head , then I see big flakes falling. He was sittin there picking what looked to be dry patches in between his rows, I was so disgusted, I also saw lil red spots like it was about to bleed. My opinion of him now is he is the dirtiest guy ever he digusts me. How could he not notice that, the terrible thing is that he will keep the tight rows in just because he "thinks" it is cute, his dreads also look dirty and ashy too much beeswax. He need to be handed a ticket for a free wash, condition, and treatment for his nasty scabbed up scalp.

 

[caribeandiva]

I have a recent one for yall, this guy that works with me has his dreads in tiny cornrows. I saw him patting and scratching his head , then I see big flakes falling. He was sittin there picking what looked to be dry patches in between his rows, I was so disgusted, I also saw lil red spots like it was about to bleed. My opinion of him now is he is the dirtiest guy ever he digusts me. How could he not notice that, the terrible thing is that he will keep the tight rows in just because he "thinks" it is cute, his dreads also look dirty and ashy too much beeswax. He need to be handed a ticket for a free wash, condition, and treatment for his nasty scabbed up scalp.

EWWWW!!!!!!!!!! i would look at him funny.

 

[punchinella]

I have a recent one for yall, this guy that works with me has his dreads in tiny cornrows. I saw him patting and scratching his head , then I see big flakes falling. He was sittin there picking what looked to be dry patches in between his rows, I was so disgusted, I also saw lil red spots like it was about to bleed. My opinion of him now is he is the dirtiest guy ever he digusts me. How could he not notice that, the terrible thing is that he will keep the tight rows in just because he "thinks" it is cute, his dreads also look dirty and ashy too much beeswax. He need to be handed a ticket for a free wash, condition, and treatment for his nasty scabbed up scalp.