Hi everyone, I'd really appreciate some help on this.
Basically I have fine hair that is very damaged from bleaching. It was still nice until December, when I went to a new hair salon and they insisted on straightening my hair. Since then it has split all the way up - several inches of multiple split ends - and it has become thin and limp. Thinking about it still makes me angry, because I wouldn't have this problem if they'd listened to me when I said that my hair was damaged. Anyway, to make things worse my hair will not take hair dye properly because it's so porous, so I've been stuck with a gingery brown for way too long.
I looked online for solutions - my aim is to grow out my natural hair, but this is going to take years - and I was horrified to see responses such as "You're just going to have to face it and cut off all your hair or the damage will continue". The length is the only thing i like about my hair: my mum always insisted on me having it short and I've been growing it for a few years now. The longer my hair has got, the more boys are interested in me, which may be coincidental but I've always associated it with becoming more attractive. I also wear clip-in hair extensions, although they are only slightly longer than my real hair (I mainly wear them for the volume). I can't imagine cutting my hair off and know that I will feel awful about myself until it grows back if I do. I really don't suit short hair and I'm sure a lot of you here will understand how painful the thought of chopping 4 or 5 inches off is. The shortest I would go to is a little below shoulder length (it's halfway down my back at the moment) and even that fills me with dread because I know how slowly my hair grows.
My question is: is it possible to repair damage by just cutting a little bit off at a time? I know that my ends are splitting several inches up my hair but I was wondering if I'd be able to save them and just cut an inch off at the bottom every few months while using coconut oil to try to repair split ends. My hair looks awful and if I could do an Emma Watson I would, but I know how much I'll regret it.
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...46580741_n.jpg - my hair with extensions
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...30863475_n.jpg
Close ups of my hair in really harsh light
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Please help! I just want my healthy hair back. I wish I'd never tried to dye it back to brown.
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