rohirrrims
March 30th, 2014, 09:48 AM
So my hair has been treated pretty badly for years, almost 10 I think. It is naturally stick straight and fine but it was ravaged by bleaching out colours and trying to maintain a bright ginger from my natural brown (I believe it used to be light brown anyway). The colour was always more important to me than anything else, and I thought that damage came hand in hand with that.
Anyway, a month ago I came across LHC after getting so fed up and upset about the state of my hair. I gave up heat styling and chemical dyes, switched to henna for the colour and conditioning, coconut oilings, sulfate and silicone free products and wearing my hair down less and braided at night. I hope all of this will prevent future damage.
However I am at loss at what to do with the current biggest issue with my hair, the short snapped strands that are all over my head at every length, but most horribly at the crown. I actually feel so gutted to look at this photo and see the mess I made with my own hair. I can't smooth them down with anything because neither coney serums or hairspray work, and I want to avoid those anyway. I have extremely greasy hair and stretching washes longer than 2 days is bad enough without adding more product to my crown area :(
I just really want to know if anyone else is in hair rehab for the same problem and has worked out a way to make it look less awful? Even if I can't do anything, just knowing others have dealt with damage like this would help!
Hope this photo link works. I was in cosplay as Amy Pond from Doctor Who so had tried to heatless curl my hair, but it just made it look fluffy! But this photo showed the crown hair so clearly.
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The colour and condition look awful in that greeny lighting too! :(
Anyway, a month ago I came across LHC after getting so fed up and upset about the state of my hair. I gave up heat styling and chemical dyes, switched to henna for the colour and conditioning, coconut oilings, sulfate and silicone free products and wearing my hair down less and braided at night. I hope all of this will prevent future damage.
However I am at loss at what to do with the current biggest issue with my hair, the short snapped strands that are all over my head at every length, but most horribly at the crown. I actually feel so gutted to look at this photo and see the mess I made with my own hair. I can't smooth them down with anything because neither coney serums or hairspray work, and I want to avoid those anyway. I have extremely greasy hair and stretching washes longer than 2 days is bad enough without adding more product to my crown area :(
I just really want to know if anyone else is in hair rehab for the same problem and has worked out a way to make it look less awful? Even if I can't do anything, just knowing others have dealt with damage like this would help!
Hope this photo link works. I was in cosplay as Amy Pond from Doctor Who so had tried to heatless curl my hair, but it just made it look fluffy! But this photo showed the crown hair so clearly.
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The colour and condition look awful in that greeny lighting too! :(