Haircut gone wrong. How?

[shoosie]

Just a bit of background info. I bleached my hair twice and dyed it ash 2 months ago but it was damaged so i dyed it back to my natural hair color (black) so that i can rest my hair and not do anymore chemical damage. But of course my hair ends were very damaged with breakage and split ends so i got it cut off (about 2 inches) last week.

And of course I was sad because I wanted to keep it long. I specifically told the hairdresser not to thin my hair but she still did it. So now the top layer is frizzy with shorter hair sticking out throughout (as seen in the pic) and it is so frustrating. My hair is already dry and now it just makes my hair ends more fragile and thinner.

How do i rectify it? I miss having one length hair. I know i have to wait for it to grow out but does it look better when it grows out? How many months do i have to wait before the hair sticking out won't be so obvious? Is 3 to 4 months enough?

https://s23.postimg.org/5hicj4t6v/IMG_0309.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/5hicj4t6v/)

[shoosie]

Just a bit of background info. I bleached my hair twice and dyed it ash 2 months ago but it was damaged so i dyed it back to my natural hair color (black) so that i can rest my hair and not do anymore chemical damage. But of course my hair ends were very damaged with breakage and split ends so i got it cut off (about 2 inches) last week.

And of course I was sad because I wanted to keep it long. I specifically told the hairdresser not to thin my hair but she still did it. So now the top layer is frizzy with shorter hair sticking out throughout (as seen in the pic) and it is so frustrating. My hair is already dry and now it just makes my hair ends more fragile and thinner.

How do i rectify it? I miss having one length hair. I know i have to wait for it to grow out but does it look better when it grows out? How many months do i have to wait before the hair sticking out won't be so obvious? Is 3 to 4 months enough?

https://s23.postimg.org/5hicj4t6v/IMG_0309.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/5hicj4t6v/)

(Have to click open the image to see the wispy outer layer of hair :( )

[lithostoic]

That's annoying. It will have only gained a couple inches in 4 months but it might be enough to make it look more normal

[shoosie]

I hope so!! I hate how it pokes out everywhere and makes my hair look so dry at the ends. It's so frustrating when hairdressers thin your way when you specifically told them not to.

[spidermom]

Most of us have shorter hairs all over the place because of the shed and regrow cycle. Old hairs reach the end of their growth cycles and shed out. New hairs grow in. This happens every single day. There is no such thing as "all one length" hair, unless it's a wig. Now think back. Are you sure she thinned your hair? And if she did, why didn't you stop her?

[shoosie]

Most of us have shorter hairs all over the place because of the shed and regrow cycle. Old hairs reach the end of their growth cycles and shed out. New hairs grow in. This happens every single day. There is no such thing as "all one length" hair, unless it's a wig. Now think back. Are you sure she thinned your hair? And if she did, why didn't you stop her?

As in not one length but I just don't want them sticking out everywhere :( I told her not to thin it but she insisted that she's using another technique to make it not look so blunt and isn't thinning it. My friend who cut hair with me also ended with hair sticking out everywhere due to the varying length throughout when initially her hair was smooth and nice. That's when I realised she's thinning it, even if she insisted that she didn't. :(

Will it get better in time even if I don't trim it? Because I'm intending to keep my hair long.

[MoonRabbit]

Honestly from the picture I think your hair looks great. Like others have said it looks like new growth and layers. But as always in do time things will start to settle more naturally. Do you use any oils? How do you detangle your hair, brush, comb, fingers? As a wavy with new growth and frizz issues I ditched brushes and combs. Finger Combing has greatly helped all my little bits from sticking out all over the place.

[cgirl]

Salons are a gamble. You still look fabulous so it's going to be okay. :hifive:

You look like you could make it in 3-4 months. I bet in half a year you'll have forgotten about it! :hmm:

And now that you're being hair-cautious, pretty much everyday that passes is going to bring healthier hair than the day before it.:blossom:

[Anje]

Don't go back to that stylist. She doesn't listen to you or respect your right to control your own body. At this point, it's probably mostly a matter of just letting it grow; you can trim the ends for a while to try to get the thinned parts grown out to match, but you could just let it all grow for a while without anything and it'll all get longer. (If I had your hair, I'd probably just grow it all, until the ends were annoyingly thin or uneven.) Trimming your own ends in a blunt cut is really easy too.

At this point, some gentle treatments might help with the dryness. I'm fond of SMTs for moisture, and lots of hair that's been colored also likes a bit of protein (easy to get in small doses with many "reconstructor" or "damaged hair" conditioners, or in larger doses with deep treatments or recipes with stuff like gelatin included). Small amounts of oil are frequently nice on hair too. Lots of folks swear by coconut oil, but it makes some people's hair feel crispy. Other oils like jojoba, argan, olive, sunflower and so on are also popular and don't necessarily have that crispy effect. For oils, I recommend looking in the cooking oils at the grocery store rather than anything hair-specific, as among the haircare products you tend to find a lot of silicone serums, petroleum jelly, and mineral oil with a tiny amount of what you actually want added.

[Borgessa]

Your hair is still lovely and thick, still looks like a rather blunt cut to me, but I'm not genius so there ya go. I'd give a nickle for half the hair on your head. :)

[shoosie]

Haha i think it's a good hair day when I took that picture! It's quite bad on normal days. Unruly and all.

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Haha see the frizz and shorter hair sticks out everywhere 😨

[Anje]

Honestly, it mostly just looks like it's wavy. :)

[turtlelover]

I'm not seeing thinning. She probably did point cut the ends a bit, but I definitely don't see hardcore thinning. Maybe next time just ask for a hemline w/out the point cutting.

[lapushka]

Yes, that is normal looking. Take a look at the wispy hair club thread. You'll see hair that's normal there but still has those tiny hairs. And it doesn't seem bad at all in your case - at all!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=131555